...in the late 1800’s blacks were dehumanized and were made a mockery. James Crone, in his book, talks about how blacks or people of color would be lynched or would be threatened to be lynched just for walking the wrong way or giving a wrong look. The superior whites would hold events to watch a black man be hung and burned. Thousands of whites would attend including men, women, and children. Crone called it a family affair. Children would collect chopped off body parts as souvenirs and postcards would be made from pictures of the burning human and sent to relatives with quotes such as “this was our barbeque last night.” It was unjust to treat any human being that way let alone to treat just one race that way because they looked different. Mobs of white Americans would stop a black person and use violence on them just because they could and they knew they would get away with it. Lynchers were always mysteriously unknown to churches and police authority but very well known in the media. Whites turned the other way when it came to a black person back then. The lynching tree represented white power and “black death”. The only thing the Americans of color relied on was their faith. They knew that their faith was the only thing that a white person could not take away from them. They prayed and often related themselves to Jesus Christ. Jesus knew he did not deserve to be crucified, as the black people knew they did not deserve to be lynched or violated. To black males during that...
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...In America many whites claim not to be racist. Some say when looking at others they don't see color and they just see people. Although most people try to ignore its existence, it’s quite obvious that racism comes to many people such blacks, whites, latinos and asians. Martin luther king wanted everyone to be treated equal and not be judged by their color. In a way of Summing up so everyone would be color blind and look at everyone the same way. Color blind racism is claimed to be an ideology which has acquired major dominance in the late 1960. This is the problem of racism because still to this day since the 1900s its still happening and needs to be put to an end. The color blind racism is the perfect idea for equal rights in America's society...
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...Sundays. By just these two instances alone we can see they go to church on Sundays and are expected to behave differently or better on those days than how they would on non-sacred days. For the speaker, it isn’t enough that the listener goes to and is associated with Sunday school, but she also must behave in a way that makes her look well while she is there. She doesn’t want the listener to go there and misbehave by speaking unwell of anybody or having bad manners because if she does others could notice which would put her reputation at risk. Further on in the story, the girl finally responds to this list of commands by saying, “but I don’t sing benna on Sundays at all and never in Sunday school” (Kincaid 320). She says she doesn’t do this at all on Sunday, not just in Sunday school. This is further proof that both the speaker and the listener are Christians because not only is she behaving well and doesn’t sing benna in Sunday school, but she also isn’t singing benna at all on Sundays. Why...
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...Prohibition Was The Result Of White Power You must be able to ignore the racial roots of Marijuana Prohibition; the effect of discrimination on race has made this a popular topic. A lot of arrests for drug paraphernalia is mainly focused on Race. The amount of Blacks and Latinos that are targeted instead of White people is unbelievable. Why are people of color being singled out for public possession? Why are the statistics of the drug arrests for people of color at higher rates compared to White people? Because of targeting people of color we can't use certain drugs to help with neuropathic pain. Why is law enforcement targeting blacks and latinos? We need to stop addressing people of color for these drug charges so we can start...
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...partially broke down the color barrier, allowing people to begin looking past the issues of racial inferiority and superiority. This breaking down of the color barrier and easing of racial tension was not complete, however, leading to a heightened need for civil rights and equality. This new music form allowed blacks and whites to work together in a professional setting and intermingle like they never had before, increasing white appreciation and acceptance for blacks. Without rock ‘n’ roll and the social benefits included, the civil rights movement may never have been as powerful as it was. The origins of rock ‘n’ roll had its very roots in the African-American culture. Rhythm and blues, jazz, and gospel music, once confined solely to black culture, now found their way into white society, as “race records” became popular, not just in the black community, but in the white community as well. These “race records” were, at first, aimed only at the African-American audience, and were distributed by door-to-door salesmen and newsboys for “lovers of music everywhere and those who desire to help in the advance of the Race.” Bessie Smith, a black singer in the 1920s, became so popular within the black community, that she was cast in an early sound film—one of the first to include black performers. Eventually, “race records” expanded to include comedy routines, recorded sermons, and spirituals. In the 1940s and 1950s, these records also began to become popular within the white community as record...
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...the year. I love seeing the color changing leaves across the bright blue sky and the mixture of bright orange, yellow and brown scattered on the dark pavement. This sparked an idea in my head. I wanted to express the colors of autumn in my painting without having to paint actual leaves. I also wanted to express the random scattering of leaves against the dark wet pavement. I wanted to express fall the way I see fall in my imagination; dark and gloomy yet warm and bright all at the same time. In order to express my vision, I needed to think of what materials I needed to put it all together. I went to a local store and bought a 20 x 24 canvas, some fan brush and the acrylic paint necessary to express the fall colors I see in my imagination. I put a lot of thought into what colors I want to incorporate into my painting to express the dark and gloomy. The color black immediately popped into mind. I started to paint my entire 20 x 24 canvas with a thick layer of black acrylic paint and set it aside for 24 hours to dry. While waiting for the layer of black acrylic paint to dry, I thought about what colors I wanted to use to express warm and bright on a dark and gloomy background. I thought of the bright orange leaves against gray gloomy sky and came up with a bright orange red to represent the leaves and an off white color to represent the gray gloomy sky. From this point on I had to come up with an idea to put the two acrylic paint colors on this black background to make it look...
