song “Black or White.” Whereas the racism is defined as a superior behavior against other race-thus making it inferior, the singer refers to this term as “See, it’s not about races, just places, faces, where your blood comes from is where your space is.” Michael Jackson, one of the most influential artists in the music industry, calls for equality in how people view and behave towards each other. The question, which this master thesis investigates, does it matter if you’re black or white, is clearly…

From the earliest years of European settlement in North America, whites enslaved and oppressed black people. Although the Civil War finally brought about the abolition of slavery, a harsh system of white supremacy persisted thereafter. In the early twentieth century, African Americans in the South and in many parts of nearby border states were banned from associating with whites in a host of institutions and public accommodations—schools, hospitals, old folks’ homes, rest rooms, waiting rooms, railroad…

photographs that are in black and white. The question being asked is, “Do two copies of the same photograph, one in color and one in black and white, evoke different emotions or different intensities of emotion?” When I first came across this topic, it was one that I immediately wanted to pursue and look into. The initial interest was most likely derived from the fact that I am colorblind. I decided to begin gathering the information I needed by starting my research with the black and white side of the topic…

Frederickson’s title “The Black Imagine in the White Mind” leaves very little doubt as to which side of the argument the author will take on this subject. Throughout his article, he stresses the point that racism under the doctrine of “white supremacy” was a huge influence on the fail of Reconstruction. The doctrine of white supremacy stated that white men were superior to colored men, even though colored men were not slaves any longer. Frederickson contends that racism within the south did not…

White Privilege in America Privilege affects everyone, regardless of if they are affected positively or negatively. Being the majority of majorities in America, white males bear an automatic stamp of privilege on their foreheads, although they would care very strongly not to admit it. On the surface, privilege does not seem like such a bad thing, but when you pay attention to the differentiation of struggles between white men and everyone else in America, you can see it is a very large issue. Whether…

Segregation between black and whites being around since the beginning of slavery era but segregation didn’t get legal until 1896 when the supreme court sanction legal separation between black and whites in the ruling H.A. Plessy v. J.H. Ferguson. The ruling stated that separation of black and whites was legal as long equal facilities did not violate the fourteenth amendment. The united states did indeed abolish slavery but did they not intend to make blacks first class citizen as white because after…

Kyles Cooper, Jones American Literature 16 April 2015 Black And White America Social Divide The black and white social divide is mainly based on economics. Many facts prove that blacks and whites divided mostly because, some whites are proclaimed rich and some blacks are proclaimed poor. Economics plays a huge role in this theory as well as self-segregation, stereotyping and cultural divide. Many just look at the Black And White Social Divide as something insignificant, but it is a nationwide…

Unlikely Couples: Love is not all Black and White Discussing the Lack of African-American Man and White Woman Interracial Couples in Hollywood Films from 1960-2014 Marisol De León Soc 290-140 November 25, 2014 It is hard to believe that once upon a time people vehemently fought against interracial unions in some misguided endeavor to protect the sanctity of marriage. Not only were interracial marriages frowned upon, but until Loving versus Virginia in 1967, they…

was fundamentally flawed in that it could not exist without scapegoating at least one demographic of their own people, creating another hot button issue to never cease. The easiest way to separate a group is to bisect it – generally in terms of black/white gender identification (male/female) – and when early homo sapiens found themselves settling down amidst the Neolithic Revolution and discovering agriculture, daily chores became more abundant and necessary. Thus began the base for a growing trend…

White Privilege in America Privilege affects everyone, regardless of if they are affected positively or negatively. Being the majority of majorities in America, white males bear an automatic stamp of privilege on their foreheads, although they would care very strongly not to admit it. On the surface, privilege does not seem like such a bad thing, but when you pay attention to the differentiation of struggles between white men and everyone else in America, you can see it is a very large issue. Whether…