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    The novel The Garies and their Friends is a realistic examination of the complex psychology of blacks who try to assimilate through miscegenation and crossing the color barrier by “passing as white.” Frank J. Webb critiques why blacks cannot pass as being white through the characters Mr. Winston and Clarence Jr. At the beginning of the novel, Mr. Winston is introduced as a slave who eventually was sold because his master died. Mr. Winston met up with Mr. Garie someone he used to work on a plantation

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    prospers as a young lady. Finally, Calpurnia emerges as a female role model to Scout because she teaches her the life lesson of accepting people for who they are. The story takes place in the great depression, a time of prejudiced views against colored people. Scout grows up learning the people of Maycomb’s perspective on racism. In

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    Behaviors Created by Racism in Native Son In Richard Wright’s Native Son, race is the main source of problems for Bigger Thomas. Bigger is an African American man who is distrustful of whites and regularly acts out in violence. The novel is set in the 1940’s when racism was considered a social norm. African Americans could live out their dreams or choose for themselves and this makes many of them angry. Whites expected them to commit crimes and were quick to accuse them of anything. So, due

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    truly are. Mr. Raymond’s conversation with Dill after Tom Robinson’s testimony initially shows that racism is better comprehended with age. He says, “Let him get a little older and he won’t get sick and cry… Cry about the hell white people give to colored folks, without even stopping to think that they’re people too” (Lee, 1960, p. 269). Here, it becomes clear that children can be naive to racism and the evil in the world, but as they continue to grow up in an area that feels so strongly about white

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    “‘People can start out one way, and by the time life gets through with them they end up completely different’” (Kidd 293). This quote from August Boatwright perfectly encompasses what happens to Lily during The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. All throughout the novel, the increased maturity of Lily’s character is very noticeable. At the beginning of the book, Lily, a 14-year-old white girl who is living in the South in the 1960’s, accepts segregation without questioning it. By the end, her

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    Introduction Post-colonialism is a period of time following colonialism, and postcolonial literature is typically characterized by its opposition to the colonial. Postcolonial literature often targets on race relations and the outcome of racism along with generally implies white and/or colonial societies. Simon During, in his essay discussing the nature and boundaries of post-colonialism, argues for a more inclusive definition, calling it “the need, in nations, or groups which have been victims

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    The two "colored maids" portrayed in the novel are representations of a class of people who have faced all kinds of maltreatment and remained silent, but revolted against these maltreatments in the end. Aibileen is a woman who has lost her son "Treelore" because of

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    upset that she cannot have them and her mother does not understand why she wants to put them on display. This short story Alice Walker had published it in 1973. During the seventies civil right movement were paving ways for new opportunities for colored people,“this was in the heyday of the Black Power ideologies when “Black was Beautiful,” the “Afro” hairstyle was in fashion and Blacks were seeking their cultural roots in Africa,

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    The Eye-Opening Trip to The Caribbean It was a Sunday morning in the middle of May when our family was on our way to the Caribbean. With that being said, we had a long 14-hour flight ahead of us, but the sky was blue and we were all filled up with excitement as to what would come next. I had never been in the Caribbean before and I did not know what to except. As we sat impatiently waiting to board our plane, I started writing my diary for the trip. Because we were going to be away for a good month

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    Many of these Americans have a set idea and mentality that blacks deserve less. As Borbely explained I would have to agree with him. I believe that in order for equal pay for both whites and blacks who have all worked the same should be treated equally. I have a good feeling that whites want to remain on top only so that they can have the power and self satisfying feel. That way they know that things go their way or no way at all. I want to believe that one day everyone will come to the realization

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