There was no common literary style defined in the writings of the Harlem Renaissance. The writers were united by the sense of taking part in a common endeavor and their commitment to giving artistic expression to the African American experience. ... Some common themes did exist however, such as an interest in the roots of the African American experience in Africa and in the South, and a strong sense of racial pride and a desire for social and political equality. ... Some common themes and aims that were used in the writings included alienation, marginality, the use of folk material, the use of...

• Word Count: 1369
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Wells chose to make it about the south because judging the ugliness of the southern social system put her and the reader on the same team in a sense. ... She did not want it to be a black and white conflict between her and her audience she wanted to find common ground in a common code of ethics. ... In her article she is able to fight against racism by using the divide and conquer method; she tries to arouse a blind sense of animosity in her reader based on ideological differences between the reader and the ugly picture she paints of white southerners. ... Washington had southern pride as we...

• Word Count: 1541
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

While some malt supporters may argue that there's not any difference between beer and malt liquor, any common sense individual realizes some things are just too good to be true. ... Any common sense individual would come across this information and how its displayed and become upset largely because malt liquor is slowly deteriorating many lives in the country. ... While some malt supporters may argue that there's not any difference between beer and malt liquor, any common sense individual realizes some things are just too good to be true. ...

• Word Count: 2152
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Derrida says "France has had a certain tendency to portray itself as being more open to political refugees in contradiction to other European countries, but the motives behind such a policy of opening up to the foreigner have, however, never been "ethical"- in the sense of the moral law or the law of the land-, or, indeed law of hospitality. ... Rawls three basic features for liberal people are "a reasonably just constitutional democratic government that serves their fundamental interests, citizens united by what Mill called "common sympathies", and finally, a moral nature". ... As for libera...

• Word Count: 2007
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

They look at the customs and traditions of different cultures, in search of common foundations that define our shared existence and also the differences that offer variety to our daily lives. ... Gill believes that race is still a useful concept for anthropologists in the sense of classifying skeletal features such as the nose, mouth, femur, and cranium. ... Brace states that our views regarding race are based on the same sort of common sense, which is just blindingly incorrect. ... Professors Michael Omi and Howard Winant believe that the idea of race still remains a fundamental part of str...

• Word Count: 1692
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Reverend Bennett Bradshaw and Tucker Caliban are leaders because they acted out of a sense of duty to themselves and actions were motivated in search of fame or recognition but duty to themselves and African American community as a whole. ... He has served the white man and plowed his fields until he has lost his sense of self. ... A common misconception about leadership is that in order to be a leader one must lead an "army- of soldiers but that is not true. ... Reverend Bennett Bradshaw and Tucker Caliban are leaders because they acted out of a sense of duty to themselves and actions w...

• Word Count: 1992
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Such details as birth dates, family ties among slaves and parentage, which are basic for constructing an identity, were withheld from slaves in order to prevent them from establishing a sense of self that could lead to alliances or organized rebellions. ... Jacobs starts her story and states in the preface that she wants to "arouse the women of the North to a realizing sense of the condition of millions of women at the South, still in bondage, suffering what I suffered"(Jacobs XIV). ... Thus she understands that some common ideals of womanhood cannot be applied to black enslaved women, and the...

• Word Count: 1523
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Examining the role that religion played in the African-American community, primarily pre-civil war, can be a difficult task due to the limited amount of evidence available.1 While it is a common notion that slavery life was embedded with Christian ideals, a Christian-like ideology is likely more accurate.2 Syncretism occurred with the combining of African tradition and Christian principles to create an African-American spirituality specific to its people. ... The blood of her murdered ones cries to heaven for vengeance against Thee You may kill, tyrannize, and oppress as much as you choose,...

• Word Count: 1954
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Abstract The documentary "Crips and Bloods: Made in America," allows the viewer to get a glimpse into the problem that is the black man. The black man is America's nightmare. What America doesn't want to accept is that America is the cause of the problem. The overt and covert racism aimed at the bla...

• Word Count: 1355
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Unlike the fashion magazine's beauties, she exults in being different- (Bloom2 44) "The poem is enormously popular among common readers despite scarce reviews by critics- (Bloom2 45) Also in this collection is the poem, "And Still I Rise,"" which in a sense, sums up Maya's growth as a woman and as a person. ... (Bloom2 51) "Much of Angelou's poetry, almost entirely short lyrics, expresses in short, often jazzy rhythms, themes common to the life experiences of many American blacks- (Bloom2 20) Throughout her work, Maya transformed from the bashful, awkward black girl sham...

• Word Count: 1347
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Yet, at the same time, she brings out the common theme of black pride and individualism: "We are now celebrating a dream that was dreamed not on our backs, in our beds, with the curtains drawn to shut out the light; but a dream that was realistically dreamed of determination and self-help." ... She paid tribute to all her family members for giving her the sense of black pride. ... (Pinkerton, pg. 102) Nikki always made sure that her son grew up with a sense of black pride as she had. Through her writing, she tried to instill this sense of pride to her black audience. ...

• Word Count: 1670
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

But marry one who's good and kind, And free from all pretence; Who, if without a gifted mind, At least has common sense. ... Also find a man with an education, or at least, common sense. ...

• Word Count: 2134
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

What gave McBride this sense of belonging was when he realized that he shared a history of pain and loneliness with his grandmother. ... This gives the entire event a sense of irony, because any comments that the black student made about white people being rich, therefore not having any problems whatsoever were be directly contradicted from the folded letter which held, "the heartbroken words of an old white lady who had always gone out of her way to help me-and many others like me.... " Racism was common during the time period that James and Ruth lived in. ...

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

She utilizes characterization, hyperbole, symbolism, similes, motifs, alliteration, sense impressions, biblical allusion, and literally allusion among others (Bloom 34). ... In this poem, Angelou uses the image of the caged bird to present the sorrows and common yearning for freedom among the African Americans, as well as Maya's personal search for independence and individuality (Bloom 56). ... Although to some people Angelou may be viewed as a poet of moderate capability, her poetry is unique because it expresses honesty and is directed to achieve a sense of human dignity. ...

• Word Count: 1524
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The African-American and His Majesty's Army in the Age of the American Revolution "And I do hereby further declare all indented servants, Negroes, and others, (appertaining to Rebels), free, that are able and willing to bear arms, they joining His Majesty's Troops, as soon as may be, for the more speedily reducing the Colony to a proper sense of their duty, to His majesty's crown and dignity." ... In 1774 there was a common misconception within the African-American slave community that Great Britain was the Israel for slaves; they believed that they could gain their freedo...

• Word Count: 1913
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Douglass undermines the common argument that southern whites, who live and work among the blacks, know their "servants" (or simply their "people") intimately, and thus have for them a deep affection which the ignorant Northerners simply could not begin to comprehend. ... Douglass also points to another unfair argument that no master with sense would expose his valuable human property to damage. ... To the common white person, blacks were a race inferior to whites not only in intelligence, but in moral and emotional development as well. ...

• Word Count: 1662
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

According to members their religion and philosophy called "Creativity- is based on the external laws of nature, the experience of history, on logic and common sense. ... Some may be sub-species who share a common ancestor with the white race. ...

• Word Count: 1899
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A common phrase that many black people use to describe their work ethics in America is, "one must work twice as hard to receive half of what they have" (Reisberg). ... It is implied that Baldwin's overall purpose for writing "Strange in The Village" was to create a sense of motivation. ...

• Word Count: 1313
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The following was part of St Louis County's response to these statistics: While the data compiled in this report is informative, any conclusions drawn from this data must be tempered with common sense. ...

• Word Count: 1276
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The term "white flight" derives from the idea that if more blacks or minorities in general, move into an area, the whites will leave due to a disgusting sense of backhanded racism. ... These neighborhoods were (and still are) deemed by white people as "unsafe" and a very common expression about a black part of town is: "I wouldn't go there, that place is sketchy and in a bad part of town....

• Word Count: 1369
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Unlike other notable black poets of the period--Claude McKay, Jean Toomer, and Countee Cullen--Hughes refused to differentiate between his personal experience and the common experience of black America. ... He intensifies this sense of separation by italicizing the words of the professor, thus literally making them different in the nature of their appearance. ... He has discovered what he is not; he is not simply Harlem, nor is he simply "colored" in the general sense of the word. ...

• Word Count: 1896
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

They show history from their point of view and they are a part of the common cultural heritage of African Americans, (Cash 31). Quilting was something that kept Black women sane during their slavery (Cash 31), could provide and out from slavery by a way to pay for their freedom, (Cash 33), it was a way to support moral, political and reform issues, (Cash 32) and, finally, Cash also claims that it provided a sense of accomplishment and identity for black women and gave them the physical and, more importantly, psychological strength to survive (35). ... Ideology in this sense a culturally distor...

• Word Count: 1911
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Unlike other notable black poets of the period--Claude McKay, Jean Toomer, and Countee Cullen--Hughes refused to differentiate between his personal experience and the common experience of black America. ... He intensifies this sense of separation by italicizing the words of the professor, thus literally making them different in the nature of their appearance. ... He has discovered what he is not; he is not simply Harlem, nor is he simply "colored" in the general sense of the word. ...

• Word Count: 1930
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The story of female slavery is the story of survival of Black women and their construction of a definition of womanhood that made sense to them. ... Despite their common bondage, men and women did not experience slavery the same way. ... Black women were neglected because of the common assumptions that they were less fragile, gave birth more easily, and therefore needed less care than white women. ... The most common form of female self-defense was feigning illness. ...

• Word Count: 2427
• Approx Pages: 10

Freeman does not make any sense "It would be safe to say that she made me proud to be Negro, just by being herself" (79). ... She does not give up and "fights" with racist hiring policies in San Francisco to get her first real job as streetcar conductor "The Black female is assaulted in her tender years by all those common forces of nature at the same time that she is caught in the tripartite crossfire of masculine prejudice, white illogical hate and Black lack of power" (231). ...

• Word Count: 1584
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School