I am white, and I bring with me not only a deep human desire to survive by any means necessary, but a deeply rooted investment in a system of white supremacy and domination. ... If whites resist the spiritual and social death that attends the self-divestment of white supremacy, if they refuse to submit to the surgical removal of their "psychopath racial personality,"" then they must die physically for the liberation of Black people throughout the world. ...

• Word Count: 953
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

His condescending "enlightened" white manner shines through when he secretly desires to talk to only the "well dressed Negro" that "carried a briefcase" about "art or politics or any subject that would be above the comprehension of those around them." ... Julian loses his sense of supremacy over his mother and his feelings of separation as he watches her die. ...

• Word Count: 806
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This poem centers around the struggle of one African American man to overcome racial diversity and hatred in a home he works in, and it details his inner thoughts and desires to be accepted for who he is. ... Further into the poem, the narrator expresses his desire to sit at the table and be treated as equal, and the reader knows that this will happen for him one day, as his spirit and identity is strong amidst a world of hatred. ...

• Word Count: 2322
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Slaves were confined for two to three months in irons in the hold of a slave ship during the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean called the Middle Passage, where thousands died on their way to the colonies. ... The major theme of the Harlem Renaissance was the roots of the African American experience in Africa and the American South mixed with a strong sense of racial pride and desire for social and political equality (Collier, 1985). ...

• Word Count: 2619
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

On their way to the Indian territory, nearly 1/5 of the population died from exposure, sickness and starvation. ... The desire of white Americans to expand the U.S. territories resulted directly into the Mexican-American War, which ended with Mexico's surrender and led to the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in 1848 and the Gadseden Purchase in 1853. ...

• Word Count: 1187
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Often referred to as the Contemporary Period, the end of the Second World War until the present day represents the span of our last period of literature. Why it is difficult to come up with a list of qualities that accurately describe the Contemporary Period of American Literature may be because the...

• Word Count: 905
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although Asians and Asian Americans have been present on American television screens for decades, [1] few television series have featured Asian or Asian Americans in starring roles. Kung Fu (Warner Bros, ABC, 1972-1975), starring David Carradine as Kwai-Chang Caine, featured a white American actor as a bi-racial Shaolin priest in the Old West. Originally conceived as a vehicle for martial arts adept Bruce Lee, the series went to an actor with little physical ability, but with a knack for embodying a Hippie pacifism along with a reluctant, but devastating aggression On the lam from the la...

• Word Count: 9463
• Approx Pages: 38
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

African American women writers helped with the setback of these stereotypes and African American women have been develop to be seen as "living human being[s] with [their] own desires and needs" (Christian, Black Feminist Criticism 16). ...

• Word Count: 5084
• Approx Pages: 20
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Additionally, I believe that Lincoln himself did not desire to emancipate the slaves in the "de facto" sense as he believed it would lose the support of the slave-owning Border States. ... Kennedy agrees with Rawley's view stating "The Emancipation Proclamation did not free those held in bondage.10" Conversely, I agree with Martin who believes "the Emancipation Proclamation gave African American slaves the hope of freedom,11" as demonstrated when many slaves began to desert their plantations, refused to work or, in Louisiana, "erect gallows from...

• Word Count: 3529
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate