They talked a lot, Milkman learned about his family's history from Pilate. She told him of when she and his dad were little kids he was a nice boy, and he saved her life twice, once when her father died and they were stuck in the woods. ... Hagar and Milkman met when Milkman was only a little boy at the age of twelve, and Hagar was seventeen. ... On the way, he talked quietly to her about her love for Milkman. ... The racist message, promulgated in one form of media after another, is that white is beautiful and black is ugly. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

I am a 18 year old boy. ... I am very self orientated and now i am listening to an album about a married black woman going through a horrible situation with her unfaithful husband. ... Give my fat ass a big kiss boy, tonight I'm fucking up all your shit boy.... This pause pans to a new scene in which a man is talking about black women. ... I questioned "how could I an 18 year old boy connect to an album about a women who's husband cheated on her?...

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• Grade Level: High School

Gender isn't as black and white as we simpletons would like to think it is, in my personal opinion, I believe there are many, many, many gray areas. ... For instance, let's pretend that when I was born, I was made to believe that I was a boy. I was then treated like a boy, dressed like a boy, and made to feel this way on a daily basis, interestingly enough, I'm pretty certain that I would think that I am a boy, regardless of what genitalia is in between my legs. ... Women were just about considered property and had to live up to certain standards and ideologies. ... If a boy chi...

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Irma, who is the first to find out about it, begins blaming herself. ... She seems very unconcerned about what people think about her and she wants to do her own thing. ... She almost seems happy about it, and instead of being mad at him like everyone else, she almost encourages it and asks questions about it. ... His father always wanted to have a boy to hand the farm over to, and Roy just wasn't that boy. ... Issues such as these are not black and white and are far from clear-cut. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

On February 4, 1921, Olga gave birth to a baby boy. ... It was painted in black, white, and grey, and it shows people dying and suffering raid. ... The Surrealist poet Michel Leiris summed up the sense of despair engendered by Guernica: " In a rectangle of black and white such as that in which ancient tragedy appeared to us, Picasso sends us our announcement of our mourning: all that we love is going to die .." ... On May 15, 1947, at the Belvedere Clinic in Boulogne, Francoise gave birth to a baby boy. ... She would make up lies about them and he would totally isolate himself from his kids. ...

• Word Count: 1477
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

During this time period of time, it is considered right for Sofia, a black woman to be a maid. ... The consequences for a black person disobeying a white authority figure would be severe. ... A different example of racism is when Eleanor Jane brings her baby boy for Sofia to bless. ... Sofia confronts Celie about the situation and after Sofia and Celie argue about the advice Celie has given Harpo, Sofia signals a peace by suggesting they make a quilt. ... The men in the story are very cautious about their masculinity. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Janie refuses to adopt the role of the traditional black woman of this time, ignoring the wishes of her grandmother and going against all odds, Janie attempts to fulfill her dreams and aspirations. ... This revelation compelled Janie to seek out affection from a young boy named Johnny Taylor. ... Although slavery was over and the threat to Janie was now non-existent, she still worried about her granddaughter and wanted her to have every opportunity that she herself was unable to acquire. ... They moved to Eatonville where Jody instantly gains social status by filling many important posit...

• Word Count: 1946
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It looks natural, like a yarn being told about bush life without much artistic planning, but in fact it is carefully structured. ... The young boy, Tommy, seeing how drained and distressed his mother is, with a burst of insight exclaims "Mother, I won't never go droving; blast me if I do!" ... In the setting of The Drover's Wife, the reader's attention is obtained through the use of adjectives such as "stunted, rotten apple trees- and "big, black, yellow-eyed dog-. ... The use of these flashbacks or anecdotes is to give more information about the Drover's wife and it create...

• Word Count: 1266
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• Grade Level: High School

Shakespeare's Othello outlines the protagonist with barbarity as seen in his characterisation of "thick lips" and the recurring use of animal imagery such as "an old black ram". It highlights the Elizabethan tendency to align black with barbarity and white with pureness and virtue. ... He also signifies the spreading nature of racism as Odin pushes the ball-boy (who is also African American) under extreme anger previously aroused by Hugo. ... However Odin's murder is simply fueled by jealousy, seen as he continues to whinge about "Mike having the scarf" ...

• Word Count: 1401
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Does she feel better about her own life as she watches? ... Further yet, away from the female presidential role I am seeking, is the strong, deceitful black widow-like role. ... On the other side of the table, movies for men are all about the same types. They are either about some form of terrorist activity, and a beefy hero that saves the world, or about some busty bimbo running along the beach in a thong bikini. ... It is about a young Chinese girl who disguises herself as a boy in order to fight in a war. ...

• Word Count: 1671
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

So many of her poems deal with and talk about the minds and lives of women, a topic that I find particularly interesting. ... The language used in this line creates a very clear image - it is almost as if they are in a black and white movie, expressionless simply "rehearsing" their lines, in this case being the children's names and birthdays. ... It is a poem about a housewife cleaning up the after-Christmas mess, who, as it becomes obvious, isn't very happy with her life. ... O where's the demon lover, the wild boy who kissed the future to her flesh beneath what skies, w...

• Word Count: 1594
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• Grade Level: High School

Even though the play was about Oedipus, Jocasta was just as much a tragic victim of fate as he was. ... Even though she had what seemed to be a small role because the play was about Othello, she was a picture perfect example of a victim of domestic violence, even to the very end. Desdemona was a vibrant courageous woman who decided against social norms to marry a black man, adventurous and dedicated to her husband through everything. ... And, due to this agreement she has no rights, no rights to make decisions in the household about money or even how her daughter will be raised. ... In the ...

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The picture of her in a black sports bra on the Rose Bowl field was perhaps the tournament's signature moment. ... Ho's comment about women in her lecture, it appears "Social reality reflects historical truth." ... When I asked some of the girls if they needed a hair tie, their reply was simple, but shocking: "No, I don't want to look like a boy." ...

• Word Count: 1777
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School