The White Devil

color is God’s punishment for sin”, and that blacks practice witchcraft, cannibalism and savagery. Prominent colonists, such as John Smith in Virginia, were extremely opinionated and made no bones about their view that African blacks were idle and had devil like characteristics. “The combination of color, language, dress and culture, created an image of Africans as others and since slavery was a status reserved for strangers, the Europeans had no moral issue in enslaving black Africans.…

would be considered white in America and the other ethnicities. This is valuable in order for the historian to understand Malcolm’s relationships before and after his conversion to True Islam. This source’s content is valuable because it details Malcolm’s first hand experience in Mecca. It shows Malcolm’s reaction to being treated equally by the “white” muslims. Its content describes Malcolm’s comparison of Islam and race in Mecca and…

“Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.” (Martin Luther King Jr) Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J Gaines, and Fences by August Wilson are all pieces that are set in the South during the darkest times of segregation and racial violence. Devil in a Blue Dress takes place in 1948, a time where blacks are neither accepted nor enslaved. Although they are not necessarily slaves they are…

Malcolm X “A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything” Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19,1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. Malcolm’s father was a follower of a black leader, who worked to make economic and political ties with Africa, named Marcus Garvey. In 1931, His father was found dead after being ran over; Malcolm believed racists were responsible for his death. He became discouraged by racial prejustice. When he was twelve his mother committed to a mental hospital. Malcolm then…

Influenced by the rise of romantic nationalism, the Grimm brothers published a collection of German fairy tales in the 1812 as an effort to preserve German folk tradition. Hidden within the text of each fairy tales were attitudes toward society. This included religion, which was a fundamental aspect of German culture. The Catholic Church gained power through their large membership throughout Germany and Europe. It became so powerful that the Catholic clergy were wealthy and corrupt. Eventually,…

“The White Man’s Burden” by Rudyard Kipling was wrote in 1899 to promote imperialism. Rudyard Kipling states “send forth the best ye breed,” talking about white men. He is saying that White men are the best breed, or the best of humankind. It is a poem written in encouragement of the European sense of superiority over other races. In “The White Man’s Burden.” Rudyard Kipling is describing what his opinion of the burden of a white man is. He describes the intelligence of a white man being that…

Christianity because he thought it was a religion that accentuated white people’s love for themselves and was full of hypocrisy, and when he is pondering religion in his cell at Charlestown Prison, he concludes, “This white man’s Christian religion further deceived and brainwashed this ‘Negro’ to always turn the other cheek, and grin, and scrape, and bow, and be humble, and to sing, and to pray, and to take whatever was dished out by the devilish white man; and to look for his pie in the sky,…

The most interesting part about working at a sex shop was the people. It was always interesting to see who came into the shop and why they came in. A lot came in because they wanted to try something new with their partners. Some came in to get things for their friend’s birthdays and others came in for their own pleasure. It was always fun answer questions for beginners and showing them the safest and sometimes most tame products that newbies might want to try. It was the best job a guy could ask…

wasn’t just any sound; it was the sound of the gunshots. We were very scared. It was a very frightening moment. A few moments later, a navy blue car stopped by our store. A middle-aged lady with short blond hair ran into the store. She wore black and white striped pants and was very scared and worried. As she entered the store, she started shouting, “Help! Help! Call 911! My husband just got…

It was a breezy Sunday in Santa Monica, Hollywood. Lawrence Exeter and his wife were buying clothes for their soon to be son at Goosie Gander Baby Shoppe. “I don’t understand why our son needs to dress like this,” exclaimed Mrs. Exeter as she held up a navy blue button up shirt. “I told you already he needs to follow in my footsteps, the key to success is about how you dress!” replied Lawrence, a very successful businessman. Lawrence grabbed the shirt out of his wife's hands and walked up…