The theme of colonialism is present before anyone of the so called 'dark races' appears: right from Jane's childhood at Gateshead. ... Susan Meyer continues saying 'the novel compares the rebellious Jane, without much differentiation between them, to an entire array of 'dark races', something that shows the parallels between the British class system and treatment of foreignness. ... It is almost like her alter ego, Bertha, lives inside her as the spirit of change, so when she falls to her death, the spirit of the African slave inside Jane dies. ... To draw on S...

• Word Count: 2218
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As we know, these groups of people tend to have a darker complexion and so the association with monsters and deformities became synonymous with dark skin. ... Most, if not all the people from the Middle and Far East, are of dark skin complexion and here we can see the connection between religion and the development of racial thinking. ... Eighteenth century "European science and philosophy regarding non-European/non-white peoples put processes in motion which to this day remain influential and which directly contributed to the death or oppression of tens of millions of non-whites through...

• Word Count: 1250
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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 cultural climate of Texas in the 1800s contained a generalized distaste for diverse peoples, and racist attitudes and actions were exceedingly prevalent. In the novel, "They Called Them Greasers," Arnoldo De Leon forcefully illustrates the segregation and ferocious treatment of Mexican Americans...

• Word Count: 760
• Approx Pages: 3
• 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

" 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

Disney's animated films are renowned for exposing children to the concepts of good and evil, right and wrong, life and death, villainy and heroism. ... Throughout the film there is a constant effort to segregate the hyenas within the dark and gloomy elephant graveyard. ...

• Word Count: 1585
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• 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

Here is one point where the ideal becomes fragmented and split:  some imagine Squanto, a savior who helped a group who were on the brink of death to survive, and then once the pilgrims had the ability to live on their own means of survival, it's almost as if he was some sort fairy godmother, waved a magic wand, things were better, then 'poofed' into disappearance (at least within storytelling). ... African Americans show one side of the darkness of this idealism of Americanization. ...

• Word Count: 1871
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate