Race and racism are deeply rooted in history and manifest currently in a self-perpetuating structure: systemic racism, better known as White Supremacy. In the 1600s the concept of race was socially constructed by whites as a political and economic strategy to oppress non-whites (Hatch 2015 p. 1). Critical race theorists point to the connection of […]
Racial Discrimination Our society has turned into a hatred and politics place throughout the years. Racial discrimination is into what America has grown up on. This issue has always existed because of fundamental part of America’s history. From the KKK’s aggressive campaign against immigrants, to the police violence against black people, racism and discrimination continue […]
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Order nowGrowing up as a black woman in America, you learn very early on that we face a triple barrier: race, gender and class. We also carry the burden of slavery, rape, lynching and other atrocities, while trying to maintain family ties in a America that has historically depicted us as childlike, aggressive, hypersexual and violent. […]
The civil rights movement happened after the civil war for over 100 years. The civil rights movement was about how colored people wanted to be equal. Colored people weren’t equal because of segregation. Segregation is about how colored and white people had to stay separated at all times. The Civil rights movement happened because of […]
The Civil Rights Movement was a struggle for social justice during the 1950s through the 1960s. It was for African American people to gain equal rights in the United States. Ever since the Civil War, slavery has been abolished but it doesn’t mean that discrimination against African Americans was over. African Americans had continued to […]
The Civil Rights Movement took place during the 1950s and 1960s with Rosa Parks, Emmitt Tip, the SCCC and the SNCC. In Montgomery, Alabama, there was the legal court action of Brown v. Board of Education and the Green Burro Sit-in. All of these events resulted in the progress that we continue to build upon […]
White Like Me (2013), was wrote by Tim Wise and directed by Scott Morris, and it explains how white privileges damage people of color more than society is led to believe. And how damaging it can be too white people as well and how racial privilege shapes the lives of most colored Americans when it […]
Being Dominican is meaningful to me and has shaped the type of person that I am today. Our roots come from all over . Being Latina has made me endure both negative and positive things. Some of these things include discrimination, an internal identity conflict and gentrification. Throughout most of my life I know that […]
Abstract Women in America have historically been viewed as inferior and have long suffered the ills and misfortunes of that labeling. During the years leading up to and beyond the Civil War, several women as well as men, challenged those views and fought for women’s rights. By examining the fight of these women, and using […]
I believe that protest is effective under many different conditions. Many protests to do not work because they do not have many people that support them, but when there is a pressing issue that people care about then they make sure to voice their opinion. There is strength in numbers, and when those protesting have […]
“Many radical feminists nowadays with a modern/contemporary view believe that the pornography industry that has been created on a sexist and patriarchal bias can cater to a more feminist view. I think that it’s a hard argument to make because there is a foundation of patriarchy happening in porn, and the repercussions we see in […]
The Bronx, New York-born female rapper Cardi B has been the talk of social media lately. An older video was released of her admitting to drugging and robbing several men. Previous black men of high standing have been exposed for crimes of similar status, such as R Kelly, Bill Cosby, and soon to be Michael […]
Can an individual of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) community truly be accepted into today’s society? People disagree whether gays, lesbians, and transgenders should have the same rights as heterosexuals. As one side believes that regardless of sexuality everyone should be treated equally, others think that a homosexual lifestyle breaks traditional values […]
The selection of the country in the Global South that will be the focus of this research paper is Guatemala. Guatemala is a country that has been independent since 1821 (Dolor, L, 2008). Over the past few centuries, this country has endured many hardships. In 2008, A major policy was implemented throughout the country that […]
The LGBTQ community in America has been faced with discrimination for decades. This discrimination is called heterosexism. The LGBTQ community has a long history of being attacked both physically and verbally by heterosexual communities that want to oppress their rights. The oppression of the LGBTQ community has been going on for several decades, and there […]
