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The color white is one of the clearest examples of deceivery in the novel because of its role in covering up and blurring the truth. Many characters in the novel display this theme. Daisy is most closely associated to the color white because of her effort to appear innocent and pure. Daisy wears white clothes and decorates her house in white to hide the scandal and lies that is her real life. Tom also displays the color white, not through his clothes, but through his behavior. Tom is a raging racists

White Privilege as it Pertains to White and Minority College Students "My (black) Caribbean students, as a whole, tend to perform much better than my African-American students. Well, consider it -- over the years, and particularly during slavery, the best and brightest blacks in this country were weeded out. I don't believe that blacks are naturally inferior to whites, however, American blacks are the unfortunate end product of an enforced breeding process that has left them at a mental disadvantage

Many people from different cultures including white people will describe white American culture as cultureless. In the article, “White Means Never Having to Say You’re Ethnic White Youth and the Construction of ‘Cultureless’ Identities” by Pamela Perry we learn that in two different schools one which is mainly white and the other which is very diverse both see white as cultureless. Perry shows us how white students from both school describe the white culture. In the beginning of this article they

Starting off, this will show a comparison between white and black crimes, based on facts from the website for the Federal Bureau of Investigations. All statistics throughout this research paper, are from 2012, and have been collected from the Federal Bureau of Investigations, Department of Justice, and multiple news organizations. The data collected from these different agencies has been analyzed and put into it’s best format to fit what is being asked in this topic. All sources have been checked

In his translation of Black Skin, White Masks, Richard writes that the white man is considered superior because he is the inventor of technology. He has invented the compass and gunpowder. The Negro has never known even how to subdue electricity or steam. He has neither explored the seas nor the sky. They only know all the nooks of crannies of the country of suffering. The white man has many great things to his name. What can the Negro boast about? The Negro cannot claim anything. As such, he is

In “Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person” by Gina Crosley-Corcoran. We learn about the authors struggle growing up poor. Crosley says that she was so poor growing up, it’s “the type of poor that people don’t want to believe still exists in the country.” Crosley grew up in northern-Illinois and she was truly impoverished growing up. At 12, Crosley was making cup noodles in a coffee maker with water she fetched from public bathrooms. She lived in a camper that had no running water or

struggle of poor white women after the civil rights movement. The article focuses on the life of women and black men during the Ku Klux Klan era. In this article Hodes gives examples of the brutally violence when black men and especially white women were targeted by the KKK. Even white women had to endure the violence acts by the Klan, because the protection of white women was not only about the race, but also by class. Hodes focuses especially on the sexual liasion between white women and black

If you were to look up the definition of white privilege, it would say something along the lines of, benefits given to white people based solely on the fact that they are white. In Tim Wise documentary, White Like Me: Race, Racism, and White Privileged in America, he talks about white privilege and how it is negatively affecting America. He argues that by wanting to go back to the traditional America idea is really wanting for the unequal treatment of people of color, refusing to acknowledge how

I Say: White Woman Living in White America Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses the topic of white America often throughout his book, Between the World and Me, as well as the struggles he has as a black American. The dream he portrays in his book consists of maintaining a well-paying job and eventually striving to become a wealthy, upper class citizen. Little do people know that the dream is not obtainable by everyone, Coates asserts that the American dream revolves around being white. Often times, blacks

Important Information About White Tea And Its Health Benefits White tea belongs to the group of extremely rare teas and it got its name after its white leaves. White tea is grown in China, in Fujian province. The best time for harvest is early spring and the leaves are picked by hand. For the best quality white tea, the leaves are picked before they’re fully matured and shortly before the buds are fully open. White tea leaves are processed differently than other teas; the leaves are not dried, they