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in the anthology. This excerpt from a novel, An Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, is the documentation of a man, who is able to pass as a white man, traveling throughout the South. The main theme of the piece is the experience that the speaker has during his time in the south, from attending the “big meeting” to witnessing a lynching. Both of those events tie into his continued debate over which race he should identify with. The author uses the narrative structure and a straightforward tone as…

about humanity was that, people sometimes step up, but most people don’t. There was this white male trying to take a bike, most everyone just walked past, but every once in a while, somebody stepped up. People were even trying to help him cut the chain. The black male was very different. Mostly everyone that walked by had something to say about it, a lot more than the white male. Then we switch on to the white female. Everyone helped her. No-one came up to her and asked things like,”Hey, what…

I answer, a day that reveals to him more than all other days of the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim.”, but instead a day to mourn over the lack of freedom and independence. This quote means that while the white people get to celebrate their independence the colored folks are still left in the shadows. This also qualifies the claim by giving further explanation on why The United States are unjust. Douglass argues that the Americas should not claim to be…

Modern American Memoirs edited by Annie Dillard is a series of excerpt from different memoirs wrote by successful writers to tell the readers what was the life like in their childhood. Many of these writers have gone through different struggles to become that they are today. Furthermore, most of them have shared some common tropes in their childhood. One common trope that is shared between James Baldwin and Anne Moody is segregation. Due to the fact both of them are “colored” people, they…

racism is in the United States. Some may think that it is not a big problem, but others believe that it is a big problem. As aforementioned, there are more African Americans who think that racism is a problem in the United States, compared to the whites. The color of our skin does not determine what our future looks like, and we should come together and put an end to…

Ta-Nehisi argues that “white supremacy is not a matter of false consciousness, but a force so fundamental to America that it is difficult to imagine the country without it”. White supremacy is the cause of inequality, racism, and discrimination laws, such as Jim Crow laws. With statistics, Coates makes it clear to see that white people make more money than people of color no matter the circumstances. Reparations are needed because…

a character has evolved from a black hating, white supremacists to a kind loving brother. In the movie Tony Kaye uses many camera techniques effectively to show the characters emotion, thought and to create tension. The scene starts with a mid shot Danny in his room looking at memorabilia of his…

place is called Narnia where it is “always winter but never Christmas.” In Narnia the only way that it will become spring again is if two sons of Adam and two daughters of Eve sit on the throne. Yet there is one thing stopping this from happening, the White Witch. She tries to kill the children because they could end her rule over Narnia. Finally, a lion named Aslan comes in and directs the children on the way to go. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe is a brilliant…

shouldn’t be against it. If you discover that your child is “gay” be supportive because most likely there is no going back. Don’t lose a relationship you have with your child because you’re not accepting of their lifestyle. Interracial relationships tie into each other a lot because they were once not so easily accepting but today they both are and that’s what they have in common. One wise man said if one dirty rag cannot judge another because they are both dirty, what’s the difference between…

the unnamed protagonist, a young black man graduating high school addresses his graduating class with a speech. Instead of saying “ social responsibility”, he accidentally says “ social equality” and is immediately asked for clarification from his white audience who are shocked about the comment. On page 31 the the narrator recalls “the laughter hung smokelike in the sudden stillness” and the men asked if he was being “smart”. The narrator later apologizes for the misunderstanding and is…