"It is hatred of one person by another -- or the belief that another person is less than human -- because of skin color, language, customs, place of birth or any factor that supposedly reveals the basic nature of that person" (Perry 2). ... A story illustrating covert racism might sound like this; when a Teacher says to an African American student that she is shocked how articulate the African American student is. ... In recent news, an article came out involving three African Americans and the network ABC. ... The agency did a casting call for African American men are "nice loo...

• Word Count: 1845
• Approx Pages: 7

Phillis Wheatley was the first African American poet published in the United States. ... It speaks of slavery as being a positive advancement for Africans. ... She preserved through being kidnapped from Africa and bought into slavery in America, to become the first African American poet published in the United States. ... The same language available for her to use in her poems and letters, was the same language that whites utilized to keep her enslaved. Wheatley's skillfully chose to write in a level that was at her audience's caliber; "and it must be borne in mind that she was nei...

• Word Count: 2218
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

People were divided based on class, status, religion and language. ... For example, the big discussion in America right now is the police brutality against African American young men. ... Language is also an ideology and it is the best way to describe cultural fluidity. ... It is similar to the original language of the Aztecs, is Nahuatl it still exists and there are a lot of similarities with the Spanish language. Sometimes the sound of a language can gives us an idea of what the race can be. ...

• Word Count: 2288
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

To be looked down upon and be treated unfairly because of the color of your skin or the language you speak? ... The heaviest burdens of racism in the country have fallen on Native Americans, Asian Americans, African Americans, Latin Americans, and many other immigrant groups and their descendants. ... When this law was passed not only did it affect African Americans but it shook the whole nation. ... Bitter people who believed that the Civil Rights Act was a mistake have taught their sons and daughters to hate African Americans and anyone that does not look like them. ...

• Word Count: 1571
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Growing up, I only had interest in guys that were African-American. ... 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. ... The main character Calegero lived in a time where African-Americans and Italians, like himself despised each other. ... As a child, my aunt who is African American, was taught to love everyone she meets in her life no matter what color their skin is, what language they speak, and even the clothe...

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

While some may argue that slavery no longer affects African-Americans, we still see small amounts of animosity even today. ... In order to achieve their goals, pro-slavery lobbyists used many different terms and language to put down African-Americans in hopes of continuing the evil. ... Jefferson, the genius of politics, could see no way for African-Americans to live in society as free people. ... In her article about African-American stereotypes, Monnica Williams says "Given that African Americans are a statistical minority in the US, the overwhelming majority of drug abusers will theref...

• Word Count: 1706
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the stories "Raymond's Run" and "Gorilla My Love," Toni Cade Bambara, writes about unusual heroines - both called Hazel. However the character in "Raymond's Run," is known as and is referred to as Squeaky, mainly because of her voice, and because of the way that she is presented. To the reader, i...

• Word Count: 2209
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Their sense of belonging may center on nation of origin; distinctive foods; dress; family names and relationships; language; music; religion and other customs. ... A most publicized example of hate crime is that of James Byrd, Jr., an African-American from Jasper, Texas, who was dragged to death behind a truck in 1998. ... In the U.S., while public attention has tended to focus on the disproportionate number of minority youth (traditionally defined as African-American, Native-American, Latino and Asian), African-American youth has been singled out more than any other youth group. Studies ha...

• Word Count: 1328
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography

Beginning with first contact between white Europeans and Africans during the English colonial period, Africans were immediately labeled with terms including savage and heathen. ... It is important to address the notion that at first contact, the English did not prejudge the African as English slaves but rather met the Africans merely as another sort of men (Jordan 4). ... The Mammy reiterated the idea that black was ugly, a notion that can be dated back to first African contact by the English. ... The Coon emerged as "no-account niggers, those unreliable, crazy, lazy, subhuman creatures goo...

• Word Count: 1938
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The influence of the African-American arts and writing gave James Baldwin the confidence to become an African-American writer. ... Harlem was an area where many African-Americans resided. ... While in Paris, Baldwin became close friends with many people of African decent and Algerian immigrants. ... Because of these situations and conflicts he felt he was the victim not only of cultural and language misunderstandings but also of racism. ... When Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968 Baldwin lost all hope for African-Americans. ...

• Word Count: 2437
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Because the men are such complete manifestations of their racial stereotypes, Hwang writes their language in such a way that it traps them into being defined as nothing else, almost as if the expectation of being a certain thing prohibits them from understanding where true identity comes from. ... For example, there is the poor one, the intellectual feminist from London described as "cool, and beginning to sound British-, the angry bisexual who writes nothing but political themes, the wealthy, but bored, Hollywood TV writer, the African-American who is "now languishing in relative obscurity a...

• Word Count: 1744
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In 1956 homosexuality was a taboo subject, more so when addressed by an African-American writer, Susan Stryker an associate professor of Gender and Women's studies at The University of Arizona remarked, "In Giovanni's Room, David is faced with the same type of decision; on the surface he faces a choice between his American fiancée and his European boyfriend, but ultimately, like Baldwin, he must grapple with being alienated by the culture that produced him" (104). ... The language used as Sonny and his brother enter the Jazz club, is both visceral and allegorical, "W...

• Word Count: 2134
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Chopin uses the husband's racist sentiments towards African Americans against him by making him of that very race. ... The descriptive language was beautiful and it helped to improve the story. ... Before the narrator explains the use of the French language and the settlers' origin, it becomes evident that the characters in discussion are of French heritage. ...

• Word Count: 1926
• Approx Pages: 8