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trade routes. When the Europeans brought the Africans to the Americas as slaves, in order to ensure submission to the slaveholders, many were converted using profound religious doctrines and were racially discriminated with the notion of alleged ‘White Supremacy’. Yet, it was considered significant. A common religion unified African slaves that had distinguished cultures and languages earlier, and to survive the wrath of their masters. When the slaves were made to learn the language of their…

The White Savior Using a white and black paradigm, the black maids are the narrative subjects of The Help, yet many black readers such as myself, viewed Skeeter as the centralized protagonist and voice. The harshest yet powerful woman in the novel was white socialite Hilly Holbrook, the evil antagonist, was portrayed in a negative light in order for readers to identify Skeeter as the “white saviour”. She terrorizes, isolates, and dehumanizes her domestic workers, specifically Minnie, throughout…

Sexual Maturity The color red has always had some significant meaning, whether it is in real life, myths, legends, or even fairy tales. Two fairy tales which illustrate the symbolic meaning of the color red are two tales about Snow White; Brothers Grimm’s “Snow White” and Lasiar Gheug, “The King of Ireland’s Daughter.” In these fairy tales red resembles the opportunity for women to be rescued by a prince and possibly reach sexual maturity, but the shedding of blood is symbolic and necessary…

Privilege is defined as a special right, advantage, or immunity granted to a particular person or group exclusively. White privilege, on the other hand is defined as societal privileges that benefit people identified as white in western countries. This is a concept many people have struggled to understand- the notion that the color of a person’s skin grants them rights others are unable to possess. Throughout history, this concept has changed and manifested itself in many ways, therefore it is…

oppress a specific group of people to secure and maximize privileges/opportunities. White supremacy and slavery were one of many forms used to securing or improving white Europeans socioeconomic status and quality of life. In the following, we will discuss how white supremacy affected and shaped the development of African American culture. Furthermore, examine how colorism, a manifestation of white supremacy, affected…

friends. White hostess were nice and kind-hearted. They made the promise with black slaves that they won’t sell them and separate their family. White and black women did all the household works. On the contrary, men didn’t respect the black slaves. There’s only money in their mind and they mostly treated black slave as a product. A white men even deprive a clever black’s rights to work in the factory because the black is much clever than him and made many accomplishment that even a white man…

Whenever thinking about the word people often associate the word with a person who is famous for something, that is someone for them. However, what is forgotten by many is that, everyone is someone they just haven't achieved their greatness yet. The White Rose was a group of people that called for the end of horrific events during the Nazi regime. They lived with so much moral courage that they continued even up to their own execution. From their actions they became people who showed the…

shed more light on a subject that I have come to question, that is of “white privilege” found in the education system. For example, when stripped of full accreditation and resources, schools in Normandy Ferguson whose population a mixture of black and Latino were subject to major change through, unknowingly, desegregation in the education system. This placed colored youth along those of upper social classes a majority of white students. In addition, the results were uncanny and proved that your…

Aravind Adiga portrays the use of literary devices in his novel, The White Tiger, when he implements symbolism, and the motif of pairs and dualities. In the novel, Adiga effectively demonstrates how the use of literary devices creates a greater insight into Balram’s view of India in order to engage the readers throughout the book. Balram’s outlook of India is presented through the author’s effective use of symbolism, which engages the readers in understanding Balram’s view. At…

think just because we live in the 21st century there are no more oppression, privilege, and discrimination, but some are not yet educated to develop a critical social justice perspective. Through the ideas learned in this course and the readings (White Privilege by Paula S. Rothenberg and Is everyone really equal? by Özlem Sensoy and Robin DiAngelo) I am pleased to say that I personally have been transformed to think critically about our society. From thinking on why our society is the way it is…