White coat

“The coat was too big for me and…….and T.J said it made me look like……... like a preacher and…….he said since it fit him just right, he’d he’d take it off my hands till i grow into it, then thataway all the guys would stop laughing at me .”(Taylor, 116) Though his loyalty makes up for him being so naive. If he was my friend I would know he would never blame me for anything. For example, the time when he persuaded his siblings, to help him dig a ditch so the bus filled with white kids, who would…

emotions and facts to try to persuade the jury. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus is walking in front of the jury when he asks the judge if he can take off his: watch and chain, unbutton his vest and collar, loosened his tie,and took off his coat. In doing this the jury felt more comfortable around him and they were more open to suggestions and will listen to him more closely. He then went on to say at the end of his speech “In God’s name believe him.” , he said this more to him self…

ex-boyfriends when she created the character of Mr. Big. He was based on one of her own exs, Ron Galotti, a former magazie executive Number Three: Natasha Likes White, A Lot Mr. Big's wife Natasha may have only been in seven episodes, but she packed a punch while she was around. One interesting thing about her was she only wore white, and not because she was pure. It was meant to represent she had a vanilla personality. Number Two: The Girls Were Not Outfit Repeaters In the twelve seasons…

the United States depicting blacks as the “Super Villain” and whites as the “Superhero”, the news is the media to blame for repetitive false judgment. The news plays the biggest role in reinforcing the black community as criminal.…

Indentured servitude was the prime labor force in the seventeenth century. “At first they turned to their overpopulated country for labor, but English indentured servants brought with them the same haphazard habits of work as their masters.” This disparity of the disorganized indenture servants would make the master turn their eyes toward a new labor system entirely early in eighteenth century. “The Spanish and Portuguese had already demonstrated what could be done in the new world when a labor…

killed by the streets that America made”(82) . Coates didn’t understand the idea until he was older and had a child of his own and he realized that black children come to their parents endangered, and the parents can control virtually nothing (ibid). Coats understands that there are so many things that can erase the young black body. Young black children and teenagers can be killed for just being black. “Our current politics tell you that should you fall victim to such an assault and lose your…

Coates describes how people were murdered over irrelevant materialistic items such as the newest name brand coats, hats, and sneakers. Due to the fact that black people have been at the bottom of the chain in society for hundreds of years, they see owning trademark items as a sign of success. Blacks are twice as likely as whites to avoid generic brands. They make sure they buy the name brand, whether it is food, clothes, bags, or anything else. It gives them a sense…

storyline of the black body being destroyed by the “white” gaze. In The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison chooses to use a single character, Pecola Breedlove, to adeptly depict how one 's body can become a subject of discrimination. After being impregnated by her own father, the entire town ridicules Pecola. She must now face the harsh gaze of an entire town that is convinced that Pecola is the ugliest girl possible. The town’s ideologies stem from white beliefs and actions, therefore the shameful act…

about racial discrimination amongst local events in town, or simple civil rights that are overlooked daily. Whether you agree or disagree, people from all cultures have to face complex situations a lot more than those who aren’t of color. The essay “White Privilege: The Invisible Knapsack” was an essay written by Peggy McIntosh. With such a meaningful title, some may overlook what “The Invisible Knapsack” really is symbolizing. When I think of knapsack I start to envision someone zipped…

Throughout Ta-Nehishi Coates’ text Between the World and Me and Tim Wise’s book White Like Me, the concept of white privilege is discussed heavily as the source of racial tension. White privilege can be defined as the advantages white people have over people of color in all aspects, including economic, social, and political. Evidence from history proves the treatment black people receive from law enforcement differentiates from white people, and this is still an issue today despite the equality…