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    From a White-perspective, race has always been an issue that affects “the other” – Blacks, Asians, and other “minority” racial groups. It was assumed (and largely still is) that whites dominated other races both qualitatively and quantitatively. For this reason, the societal status of these marginalized races have always been determined by whites. Historical evidence in the form of slavery, public segregation, forced migration and other racially-based abuses of minority races demonstrate this…

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    Black men were always accused of hitting on and raping white women, however Wells said this was backwards. She claims that white men were the rapist, and their victims were black women (Pinar 157-158). Wells was a very outspoken woman, and this led to many people wanting her to die, especially when she began to write about white men raping black women because it was something that not many people actually spoke about publically at the time…

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    Americans and whites has always been distinct, from the birth of the nation all the way up to the civil war the enslavement of African Americans had been a way of life. Even after African Americans had secured their freedom they would still be discriminated against through unjust social restrictions, placed upon them by their white superiors. Through these social restrictions the African American people came to see themselves as inferior and helpless compared to the white race, the whites on the…

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    ties to changing racial relations in workforce. Opposition to the changing face of the common worker propagated great dissention throughout the white community. Race acted as the dominant factor in an individual’s work ethic. In the early 19th century, all minorities were marginalized into labor undesirable and considered to be “work repugnant to the white man.” However, some races were preferred over others. In a special report by the Washington State commissioner of Labor in 1915, it is stated…

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    Another article was about Black people in media production. This article was written by Zeinabu Davis. Davis speaks on her experience as a Black woman in media production that makes movies. She explains how more times than not in movies, African American people are portrayed as being the bad person, with a bad reputation, especially Black men. She explains how Black people are not included in many shows, movies, etc. Davis says that she has to tell her children not to behave like the Black…

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    Robinson was accused of raping and beating a white woman named Mayella Ewell. According to Mayella and her father Tom raped, beat, and then ran when he was supposedly caught by the father through the window. It’s during the trial that we see Finch showcase his understanding of equality and his colorblindness…

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    Since early history, slavery has existed. We start to begin to see slavery-like actions when Columbus founded the new world. He thought that the natives would be easy to take over due to their lack of religion. But the Columbian exchange was the event that introduced African American slavery when African slave owners would trade slaves for other goods. Those slaves were brought into the new world or what is today, America. Years after the thirteen colonies gained their independence from the…

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    brought up because Effinger discussed why blacks have dominated the basketball stage. Normally African Americans grew up with less money and basketball courts were easy to find in their neighborhoods. They didn’t have the same opportunities as wealthier white men to play other sports like hockey or golf. As much as our nation tries to make life equal for all races and classes it obviously isn’t perfect. We are able to see the flaws in our country through sports. The stereotype of Hispanics,…

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    Impact of Race, class, and gender in Policing and Sentencing Race, class, and gender have an effect on the outcomes of the American criminal justice system. However, whether that outcome is favorable or not depends on where each individual lies on the race, class, and gender hierarchy of the United States. Cassia Spohn writes in great detail about the effects of these three characteristics in her article “30 Years of Sentencing Reform.” Before Spohn lays out the findings of her research, she…

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    Inside a large hospital room in Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital of Plymouth, tear-streaked family members gathered around their bedridden and severely ill loved one, Andre Sansoucy. The darkening sky, that peeked through the narrow windows showcased that the painful day of November 28th, 2014 was coming to a close. Of those gathered were Jessica Sansoucy, A. Sansoucy’s daughter and James Mongello, her fiance. The couple had spent the last few weeks hastily planning a wedding in the hopes that A.…

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