Malcolm X’s passage, “Learning to Read” and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s speech, “The Danger of a Single Story” are attempts to explain how incomplete information can affect the portrayal of a specific group of people. Both authors seek to help their audience find the truth behind…
Essays on Racism
Flowers were only 1 color, would you grow them? If markers were only 1 color, would you color with them? If the globe was only 1 color, would you reside in it? There would be no a lot of pinks and purples for small ladies…
In case you didn’t know, you are welcome. February is Black History Month, formally Negro history week before it was converted to Black History Month as the word Negro sounded offensive and more slave-like. Black History Month was a celebration for the very many contributions…
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the Silence was written in 1967 as he wanted to air his views on the after-effects of war which affects the lives and livelihood of all persons and the destruction of properties. The author noted…
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the kind of community that Martin Delany saw for his people in the future. But before the future can be discussed, the present condition of colored people during that time period must be discussed. Delany started by…
The Twentieth Century American experienced The United States education system deteriorate and had to encounter the issues of segregation. This subject matter led to plenty of students being denied access to a fair education and withdrew the chance for them to go to a school…
Racial tension, about segregation, has undoubtedly driven several important court cases throughout American history; one of the most important cases in which dealt with segregation of schools was Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. There were such strong arguments for both sides, causing the…
How would society progress without opposition? This is a fundamental value that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr upholds when he is standing up for what is right. In the spring of 1963, the Birmingham police imprisoned Dr. Martin Luther King Jr for participating in a…
According to Thelma Golden, “There is no question that representation is central to power. The real struggle is over the power to control images.” Women and African Americans as two groups that suffer issues of discrimination and injustice, also struggle with the dilemma in the…
The key to the most important qualities of a good leader lies in one’s own self authenticity. Qualities of a leader is important to the ones that are being led. It could make or break an individual, community, or even an entire country. There are…
