The narrator, who suspects that Bledsoe is keeping the veil in place to ensure that the students remain in the dark, is unfortunately greatly influenced by him. ... The narrator's grandfather tells him the best way to succeed in the world of white men is to, "overcome 'em with yeses, undermine 'em with grins, agree 'em to death and destruction, let 'em swoller you till they vomit or bust wide open" (prologue), in other words, it is best to play the part rather than rebel. ...

• Word Count: 567
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The early flashback of her mother's death establishes Sara's confused and unsettling mind presented through a myriad of scenes and images of the events that led to her ballet audition and consequent death of the her mother. ... She blames her mother's death on herself and gives up ballet only possessing a magazine", to which the camera zooms up on, in memory of this part of her life. ... This idea is reinforced by a contrast of the dark and cold city night sky of Chicago and Sara's warm and brightly lit hometown. Sara's shock and uncertainty created by the death of he...

• Word Count: 1058
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is so much easier dating someone who is African-American because whether you're a light-skin or dark-skin African-American, you still get the same treatment from everyone else who are against interracial relationships. ... Dealing with her boyfriend's family wasn't easy after his death and they wanted nothing to do with her or the baby. ... Its crazy because some of them were dark-skinned, they didn't want us there just because I'm African American.... The women says, "I'm pretty dark-complected. ...

• Word Count: 1895
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This was also another way of dealing with wrongdoers in society, instead of implementing severe punishment- one could be sent out to the "dark continent." as most Europeans tended to see Africa. 2 The three reasons mentioned earlier are not the only definite reasons; these reasons are like the others that happen to be interrelated. ... Racist Ideas In the past, the English had equated blackness with death and evil with their interactions of diseases and biblical writings. The first reaction towards people with dark skin was to assume that all dark skinned people inherently are evil or are ...

• Word Count: 2491
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Lamanites were cursed by the Lord with the skin of darkness and became known as "a dark, and loathsome, and filthy people full of idleness and all manner of Abomination"1. Eventually the nations of the Amlicites and the Zoramites were cast with dark skin and joined the Lamanites. ... According to Smith, the Lamanites could cast away their dark skin and savage ways if they sought to repent and accept the true faith that ways taught by the righteous Nephites. ...

• Word Count: 3075
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Slaves began to work at a very young age and usually were separated from their parents most of them continued to work until their deaths. ... Even though all these bad things were happening to them they keep their African heritage their darker skin their uniquely rhyme and languages and their culture. ...

• Word Count: 1119
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

" Brabantio says this to Roderigo as he would prefer Desdemona to marry Roderigo of white coloured skin over Othello of dark coloured skin. ... Othello is constantly being differentiated from the other characters and therefore feels alone, which causes him to believe the lies of Iago and causes Desdemona's death as well as his own. ...

• Word Count: 1008
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Their desire to strip their art of every black experience contributed to the death of the Harlem Renaissance. ... If these narratives proved anything it showed these narrators delving back into the dark world of slavery and how they were bound by it. ...

• Word Count: 1560
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate