In Toni Morrison's novel Song of Solomon, she explores several significant male identities by developing and metamorphisizing her male character aroubd the archetypal search for identity. ... His identity was their identity and in realizing their history and their lives, he could form a true black male identity of his own. ... Everyone wants Milkman's identity because he is the key to their own personal truth. ... Guitar loses himself in the false illusions of the black male identity, and instead of heading off on a search for his own identity he looks to violence and revenge and lo...

• Word Count: 1366
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The principal theme in the novel is the identity of race. ... Because he "passes" and denies his heritage, he is therefore unable to find his identity. ... This is the inner battle and identity crisis he struggles with. ... It creates a man without an identity. ... He will have to leave his black heritage in the past and continue moving forward thus realizing that his identity is missing, and his children will never know their true 6 identity. ...

• Word Count: 1633
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Secondly, the impact of colonial powers creating colonial states and the depredation it had left on African minds, identity and people. ... In Pre-colonial Africa, people had several identities at the same time. ... The notion of identity within pre-colonial Africa was fluid and flexible; it tended to change with the environment of the individual. ... Not only did the colonial state provide a simpler way of understanding identity, the colonial state provided religion and schooling systems in order to conduct the behavior of the colonized subjects. ... It can be seen that the main Holy Grail...

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

Throughout the years one can see that the construction of black identity has changed due to white political and social conditions. It is true that white racism has had great influence on the identity of blacks through especially through segregation. Blacks have used this development of identity to resist, defend, and adapt to the ways of the white political and social conditions. Malcolm X is great example of a person who has helped educate blacks of this identity. ... One can see the black identity being used as a form of resistance and self-defense from integrating into a white society. ...

• Word Count: 2034
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• Grade Level: High School

Thus, this paper will discuss about the racial oppression and exploitation during the 50's that led to a struggle with identity and acceptance of the Black culture. Society has often dictated identities. ... Society has led individuals to be confused of the roles and identity it assigns to them. ... " and he couldn't respond, when he was given a new name by the Brotherhood and was assumed to have a new identity, and lastly when he disguised himself in order to shake pursuit and was mistakenly called as "Rinehart, a con man who uses his invisibility for personal gain, are m...

• Word Count: 1723
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Race is a central focus in the novel Caucasia and allows its readers to take notice that Birdie's ability to disappear can be greatly appreciated and considered a blessing and we see this through identifications such as her standpoint, identity and race in general. ... Although Birdie's standpoint has allowed her to see both white and black races viewpoint, it has dramatically influenced how she feels about herself and who she is, race plays a crucial role in her identity. Author Danzy Senna shows her audience how identities of nationality and race are intersectionally and socially c...

• Word Count: 1531
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These children encounter issues such as: Grasping self concept or identity and acceptance of their personal appearance. ... There are many factors that influence a bi-racial child's identity. ... "In my childhood, I was forced to deny my white heritage and only claim my Black identity." ... Besides today bi-racial people have a more positive outlook on there identity than in the past. ... Appearance is found to be a large influence on a young person's attitude on their identity. ...

• Word Count: 1843
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

We then must look into whether the characters are choosing racial identity based on the recollection of their mothers in Maggie, or the inclination to ascribe negative characteristics to another race. ... Nonetheless, we are still left with the questions, "what the hell happened to Maggie" and what does that mean for the racial identity of these women?" The racial identities of these women are irrelevant, as the story's purpose is to evoke the use of social cues for attempted reason. ... The implications to this are apparent in our effort to determine the racial identity of Twyla and Rob...

• Word Count: 1383
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Specifically, white people involved in Hip-hop sparks debates and controversy about their appropriation and interpretation of Hip-hop music, which is typically assumed to be part of the black culture and black social identity (Kitwana, 2005). ... This subconsciously reminds receivers about the cultural object that Hip-hop has become an identity which is dangerous and violent. ... Another example comes from the documentary "Blacking Up: Hip Hop's remix of race and identity". ... With all the rage about "black rage", it is clear that the main selling point of Hip-hop cul...

• Word Count: 2033
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It was this institution which prevented Bigger Thomas from having a sense of identity or acquire individualism. ... Bigger found a sense of freedom and identity in his acts of violence and it was through them that he forced the white race to take notice and recognize him as an individual. ... It is this fear that blocked the growth of Bigger's individual identity. ... He desires an identity that is his alone. Both the white and the black communities have robbed him of dignity, identity, and individuality. ...

• Word Count: 1690
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Not only did the Harlem Renaissance transform African American identity and history, but it also transformed American culture in general. ... Their writing also defined the African American heritage and celebrated their new identity as Americans. ... The diverse literary expression of the Harlem Renaissance ranged from the fiction of James Weldon Johnson and the poetry of Claude Mckay which described the reality of black life in America and the struggle for racial identity. ... Some common themes and aims that were used in the writings included alienation, marginality, the use of folk material...

