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Collisions of ethnicities and institutions occurred often during the 20th century after the emancipation of African Americans and subsequent dilemma of their status in society. Dynamics between the white and black community raised challenges to African Americans seeking to assimilate and to white people seeking to protect privilege; responses varied as individuals sought to reconcile their internal identities with external institutions. Together, the cast of “Battle Royal” by Ralph Ellison, “Going

threatens landlord / Tenant held no bail / Judge gives negro 90 days in county jail!” (31-33). There was no real reason for the man to be thrown into jail as he was asking for basic necessities. But in the poem we can see this image of the power that the white

how the two characters were wearing opposite coloured clothing. Doctor Merrick was wearing an all-black suit and tie while Lincoln was wearing an all-white tracksuit. The purpose for the use of these techniques was to create a sense of authority and show the relationship between the characters. The different colour of clothing tells us who has more power. The costume of Lincoln in white could be associated with being naïve and having purity of mind which reflected when he kept on asking plenty of

occurs during the civil war movement, is mostly about the struggles that came with the civil movement and integration of races. As the African American community made themselves heard by demanding equal rights after being treated inferiorly by the White Americans for many years. This creates tension and altercations between both races. Julian, a young man who takes his mother to the “Y” every week, to which she does not wish to go alone because of the integration of races. Julian and his mother do

The Help displays issues of gender, class, and race. The wealthy white citizens are dominant in society and government. African Americans have segregation laws, pushing them to strive for equality. There is a push for upward mobility from the help to experience the American dream. Men are expected to work while women stay at home with their children. Men appear to be aggressive and hold dominance over women. Women are held to higher standards of beauty. William had a well-paying job providing

McIntosh stresses on his identity as a white person, and more specifically as a white man, by drawing a very clear line between how white people and people of color think. He does this through announcing his identity multiple times (“As a white person” (pg.1), “my skin color”(pg.4), etc.) and multiple mentions of the idea of the “invisible knapsack of white privilege.” By calling this white privilege invisible, he is urging us to un-see it as invisible and recognize

that took place mainly in the 1950s-1960s for blacks to gain equal rights under the law in the United States. Jones wrote this play to show the turmoil, conflict and relations between blacks and whites. This can be seen in the two main characters Clay a 20-year-old black man and Lula a 30-year-old white woman. In the Dutchman, there are three main characters Clay, Lula, and the other passengers who each have their different character traits and plight. The character can be expressed as individual’s

throughout America. The idea of absent African American fathers is fleeting because more people are beginning to shine light on the statistics of the real number of absent African American fathers. In fact, African American fathers are just as present as white fathers regardless of the relationship with the mother. The latest data finds that the stereotypical gender imbalance in this area doesn’t hold true, and dads are just as hands on when it comes to raising their children. For children between the ages

in Wax museum is that of two young kids standing behind a sign that reads "We aren't afraid." Behind them stands a tall figure hooded within the sinister white costume of the ku Klux klan. The photos that functions the backcloth to the current show show however African-Americans had to fight for basic rights that were already enjoyed by whites. the kids area unit a tragic reminder that racial prejudice was directed towards individuals of all ages, regardless of how innocent they were. The children's

bad people that were useless to the world and that they were like animals not a person. In the novel ​The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn, It shows the reader how slavery allowed the white society to unfairly treat African Americans as property or objects as opposed to treating them as people. The white society believed they were a lot more superior than African Americans at that time. Blacks were called really harsh names for example they would use the word "nigger" a lot specially in this