The New Black

Olympic gold metal winner, is trans gender. This was broadcast to millions of people as he told his story in an emotional interview with Diane Sawyer. Laverne Cox, a transgender woman, has had a predominant role in the Netflix series “Orange is the New Black” for the past 3 seasons and has also helped spread awareness about the trans community. With all of these stories being seen by more and more people, there have been some that haven’t been very accepting of the transgender community. Transphobia

Orange is the New Black Essay Piper Kerman is a Smith College graduate who is serving thirteen months in prison, from 2004 to 2005, for a drug trafficking and money laundering crime she committed nearly ten years before. For most of her entire stay Piper is placed in a minimum-security prison in Danbury, Connecticut. I am from Avon, Connecticut so because her story was so close to home it immediately struck me as interesting. Her experience is eye opening, and as the book progresses you can see

Everybody Love Everybody Many people are aware of the largest hate groups found in the United States. Two of them being the Ku Klux Klan and the New Black Panther Party. They threaten or harm a specific population, and both cause diversity in the United States. The Black Lives Matter movement is a hate group because they threaten and harm a specific population using physical abuse and speech while causing diversity in the United States. Mark Twain once said, “Actions speak louder than words”

received 34 total nominations for a string of original programs that it aired this year including House of Cards, Orange Is the New Black, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Boodline, and Grace and Frankie. Netflix originals House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black, have been nominaded and one in years past, but Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Bloodline, and Grace and Frankie are new to Netflix this years, and they are garnering praise in important

Listo Systems: Cami Machado, Trainer Context: Listo Systems is a graphic service agency and is one of the leading companies within the sector. They recently implemented a new black box technology which resulted in a demand for trainings for the employees as well as “train-the trainer” sessions. Cami Machado is responsible for conducting these sessions and she feels well prepared. She is also the one who represents the company at an annual Computer Graphic Service Trade Show. Key Issues

Netflix exclusive series Black Mirror recently released its highly anticipated fourth season, adding six new episodes to its catalog. The anthological British series provides viewers with an entirely new storyline each episode, each forcing deeper contemplation than had the one before it. Black Mirror is often described as a modern take on The Twilight Zone, in that each episode tackles issues pertaining to a miscalculated relationship between technology and humanity. General tropes of Man

weren’t always the norm. Reading the history book, I learned that back in the 1800s being a black person meant that you couldn’t join the army and that many people saw black people as inferior, they thought that since most of them worked in the fields and they were illiterate, that they couldn’t possibly fight as well as the white soldiers. On the movie, this view was clearly proved wrong however, as multiple black regiments popped up across the union in the northern part of the country. Then, it was

and other people of African descent, a new and improved status in the society. African Americans in the Harlem Renaissance made wonderful contributions of new kind of art, music, and literature in the world. During the 1920s and into the 1930s, a time period known as the Harlem Renaissance was when African American culture exploded. Known mostly for the emergence of great literature by black authors, the Harlem Renaissance, was also known as the New black Movement. It was a result of several factors

influential in helping him understand how to motivate black people through his music. The overall album portrays problems

shows and series of the first few decades of television feature women as the typical stay at home mom or the fragile damsel in distress that have very simple lines. However, that sentiment is changing drastically because of shows like Orange Is the New Black (OitNB), a show that is about a women’s prison and the lives of the inmates. Many types of women are represented; women of color, LGBT women, and even women with mental illnesses. Each character is complex and portrayed realistically. No role is