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    issues come in. Yes, people may not like blacks, but when it comes to the point of them being denied their rights there is a huge problem. Blacks have to protest and fight so that they can be treated as equals and be given the same opportunity as a white person. Of course media wasn't as big and didn't have the sources used today. Back then, protests were very common, whether it was to fight for your right or person, pictures were taken and then they'd be published to newspapers. Today’s protest can

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    freeze the frame, press the pause button, or hit the refresh key to construct that how media shows social stereotypes. There are many advertisements which influences people, the one such advertisement is of Van Heusen brand advertising for men’s wear tie. These advertisement clearly reflects gender inequality. Since then, of course, the role of women in society and representation in advertising has come a long way. The feminist movement in the 70s helped to break down barriers for women, leading to

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    enough to afford pearls!” This shows the struggle African American women went through, as segregation was still a regime in the south of America. According to the American Association of University Women, African American women are paid 63% less and white females are paid 75% less than men in 2017. Still to this day, women and women of colour still do not get the equal pay they deserve, like Katherine experienced in this film. This implies that sexism and racism is hard to abolish as it still present

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    She was one of the lucky ones with no roots to tie her there. She was bought for breeding stock two years before. She bore two children. She had to walk many miles for a place of employment with a toddler on her back and baby slung in the front. She was a woman with no husband. Somewhere around Illinois a family took her in. They gave her a job and a place to learn. Fastword to 1903, Washington has pushed his biography to appeal to the white market. He is a man that is sitting on the fence

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    popular, but it aides in the development of each character’s background and trials. Symbolism is used in each story to demonstrate how each protagonist is deeply connected to the south. Ellison and Faulkner both used each of these literary elements to tie the south to the protagonists. The point of view of “Battle Royal” and “A

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    Throughout this semester we have read many interesting pieces that all tie into one big topic. In the book “Between the World and Me” Coates writes a letter to his fifteen year old son Samori. He goes on to tell him all about his upbringing in the ghettos of Baltimore where he learned the codes of the streets in order to survive, but never truly embraced them. Coates goes on to tell how his father was so hard on him growing up, but soon realized growing up in an African American family that they

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    where black Americans would gain the equality of their white counterparts. Ironically, electing a black president has made the country more divided on various fronts where some people are even saying that black Americans have lost some of their rights during President Obama’s tenure. Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’ memoir in the form of a letter to his 15- year-old son, Samori. In it, he expounds on his views of racism which tie directly to the treatment of modern day black Americans

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    The Lost Voices of African-Americans During the Harlem Renaissance, African-Americans traveled north to have better opportunities, which relate to some form of art and literature. Various art piece would depict the hardships of African-Americans from slavery to more era related Red Summer. Some well-known people during this time are authors: Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes. While Hurston expresses gender oppression in her literature through her character, Janie’s, abuse, Hughes shows racial

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    so as she reaches the gum tree she drinks from it and remembers all the times she would go through there. She continues her journey and is approached by a dog that knocks her over into a ditch she asks fell help but there is no one around until a white hunter shows up and helps her out. He asks her what is an old lady like her doing out there in the woods and as if he feels he is more superiorto her, he points the gun he has at her and she doesn’t say anything. He asks her aren’t u afraid grandma

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    Topic 1 I chose the story "Great Country People" and in this specific story, I associated with Hulga otherwise called Joy. At the outset, I consequently began relating this family to one of my most loved youth stories which were Cinderella when she living with her Step Mother and Step Sisters. As I began to read this story, I personally felt an emotional attachment due to how Hulga was being treated. Hulga was treated as if she did everything incorrectly and had no future due to her wooden leg.

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