The Last Of The Mohicans : When Cultures Collide

“Black lives matter,””White lives matter,””All lives matter” are proclamations manufactured by numerous anti-racism organizations today. Failing to squander racism, the United States continues to make bounds towards racial equality. Preceding the American Revolution racism plagued the world and continues to corrupt the world today. Today activist comparable to Martin Luther King, Jr. continue to combat racism and seek an end, to all, racism. In effort to clear the obfuscated minds of the clergymen King stains Letter from a Birmingham Jail with pathos, allusion, and antithesis to explain the cruel, unjust , harsh reality of the world in the time.

A reader of The Last of the Mohicans is able to notice the manifested racism in the book which is perpetuated through the cultural divide and racial stereotypes. Racism from Cooper’s book depicts itself in being one of the contemporary themes in the novel which offers derogatory and stereotypical concerns to people of various races. In a more stringent analysis, the racial stereotypic statements from the book drive racial and cultural tolerance along with the societal inequalities which are set forth by Cooper. The author does not only use the stereotypes to further the racial barriers but also support and build the plot of the book promoting the idea that people from different racial and cultural upbringing can be divided on racial

The Mississippian culture was composed of a series of urban settlements and villages linked together by a loose trading network The Mississippian culture flourished from 800-1600 AD. It encompassed the southern shores of the Great Lakes at Western New York and Western Pennsylvania in the Eastern Midwest, all the way into the south/southwest of the Mississippi Valley and into the Southeastern United States.

The idea of racism has evolved and has become less prevalent throughout the last century. Schools and public areas are unsegregated, voting rights, racial slurs being considered as unacceptable behavior etc. American sociologist and race theorist, Howard Winant states that’s “The ensuing approaches increased recognition of racial injustice and inequality, but did not overcome the discriminatory processes” (Winant,2000)Although the United states has come a long way to try to end racism, one cannot ignore the fact that it still exists. It is something that may seem invisible in society, but everybody knows that it still thrives and that it’s racial attitudes affect the way our society functions. One of these invisible forms of

Oftentimes conflicts are only considered to be only an international difference in opinions, however, conflict can be present as a national issue. In the United States of America, although considered a relatively peaceful country, experiences national conflicts regularly. Dennis Prager says “Since neither black animosity nor the Left’s falsehood of ‘racial tensions’ is based on the actual behavior of the vast majority of white Americans, nothing white America can do will affect the perceptions of many black Americans or of the leftist libel.” This quote defends the idea that in most cases, the racial tension is one sided and without clear evidence.

In Mat Johnson’s novel, Loving Day, interracial relationships are showcased throughout the text. The main character, Warren’s, journey through the story to re-identify who he is as a person mirrors the way America has thought about interracial relationships and marriages over time; as the book progresses, so do the thoughts of the main character regarding race and his personal relationships, as if the reader is walking through time from the days when interracial marriages were illegal, to modern day where interracial marriages are becoming more common and accepted. Warren encounters other people whose views reflect the “traditional” outlook on race and relationships as well as people with “progressive” views regarding race and relationships. He has to navigate through his own personal beliefs, the way he was raised, his personal experience, the way others react to him, and the way

The article presents a positive way a community can come together, in response to hatred and racism, which can be seen as social change work. Social Change is the “concrete alterations of an unequal social structure” (Pyles, 2014, p.16). It can also be seen as challenging the root causes of exploitation and violence. In Claremont, New Hampshire, where the incident took place, a local clergy is meeting with officials to begin a “community response to hatred.” According to Ryan McNutt the “purpose of this gathering is a compassionate public witness to support all in our community who are wounded by racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and to stand up against it” (Boston Globe, 2017).

For years there have been forbidden love and marriage in the history of the United States, I decided to write a reflection on my thoughts views, fact findings and information regarding biracial marriages and segregation laws that were discriminatory in history. I read the short story about the Loving family and their pursuit to the Supreme Court in 1967, I thought of my own family history and realized that my paternal grandparents would’ve been prosecuted had they lived in Virginia or any other state that prohibited bi-racial marriages in the 1900s.

The Mississippi Black Codes of 1865 made it clear, blacks were not equal to whites. While allowed to marry each other, blacks were prohibited from marrying whites. The codes allowed them to marry, “…in the same manner and under the same regulations that are provided by law for white persons.” But only

They should not get marry and mix. The couple spent several years to appeal to higher court to pursuit justice. The Supreme Court decided that this prohibition was unconstitutional, overruling Pace v. Alabama (1883) and ending all race-based legal restrictions on marriage in the United States. Loving v. Virginia 388 U.S. 1 (1967), is a landmark for the United States Supreme Court to protect civil rights, which invalidated Pace v. Alabama (1883), the Supreme Court ruled laws prohibiting interracial marriage, as a violation of the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. It defended the spirit of the Declaration of Independence, people are created equal, no matter their color, and they have the equal right to pursuit their freedom and happiness. Loving v. Virginia legalized interracial marriage, and government can’t deprive this right. Furthermore, it effects the same-sex marriage case Obergefell v.

The title of the film I chose is “ The Last of The Mohicans” this movie was released in the year of 1992. The director of the chosen movie is Michael Mann. The Cast in “The Last Of The Mohicans” is, Daniel Day Lewis as Natty Bumppo. Madeleine Stowe as Cora Munro and Eric Schweig as Uncas. The genre of the film “The Last of The Mohicans” is a historical fiction film. The time period in the movie is in the year of 1757. In the film “The Last of The Mohicans” the Huron Indians and French were both on one side fighting the English and American Colonies. The movie is basically following the remainder of the Native American tribe the Mohicans. The character Hawkeye an adopted son of Chingachgook ends up falling in love with the character Cora a woman

things in common with the hero and thus made Hawkeye a more human hero and

The novel first unfolds with a description of the setting and time in which the novel takes place. It is several days from late July to mid-August 1757, during the French and Indian War. Fort William Henry, the English stronghold commanded by Colonel Munro, is being attacked by the French army. Escorted through the dangerous forest by Major Duncan Heyward and guided by an Indian named Magua, Munro’s daughters, Alice and Cora, set out from Fort Edward to visit their father. Thereafter, the group is joined by David Gamut, a young Calvinist. Wandering attentively, the group runs into the white lookout Natty Bumppo, known as Hawkeye, and the only remaining members of the once prominent Mohican tribe: Chingachgook and Chingachgook’s son, Uncas.

Historically, United States battle against racism has come a long way from the days of colonialism, slavery, racial hierarchies, racial demarcated reserves, strict policies and segregation. And yet, discrimination and inequality continue to persist in our society. Howard Winant, an American sociologist and race theorist, stated that, “the meaning of racism has changed over time. The attitudes, practices and institutions of epochs of colonialism, segregation… may not have been entirely eliminated, but neither do they operate today in the same ways they did half a century ago (Winant 128).” The meaning and how racism operates may have changed over time but its negative connotations and implications in society continue to limit the individual’s understanding, explore and accept the complexity of each individual. Presently, racism appears less blatant and may appear “more acceptable,” but its existence and effect is undeniable. As a result, it continues to destroy society’s cohesion and ideas for equality. Racism is the ideology that devalues and renders other racial and ethnic group as inferior and it is reflected through the individual’s interaction, expression and attitudes towards others (Racism No Way). It is deeply rooted from historical, social, cultural and power inequalities. Racism has indeed shifted its course from previously stricter policies and practices of racism to individuals who promote multiculturalism, equality