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...“What it’s like to be a black girl”, written by Patricia Smith by exploring the difficulties that black women face, no matter of age or where they may live. When it comes to these two stories and poem both written by black women, the one thing both writers have in common is their main character is a black women or girl. Both have dealt with some form of discrimination because of the color of their skin is black. In Alice Walker, “The Welcome Table”, she writes in third-person omniscient trying to explain to the audience how this old black lady just wanted to worship inside of a church, any church. This older black woman has finally found a church, once she was inside she did not even realize that this church was for the white folks – all she wanted was to worship the lord. The older woman in this story was not afraid of the fact that all the members were white, this is the first sign of discrimination against her based off her race no one wanted her to stay there but she was determined to worship the lord inside of this church. Everyone in the church wanted her to leave the church, telling her this is not your church and she did not belong there. For some unknown reason the old black women just muttered within herself, “Go ‘way”. So, now here is this old black woman that was determined to worship inside that church. Eventually she was thrown out of the church. Everyone in the church made a big deal out of the fact the not only was she a black woman but she too was...
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...stems from the times of slavery, where blacks were thought to be inferior to whites. Throughout history, the ideology of race and racism has evolved and developed several different meanings. Today, we can still see the devastating effects of racism on people of color, as well as whites. “Racism, like other forms of oppression, is not only a personal ideology based on racial prejudice, but a system involving cultural messages and institutional policies and practices as well as beliefs and actions of individual” (Tatum, pg. 9). As a result of this system, it leaves the oppressed at a great disadvantage in society. This includes “access to social, cultural, and economic resources and decision making” (Rothenberg, 2007). In order for change to come about and for the American society to reach racial inequality, we first have to acknowledge the problem openly, which our society has yet to do. In this paper I am going to analyze the meaning of racism and how it affects both people of color and whites. In doing so, I am going to explore how racism impacts one’s racial identity, using my life experiences as an example. I will also demonstrate how racism leads to prejudice and discrimination and provide examples of these. I will close the paper with solutions and ideas to improve our communities and our society as a whole. Racism Defined Racism is defined as a system of advantage based on race (Tatum 1997). In America whites have control over resources such as...
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...Layer 1 Layer 1 Julianne Layer English 122 February 16th, 2014 Professor Rogers Rough Draft 1 Do we live in a Post-Racial America? If you take a look at the way society has formed itself today compared to hundreds of years ago, you would say we do live in a post-racial society. The 15th Amendment was passed after the Civil War and it guaranteed blacks the right to vote. If this Amendment was not passed the way we live today wouldn’t be the way it is right now. We wouldn’t have a black President; black and whites would have to used separate bathrooms, water fountains, and be separated on the bus. More importantly, you walk down the street today and see white girls with black, Chinese, or Latino boyfriends. Post-racial America has fallen upon our generation and sooner or later, color won’t even be a thought to judge someone by. We live in a post-racial America because people who are racist are looked down upon in the world we live in today. The research provided will explain why we do live in a post-Racial America. America today has stereotypes for all different races. White people have money, black people are involved in crime, Asian people get straight A’s, and Latinos live off the system. Racism isn’t as harsh today as it was in the past. There are still racist people in the world and that will never change, but it has declined since 1865. During the Civil War, the North wanted to prevent the expansion of slavery into territories in the West that had not yet become...
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...was something that had to be said in the sake of all the black people suffering from racial segregation. The white people should stop treating the black people as if they were something different as if they weren't human because treating black people equally will help us americans become greater people, people that God can admire. I say this, because I myself James Swerg and all the other Freedom Riders have been through many tough times where we will be attacked by men armed with bricks, clubs and knives. Also one time in Anniston Alabama, when we where going on one of the freedom rides we will be divided in two buses, the white people attacked us leading to many injuries and one of the buses was burned and all the white people held the doors shut so we couldn't get out of the bus and get burned to death, why luckily that didn't happen. That's why I'm here today, to further explain to you why this must stop, because as Dr. King said "now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood". That's what we are suppose to be a brotherhood because I ask this to myself, do all this people really enjoy killing so many innocent people just because of their color? cause I don't think that's what God will do in this situation, he will just see all those people of different color just like him because that is what they are, just like you and do you really know if God is white cause nowhere in the bible does that say that. One...
