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Many people have described the Internet as “a whole new world.” From Facebook to Google, there are a multitude of ways to connect with others and acquire information like never before. According to Pew Research Center, seventy-six percent of social media users in the United States use Facebook daily (Social Media Fact Sheet).That is an immense amount of connections and information being shared. The United States has made many technological advancements for the good, however, the United States has

are the same race as the people they are patrolling then there would be less racial discrimination. Later on in the documentary he talks with the mayor and when posited the question about policing those of your same race, the mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka stated that it’s “not who did it that makes it racism… the fact that overwhelmingly it happens to (a) specific group of people” is what the problem is. Jalani notes early on in the stops with the gang unit that the police are stopping random people

When analyzing the works “Dutchman” and “The Ethics of Living Jim Crow” the message the authors are trying to convey become clear through their effects on the reader. In my essay I will explain how the authors use literary terms to help the reader gain a better knowledge in their work. In Amira Baraka’s work “Dutchman” symbolism has a major effect on the overall message as a whole. Although, we see many forms of symbolism there are two that really jump out to me. First, when Lula murders

Bakhtin's “chronotope” is a narrative time concept underlining that time cannot be understood without a spatial dimension: time and space are interconnected. In Greek ‘chronos’ means time and ‘topos’ means place. Bakhtin wanted to find a chronotope in different literary genres, which gave characters most freedom and creativity. Chronotope (space-time) bridges plot and narrated events with the real world. He called the lived time as- real time, historical time or horizontal time. In the historical

Social and economic disparities are plaguing the city of Baltimore. There are numerous issues that the city of Baltimore is facing, many of which did not come to light until the case of Freddie Gray. On April 2015, a 25-year-old black man by the name of Freddie Gray fell victim to police brutality. After the discovery of his death and the unreasonable way he was treated, Baltimoreans began to protest. The anger and frustration began to escalate due to other social and economic problems the city

Analyzing Racial Inequality: Past, Present, and Future Racial matters are often times disregarded as a prevalent issue in today’s time. There have been a great amount of attempts to rectify the matter in question, but the result remains the same—obliviousness from the write race. Ta-Nehisi Coates thoroughly addressed this topic in his book titled Between the World and Me. Coates is an American writer and journalist who analyzes political and social issues as they pertain to African Americans; his

The Black Feminist Movement was formed in response to the rise and success of the Black Civil Rights Movement and the Women’s Liberation Movement. In an era of drastic social reform, many black women believed that their needs were not being properly addressed. Black Feminism played a significant role in American History by highlighting the flaws in the various liberation movements that arose. In doing so, it gave rise to many Black Feminist Organizations which in turn fostered a sense of accomplishment

The television shows that we watch daily reflect the currents or past events that occur in our nation, and/or history. Specifically, in America TV shows portray society through the lens of a Critical Race Theory. Critical Race Theory is a framework in which the topic of power and oppression all intertwines on race, social class, and gender. Moreover, Critical Race Theory parallels with Master Narrative and Counter Narrative. Master narrative is a spoken or unspoken narrative that is presented and

With her lesbian and feminist persona, Audre Lorde’s career as a poet broke through during the bloody and turbulent period of the late 1960’s. Debuting her first collection of poems in 1968, Lorde began her career by expressing herself, a black lesbian feminist and her thoughts on different political issues of that time. Along with other black feminists, such as Lucille Clifton and Alice Walker, Lorde provided a voice for black women who she believed were sexually oppressed and deserved as much respect

Larry Neal made these key principles of the Black Arts Movement clear in “The Black Arts Movement” where he coined the term. The basic points are that the Black Arts Movement is community-based, explores the relationship between arts and politics, refutes white societal norms by means of a true split from “the racist west” (784), and is ethical from the lens of the oppressed. Basically, the movement is meant to give a voice to those oppressed (black) people that did not have one previously. The