Essays on Racial Segregation

Race has always been a huge issue in America and unfortunately, I think that it always will be. I often find myself scrolling through Facebook and come across a post or news article about someone being shot or someone being arrested for something and once…

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…

Nelson Mandela’s life is full of hardship and suffering, but those who persist and never give up are the ones who accomplish their task. One such person was Nelson Mandela who was born on July 18, 1918, in Mvezo, South Africa. Mandela was the first…

America has always been divided by race, political views, geographic, socioeconomic and so on. However, in this past few year we have distance ourselves even more from each other. We all know the history of segregation the reason for segregation in place was to ensure…

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…

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…