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...It is evident today that the black man and woman alike have achieved what seemed an impossible feat; a pipe dream just about one hundred and fifty years ago during the Reconstruction Period. Today for example, the black man can speak on the national television, own his own business, attend a predominantly white school and even publicly voice his displeasure without getting persecuted. To sum it up, the kind of beastly racism that involved lynching, public vitriol, and aggression against blacks has drastically changed into a more covert one. The opening remarks in Brent Campney’s article in the magazine, Western Historical Quarterly, hint at the task that the black community still had in their quest for dignity even after the civil war. In the introductory remarks of the article, the author laments, “In the aftermath of the war, however, white Kansas made a mockery of the Union’s optimism. Unleashing a campaign of violence aimed at enforcing their supremacy over blacks in the young state’’ (Campney 172). We find that the black community was faced with an uphill task in their quest for equality to their white counterparts even after the civil war. Kansas making a mockery of thee Union means that as per the wish of the Union that blacks would be free and appreciated after they helped the Union crush the Confederacy, the white community in Kansas turned against them with racially instigated violence aimed at them. The Union had thus made an assumption when they...
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...story is about a black man, Tom Robinson, who is accused of the rape of Mayella Ewell. Atticus Finch, Scout's father, and Tom’s lawyer knows that Tom is innocent in the trial but is ultimately found guilty of the crime. July 11, 1960. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, she develops many themes but the one that sticks out to me is racism. The book takes place during the 1960’s in the south during the civil rights movement. Even though the book takes place during the 1960’s when there were civil right movements, even today in 2018 we still see African Americans fighting for their rights. The book impacts me today because I witness the racial tensions that happen everyday. It also affects the future because if something isn’t done for equal rights for everybody there will still be tensions just like in the 1960’s. Comparing the present and the 1960’s I notice very little has changed African Americans are still fighting for equal...
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...literary device duo of symbolism and foreshadowing. Frazier uses the symbols of crows, Cold Mountain, and the colors of black and white to not only represent ideas, but to foreshadow events to come. The crow, seen multiple times throughout the novel, is an ambiguous symbol. Its symbolism is twofold. Crows are thought to be mischievous and clever, resourceful and opportunistic, and in Cold Mountain, they are ever present. For Ruby, crows are a symbol of independence, wisdom and survival: “She noted with disapproval that many a bird would die rather than eat any but food it relishes. Crows will relish what presents itself” (Frazier 176). For Ruby, crows symbolize life and how to survive in nature. Inman also sees crows as a symbol of independence and freedom. He envies them because they are free from the constraints that the world imposes on humans. On the other hand, crows symbolize a more sinister side to life. Throughout Inman’s travels, he encounters many difficulties. Crows seem to accompany all of these worst moments. Inman remembers seeing crows during the war and at Junior’s place before he was taken by the Guard. As the presence of crows symbolizes doom and destruction, Frazier is foreshadowing Inman’s death at the end of the book. Furthermore, crows are even present at Inman’s death: “He drifted in and out and dreamed a bright dream of a home…There were white oaks and a great number of crows, or at least the spirits of crows, dancing and singing in the upper limbs”...
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...comparisons between overall black populations socioeconomic standing today and that of the mid-1960’s. Today, it is little more than a scapegoat behind which inferior performance can hid very well, and that scapegoat’s upkeep has become far too extravagant in today’s society. “We didn’t land on Plymouth Rock my brothers and sisters--Plymouth Rock landed on us,” Malcolm X’s observation is brought out by the facts of America history. Snatched from their native land transported thousands of miles--in a nightmare of disease and death and sold into slavery blacks were reduced into the legal status of farm animals. Even after emancipation, blacks were segregated from whites--in some states by law, in social practice almost everywhere. American apartheid continued for another century. In 1954 the Supreme Court declared state compelled segregation in schools unconstitutional, and it followed up that decisions with others that struck down many other forms of official segregation. Still discrimination survived, and in most southern states blacks were either discouraged or prohibited from excersizing their rights to vote. Not until the 1960’s was compulsory segregation finally and effectively challenged. Between 1964 and 1968 congress passed the most sweeping legislation since the end of the Civil War. It banned discrimination in employment, public accommodation,( hotels, motels, restaurants, etc.), and housing; it also guaranteed voting rights for blacks in areas suspected of...
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...fighting against all odds to ruin the views that we have against people of color. It takes the form of denial of rights in front of a judge, or casually residing in those on the streets, tempting them to change their opinions based on someone’s differences. The courts, juries and everyday people across the nation demonstrate this ideal of racial injustice everyday, shown from the writings of anti-racist Tim Wise and the life of Scout Finch in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, in which they highlight the difference in treatment between those of color and those who are white. Throughout the entirety...
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