Essays on Racial Segregation

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison follows a college-educated black man who is struggling to survive and succeed because society refuses to see him as a human being. The story is told from a first-person point of view and shows how his awareness changes and grows…

People these days do not realise how the Canadian government was discriminating and taking actions against systemic racism during World War II. Obasan is a story written by the Japanese Canadian novelist Joy Kogawa that tells a story about how Japanese Canadians were treated by…

Maya Angelou was born in 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. She grew up during the horrible time of segregation. Growing up female and black during that time led to a lot of discrimination. When Angelou was seventeen she started writing poems. She took her rough…

Alright. Going all in, here. Christianity gets some of the blame for irrational thought and misogyny being commonplace in the West. And “some” is generous on my part, as it has been a perpetual tool in the consolidation of power. The Bible has not helped…

In today’s society, we all detach ourselves through many ways without realizing that we are slowly blocking the process of our own individuality and identity. I, myself do this as well in the form of only being around people of my personal interests, rather than…

Many people try to convince themselves that the presence of racial inequality is no longer evident in our current society. While the Civil Rights Act was enacted over 50 years ago, for generations, minority groups have continued to be discriminated against and denied equal rights…

Introduction Health is a state of complete physical, social, and mental well-being beyond just the absence of disease. In addition to biology and individual behaviors, health is created in the community through physical social, economic and environmental factors collectively called social determinants of health (SDOH)….

“Achievement has no color” – here is a deep and thoughtful quote from Abraham Lincoln about his ideas on equality. This intelligent and caring president helped the United States come a long way from the racism seen many years ago. He made a great impact…

The KU KLUX KLAN was a racist, outlawed, conservative organization that was started in order to keep white supremacy in the USA could be seen as a terrorist group to lesser extent and to a greater extent it was seen as a freedom fighting group/organization….

The Walt Disney Animation Studios have a long-standing history of creating art in the early to mid-1900’s that while in its day was socially acceptable, has proven culturally problematic by today’s standards. This is most prominently seen in Disney’s 1955 hit Lady and the Tramp….