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to describe how white standards are considered the norm. She discussed how when she went to her white grandmother’s thanksgiving, everyone was very polite and proper. They spoke softly and were on their best behavior. When they when to their black grandmother’s thanksgiving, they were loud and full of laughter and games. It was an excellent example of how white standards have influenced the standards in every aspect of life. Even things such as the American Dream is built upon white supremacy patriarchal

The book White Fang is yet another successful novel that was written by Jack London that will interest nearly anyone who reads it. The novel, featuring people, wolves, dogs, and other animals, is categorized as realistic fiction. Through the book, London gives readers accurate insight on survival in the natural world and natural selection, adding importance. It also shows how the presence of other creatures, especially humans, affects wildlife. Separated into five different parts, this well written

of the food chain because of their Caucasian descent. White privilege still exists in today’s society but at a much lesser scale than what has been portrayed throughout history. Yes, society has made progress but as humans we cannot achieve perfection and that is a factor also on why white privilege still exists. There are different areas where Caucasians have advantages than other minorities would if they are in a certain situation, also white people tend to always get the benefit of doubt when it

century, representing the foil to American white women (cf. Atkinson, 2004: 3). Having its roots in antebellum Southern America, the Mammy “was an important figure in the socialization of white Southern children” (DelGaudio, 1983). Considerably, various depictions of the Mammy present her performing arduous domestic duties in the household of their slave owners. Therefore, the Mammy replaces the white lady in educating and taking care not only of the white children but also of the home (cf. Jewell

In the novel, “White Fang” by Jack London, the main character, White Fang, is quarter dog and three quarters wolf. He is wild for the first part of the book, but when he encounters an Indian tribe they take him in along with his mother. There, he is sold and separated from his mother and moves to San Francisco. In the novel, White Fang, a goal changed the life of White Fang, but not the world. “But it could not last long”(18). One evening, Henry, White Fangs’ owner at the time, was getting rushed

years. Though laughable it sounds, white Americans, too, have suffered from this crime. As our country began and black’s races were systematically denied the right to be human and so internalized the role of the savage, white consciousness bullied its way into objectivity. The white mind became the unbiased mind that objectively observed all the rest. This is called The Default: The belief that the white experience is a neutral and objective experience and white consciousness is the standard consciousness

familiar tales of “Little Snow White”, “Cinderella”, and “Rapunzel.” Although Walt Disney’s versions differ from the Grimm Brothers versions, the themes of these stories all remain the same. In “Little Snow White”, “Cinderella” and “Rapunzel” there is a theme of naivety among the three princesses. Snow-White, Cinderella and Rapunzel all have sweet and innocent personalities that cause them problems for them in their stories. In the short stories, “Little Snow White”, “Cinderella”, and “Rapunzel”

form of war, mass genocide, enslavement, and even something minimal compared to the others, like riots and looting for centuries. Despite this common knowledge, there are many forms of violence, injustice, and rage that go unseen. Carol Anderson’s, White Rage, dives deep into the idea that maybe the worst forms of rage do not come from the most obvious and attention-capturing events, but the ones who stay hidden and subside deep in their privileged and ‘noble’ positions. She wants to show you, through

January 23, a couple of classmates and I went to see Young Jean Lee’s “Straight White Men,” a play examining the values and privileges of being a straight white male. The play is set in a house on Christmas Eve. Although we originally chose this performance because it fitted best with our schedules, I was interested to see what message the Asian playwright wanted to convey to her audience through the interactions of a white family. As a student at the University of Michigan, I interact with students

name is Shaun White. “ Born in San Diego in 1938, Shaun White began skateboarding after following his older brother to the nearby YMCA, and took up snowboarding at the age of six. Following his top performance at the 2006 and 2010 Winter games, and a disappointing fourth-place finish in the halfpipe in 2014, White in 2018 became the first snowboarder to win three Olympic Gold medals. The ‘flying tomato’ has also claimed several medals at the winter and summer X games.” (Shaun White.) The contributions