Sarah Jane's Childhood

Sarah is the protagonist in the short story “The Farm,” By Joy Williams. She lives in New England with her husband of 11 years, Tommy. She is characterized as having a rather dim witted personality; she enjoys to talk but only when she has been drinking. Both Sarah and her husband suffer from major trust issues, possibly as a result from their previous marriages. Consequently, she often finds herself contemplating a divorce, but keeps it together for their daughter Martha. Sarah often entertained the suspicion that her husband was cheating on her. “Occasionally, he would slip his hand beneath her skirt. Sarah was sick with the thought that this was the way he touched other women.” (611) One night after driving herself and her husband home leaving

But the most shocking aspect of this whole situation came in the form of the African American performer Bert Williams who was degraded to play roles while in blackface that made a mockery of black people and essential of himself which probably was hard for him to act out. Fortunately the practice of performing blackface ended in the 1960s during the Civil Rights Act. But there are other stereotypes that have prevailed during the 20th century and I have two which are- the angry black women and black men always being thugs. For the first stereotype a particular movie comes into mind that portrays the angry black women perfectly and that is Madea’s Big Happy Family where there was a scene of a black women character that was yelling at her baby’s father about child support and was rolling her neck, chewing gum and speaking loudly. Looking back on the scene I realize now how stereotypical that scene was and that it further perpetuated a particular idea about how African American women behave or

Who doesn’t like reading “how to succeed” lists? Theoretically, they are a basic, straightforward guide with steps to achieve your aspirations. I used to wake up at 4 A.M because an article informed me that “all successful people wake up early.” Unfortunately, that routine only lasted for a week before I realized that I quite enjoy sleeping. After my failed attempt at imitating the sleeping habits of PepsiCo’s CEO, I began to think critically about whether I should be searching for advice from influential leaders. It seems logical to seek wisdom from powerful individuals, but their personal stories do not actually have that much in common. Similarly, the seemingly unrelated models that Sarah Lewis uses in The Rise contrast from Olympic sports to Astrophysics, but they all have one thing in common. Through her use of

When she knocked on the door, the women at bridge club unsuccessfully hid from her. When she went to the window, she spotted a few of them and at first did not understand that they were hiding from her. She slowly realized they were trying to avoid her. When she got back home she told Minny, “They made me stand there like I was the vacuum salesman” (Taylor, 2011). This is just one example in the movie of prejudice that is bordering on discrimination.

The IDEA lists 13 different disability categories which children and young adults aged 3-year-olds to 21-year-olds may be eligible for services. Emotional disturbance is one of the 13 disability categories under the IDEA and is the label Sarah was served under. Under the IDEA, emotional disturbance means a condition revealing inability to learn which cannot be clarified by other factors; difficulty building or maintaining reasonable interpersonal relationships with classmates and teachers; unsuitable types of conduct or emotions under ordinary conditions; and general persistent mood of unhappiness or depression.). Sarah met three criteria to be served under the ED label which included her 4 years of behaviors out of the norm, the severity of

This stated prejudice can be noted in a scene where Clare, Irene, and Gertrude are discussing the skin tones of their children. Clare addresses them, “No, I have no boys and I don’t think I’ll ever have any. I’m afraid. I nearly died of terror the whole nine months before Margery was born for fear that she might be dark. Thank goodness, she turned out alright. But I’ll never risk it again. Never! The strain was simply too–too hellish” (Larsen, 25). The extent to which the social stigma of the 1920s had tainted the views of Clare, though she is light-skinned, who is a black woman. She dreads over the thought of having a dark skinned child as if that would be the most despicable thing that could happen to her. Clare describes her African-American genetics as “hellish” and further speaks to the effects of colorism on black women. At this point, Clare is not only passing but she is denying her race in its entirety, making it out to be something wrong. Passing no longer exists as a social construct for African American social mobility, but rather a means for inhibiting any upward mobility through self-deprivation in regards to their culture and race.

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman begins with a note from the editor, who is a local schoolteacher near the plantation where Jane Pittman lives. He has long been trying to hear her story, and, beginning in the summer of 1962, she finally tells it to him. When her memory lapses, her acquaintances help fill in the spaces. The recorded tale, with editing, then becomes The Autobiography of Miss Jane.

The school, Winchester University, is a white ivy leagues school where they have a minority of black kids. Throughout the movie, there are many comments about race, and people are not afraid to say what they think, for example in the movie it is said that having just one African American as friend is not enough to pass as a non-racist. In the movie just the fact that you are white is an advantage, because you get better treatment, and you are put in a certain category, you are put in an inner circle. In the movie white kids are put together to living in the same houses while black kids would be all put together in the same house. In the movie there are clearly certain moments where people used their color as an advantage. An example of using color as a privilege, when they wouldn’t let Lionel in to a party just because he wasn’t part of an excuse or elite group

has a soft spot for Helen Burns and appears to be one of the strongest

In the story, Anne Moody, Coming of Age in Mississippi, Anne known as Essie Mae found out the meaning of racism at a young age and also see or heard what whites do to black people if they did not like what they was doing. She did not know that whites and blacks had their own place to sit and eat or why whites went to one school and blacks went to another. She just assumes that whites went to the school that was close to their neighborhood, but Essie Mae experience her first meaning of segregation when she met two white children she often play with at the movies. Since she figure they was friends she thought she could sit with them at the movies but her mother was very furious with that when she seen Essie Mae, her sister, and brother getting ready to enter the white side of the movie theater. Her mother pulled them out the door and told them they was not allowed to sit with the white children let alone be seen with them. “Now all of sudden they were white, and their whiteness made them better” (pg202) made Essie Mae confused and she wanted to know what made them so better, what was their secret.When the whites start coming back over Essie Mae examine them by comparing what they had to what her sister and brother had trying to see what made them so different, but all she seen was color. This really open her eyes to racism and later lead some change in her life.

The reason it has being so hard for Julie not to notice that she was a beautiful African American woman, because she did not know how to love herself as a black woman. First, her father and the neighborhood beauty shop always criticizes her about her hair and weight. Where he should have told her that she was beautiful no matter what her race was. Not only was she criticize by her own race, she was criticized by Caucasian people. Also, she lived in a very poor and bad neighborhood. Julie?s mother was at fault too, because she never acknowledges what her father was saying was wrong. Plus, she never stood up to Julie?s dad. Therefore, she thought she was not beautiful as an African American woman.

To begin with, Hazel, a white teenage girl, caught screaming to the back of another teenage girl’s head, black teenage girl named Elizabeth, claims that in the act she wasn’t feeling any towards of hatred or disapproval towards Elizabeth making her way into school. However, in the heat of the moment this photograph captured her at the wrong moment in time, a moment in which appeared full of hatred. Story is though that Hazel tagged along into the mixt of the crowd, not knowing exactly what she was thinking or doing but just wanted to do what everyone else was doing. This very act touches upon one aspect of racism, how your society influences your thoughts and actions. Growing up in the south, this was just a custom, to Hazel just like to everyone else. Individuals come as a whole to torment someone who they were taught was inferior to them.

“Our Negro families are happier when they live in their own communities” – Mr. Linder Pg.100. In the quote Mr. Linder is expressing his organizations dislike of Blacks; like most of people in the 50’s, Mr. Linder was degrading a group of people on exterior appearances. In the play you can see hints of racism and gender discrimination from Walter when he asked Beneatha why she isn’t a nurse or maid instead of striving to become a doctor. Racism has been a long hard for Black community and other minority groups in the world. A Raisin in the Sun never gives the slightest hope of racist views ever being lifted. Over time the stain of

Even though Sweetness knew she was a black woman, she did not want to face the harsh reality of being one. “But how else can we hold on to a little dignity? How else can we avoid being spit on in a drugstore, elbowed at the bus stop, having to walk in the gutter to let whites have the whole sidewalk, being charged a nickel at the grocer’s for a paper bag that’s free to white shoppers? Let alone all the name-calling. I heard about all of that and much, much more.” (Morrison) After hearing about all of the stories that other blacks went through, Sweetness knew her only way out was to use her light skin to her advantage. It was not a difficult decision for her to make because she knew all of the advantages that came with it. By living life as a white woman, Sweetness was able to have a job at a hospital and live a life that was much easier than her mother’s. But after having a dark skin baby, she knew life as she

Julie Johnstons childhood is by interesting. First, when Julie was younger she played soccer, but she played all positions. She was very good at defense, but she liked forward more. After, awhile she started to like defense a lot more. Julie Johnston as a child love being better than her sister. All in all, Julie's childhood is