Did colored females get enough representation throughout history for what they experienced in different levels of society? In Women, Race, and Class, the author shares numerous perspectives and conflicts girls experienced throughout various different levels of society, more specifically, African American women. This paper will discuss the focal points made by Angela Davis dividing them by […]
Zora Neale Hurston has endured mixed opinions about Their Eyes Were Watching God regarding her approach of demonstrating the African Americans’ struggle. Her fellow male African Americans recognized her book as an “over-simplification” of racial problems in the post-Reconstruction South, however, a closer examination of her novel establishes otherwise. Hurston writes a strong, although subtle, […]
The civil rights movement can be defined as a mass popular movement to secure for African Americans equal access to and opportunities for the basic privileges and rights of U.S. citizenship. Although the roots of the civil rights movement go back to the 19th century, the movement peaked in the 1950s and 1960s. African American men and women, […]
“The usage of media has improved exponentially in the past years when it comes to technology, yet the messages and ideas that are spread through it don’t seem to have improved in all this time. Societal constructions are the core of communication, which means that our development as human beings depends on the archetypes and […]
The 1960s, During this time there was a desire to achieve social change that word liberate every person to fight for equality and peace. Culturally no one was free; there was racial any quality sexual injustice and just the uphill battle to challenge gender roles. The women’s liberation movement focused on the oppression of females […]
Introduction What rights do women still lack in 2019? This question is what most people ask when feminism is brought up. Individuals that are anti-feminist are quick to diminish the necessity of feminism in this current world. while others claim it has done more harm than good because not all individuals identify as one. Recently, […]
Various authors have developed studies aimed at assessing the issue of gender equality. In every society, there is a suggestion that men and women should be different in terms of roles, motivation, and masculinity among others. Different objects and practices pass different messages regarding gender equality. Such messages can encourage accommodation or resistance to gender […]
Public speeches and rallies have served as an important tool for the feminist movement throughout history; from the Seneca Falls Convention to the 2016 women’s march, and everything before, after and in between, rhetoric has given women the ability to use their voices when they had not much else. Although some women called upon men […]
Abstract A speech given by the actress Emma Watson at the United Nations (UN) in New York City on September 20, 2014. The topics of her speech included the United Nations HeForShe campaign which is to put an end to gender inequality worldwide with the commencement of involving an equal pay and education for women, […]
Zora Neale Hurston has received mixed reviews in Their Eyes Were Watching God over Hurston’s treatment of the African Americans’ struggle. Her African American male contemporaries saw her book as an oversimplification of racial issues, however, a closer reading of her novel proves otherwise. Hurston writes a powerful, although subtle, portrayal of the desperation imposed […]
June 28th to July 1st, 1969 the Stonewall uprising made its mark on American history and the New York City community. During the 1950’s and 1960’s people couldn’t publicly be gay. The Stonewall Inn Bar was where homosexuals would roam freely. Yet police would find a way to harass them untiltill one day they resisted […]
Introduction In order to to come to a resolution with any problem, one has to first state and understand that which they’re dealing with. Institutional racism, as defined by Oxford University Press, (2017) is racial discrimination that has become established as normal behavior in a society or organization. In our society there is a speech/and […]
“Feminism in the United States began in the late 1840s, as “first-wave” feminism. The women’s suffrage movement started in New York in 1848, with the Seneca Falls Conventions, which is the first women’s rights conventions. It was inspired by the refusal to seat women delegates at the World Anti-Slavery Convention due to their gender. Two […]
Abstract: Gender inequality shows that women and men are not equal. Gender inequalities affects a persons living situation. Inequalities’ come from differences in cultural norms, psychology, biology, etc. Some inequalities are empirically constructed while others seem to be socially created. I will attempt to describe the gender inequalities in my life and those around me; […]
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” – Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou was a, poet, author, director, producer, performer, historian, and civil rights activist. With these words, Angelou perfectly encapsulates what it means to decide your fate. Like Anna Sergeyevna and […]