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

The word "it" in this line refers to the identity which is to be found for the author when writing the assigned "page" from line 2. ... The first part of the section begins with him trying to equate his identity with Harlem " But I guess I"m what/I feel and see and hear, Harlem I hear you: (17-18)" This however doesn't quite fit on its own because as we saw before he is greater than the image that Harlem is. ... At this point the question of his identity, and what will appear on the page that is supposed to represent this identity, still remains. ... This is why, ultimately, his identity ...

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

Slave owners would take the slaves identity away, so, that the slaves were less of a human. ... This prevented Douglass to try and be himself and to develop his own identity. The owners wouldn't want the slaves to have an identity because this would only lead to problems. ... A second example of Douglass becoming himself and showing an identity for himself was the fact that slaves can stand up for themselves. ... Slaves too have a mind of their own or an own identity. ...

• Word Count: 1998
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

The word "it" in this line refers to the identity which is to be found for the author when writing the assigned "page" from line 2. ... The first part of the section begins with him trying to equate his identity with Harlem " But I guess I"m what/I feel and see and hear, Harlem I hear you: (17-18)" This however doesn't quite fit on its own because as we saw before he is greater than the image that Harlem is. ... At this point the question of his identity, and what will appear on the page that is supposed to represent this identity, still remains. ... This is why, ultimately, his identity ...

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

She is most recognized for her career in poetry, whereby her style of writing was directed to self-empowerment, and to encourage people to rise over all odds and take personal pride of one's identity. ... For instance, she writes about the difficulties and discrimination that African Americans experienced during the Jim Crow laws while inspiring people to embrace their identity. ... Using the poem, she presents how African American women are depicted in the society and deflects the perception by encouraging the women to embrace cultural confidence and identity. ... Angelou relied on blac...

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

Presently, music has helped shape the fundamentals of identity for many classes of people and has been used as a vehicle to speak out against injustice. ... Therefore, identifying black identity and blackness came fought through the method of music. ... So, music was not only a marker of identity and blackness but it was also a way for deliverance from the harsh treatments of slavery. ...

• Word Count: 1424
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Walker's short story raises questions about how identity, tradition and ideology are connected to each other and provides her own personal answer to it. ... This paper intends to highlight how Walker's message can be interpreted to showcase the importance of using and living, to a certain extent, in ones traditions to make them truly a part of one's identity. ... 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 iss...

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

He published an essay "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain," where he introduced to the people black literary identity. ... In 1928 she wrote "Quicksand" a novel that looked into the African American women loss of identity. While discovering their culture blacks were trying to find their identity therefore literature gave them a chance to discover themselves. ...

• Word Count: 2368
• Approx Pages: 9
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• Grade Level: High School

As IM's anger intensifies, he strikes, "pieces of silver from the pipe, exposing the black and rusted iron," exposing the true imagery of the pipe: that the silver that covers the identity of the black and rusted pipe, equating to the black man in society. ... Such false identities have caused IM, and other blacks and minorities, to become disillusioned. ... The bank and the doll are both put into IM's briefcase, signifying IM's loss of identity and his inability to escape from the racial stereotypes inflicted on him by society. ... " The whites were controlling t...

• Word Count: 1967
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The quest for identity is another prevalent theme of slave narratives, but there are differences in formation of identity between the two authors presented here. ... 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. ...

• Word Count: 1523
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"The Farm story- marked a point in time- before it there was no Canadian identity in theatre, after it there was. In the same fashion, Melvin Van Peebles' movie marked the moment when African Americans reclaimed their identity. ...

• Word Count: 1420
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He learns with the help of his aunt that his individual culture is dually sub-divided and that he should feel confident within his unique identity (324). ... These status" which they inherently posses can also be referred to as Master Status's which have special importance for social identity, often shaping a person's entire life. ...

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A New Negro was to evolve, who, as a new social character, would be able to successfully deal with external and internal factors influencing not only his social status but also his self-identity and individuality. ... Blacks were to engage in African and African-American art in order to develop a common identity and bring along social and political change. ...

• Word Count: 1285
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

An oppressive system can work in different ways to achieve the same outcome, create inequalities of power. At the micro level, the media can play a huge role in how minorities are viewed. For example, for years the media influenced how people viewed slavery. While the abolitionists fought to dest...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In order to connect to Beyonce through her lyrics i feel as if i have to introduce myself and my own identity. ... This album created an impact on many peoples own identities. ... Lemonade was a great album that was great at connecting to all identities in the world and sending a message to many groups of people through emotion, history, politics and much more....

• Word Count: 1879
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School