White supremacy

relations of representation in regards to survival of black people”(English .29). This would include the history of resistance that gets erased through a white-supremacist narrative. This form of history justifies slavery by imposing the economic progress the West has gained from slavery, as well as the passiveness within society that…

dominant ideology of white supremacy was essentially hegemonic in the deep South, many structures of domination were created in which the blacks were routinely kept at the bottom by the racial category that claimed the superior position: the white people. For example, blacks were forced to become sharecroppers and tenant farmers in the south (Takaki 312) in the harsh racial apartheid they were in. Blacks were racialized by the highest group in the social hierarchy, the white people, by getting…

the film The Searchers, portrays a pioneering attack on racism. Viewers are able to see the protagonist Ethan Edwards, as he returns from the Civil War. As a member of the Confederate Army, Ethan’s duty entails protecting the white community and restoring white supremacy. According to Hogan, “history, like geography, lives in the body and it is marrow-deep. History is our illness. It is recorded there […]. Those of us who walked out of genocide by some cast of…

signify their “White-Indian-Negro” ancestry. Violating both legal and social restrictions against interracial mixing, the group—as the researchers saw it—embodied the moral and social degeneracy bred by miscegenation. For those Virginians committed to white…

make them equals. I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race” (C.V.W. pg. 21). Lincoln’s words ensured Americans, especially in the North, that racial injustice was the norm. Many historians argue that Jim Crow laws weren’t needed because whites and blacks were getting…

Pashtun society. Taking this idea to a broader level, Imani Perry in her book ‘Prophets of the Hood’ explains how hip hop music has been transformed from being the emotional voice of black men to that of masculinity which speaks to their imperialist white supremacist capitalist patriarchal…

liberty…” One of the main goals of Reconstruction was to improve the status of freedmen in the eyes of the law as well as the citizens. Congress passed the 14th Amendment in hopes of boosting the social standpoint of the blacks. However southern Whites full of resentment and prejudice were…

White America only knows how to appropriate from other cultures because, without this act of violence, white America would cease to have any other motives to accomplish. As recent as the past 50 years, black queer people have redefined dance in so many ways. Whether it is from theater/performative dance to ballroom, to trendy moves, or even interpretive dance, we have been at the forefront for constantly metamorphosing the dance scene. What white America does not know is…

waiting for them since all the good jobs were reserved for the “whites”. As well many “black” Africans were forced into slavery. To make sure white supremacy was maintained the apartheid era started which segregated the “blacks” from the “whites”. The apartheid era affected everyone, including Mandela. This era opened up his eyes to the world he was now living in. In his I am prepared to die speech he recites “ I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination, I…

That is clear fact. However, in what forms will people lament? Shosana talked about the death of the whites, or preservation of which white people possess. To me this is an interesting comment because coming from a white person’s standpoint it sounds like Shosana is blaming white people and I know some of my classmates were upset by this comment. Is it justifiable to be blames for something my ancestors did a long time ago? Or, I personally…