Baldwin explains that a white man can never feel like a stranger wherever he goes, because of his advantage of the assumed distinction and position as an example of authority. ... Baldwin lectures that black people are strangers in the white man's world. Despite the location, this principle will forever remain the same, whether it is the little Swiss village or a big American city. ... According to Baldwin, a black man's determination to regain his dignity is equally matched by a white man's resolution to keep it from him. ...

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

Morne du Plessis comments on the Springbok's inspiration "...but the enormity of the man we had behind us, and the power that emanated from him and through him,, struck me as a little unfair." ... This is evident in Pienaar's comment after encountering the young children out for a run the morning of the World Cup final, "It was the moment when I saw, more clearly than ever before, that this was far bigger than anything we could have ever imagined" (Carlin, Playing the Enemy, page 208). ... Unanswered Questions For a book that delves deeply into Mandela's personal relationships w...

• Word Count: 1429
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A little known fact about Nelson Mandela was that before his fight against apartheid, he was actually training to become a professional boxer. ... During this movement, protestors across the country refused to obey apartheid laws. 1952 was a big year for Mandela, not only did he help establish the Defiance Campaign, but he also became one of the four deputy presidents of the ANC and along with friend Oliver Tambo, opened up the first black law practice in South Africa. ... A month later Botha resigned from office and the man that would change the course of time was sworn into office. ... In...

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The book follows the story of a mean and ignorant white man who falsely accuses an innocent black man of raping his daughter, purely to uphold his own family's values in the community as racists. The laws and culture of the Jim Crow South make it possible for a jury to have full confidence that although a black man is innocent, he will still get convicted. ... Bob Ewell's morals are erroneous, and he is a mean and lowly man, but racism was something he believes in, and he is willing to stand by it, no matter the odds. ... Cal is taking a big risk by taking Jem and Scout to her churc...

• Word Count: 1682
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Another warn from another Negro man is "If you walk past an alley, walk out in the middle of the street. ... That was sufficient reason for them to deny me those rights and freedoms without which life loses its significance and becomes a matter of little more than animal survival"(111-112), as Griffin explained how they judged him on his skin color. ... But the Negroes know that but they just are afraid to keep facing the whites, because they don't to cause bigger and bigger problems. ...

• Word Count: 2270
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Everyone has felt at one point in their life that they did not belong or fit in because of specific standards and expectations that have been socially constructed by society, for example being attracted to the same sex, being too big in the waist or simply just because they are considered to be the wrong skin colour, whatever the case may be, everyone of these people have wanted to at least once in their lifetime go unnoticed. ... Birdie becomes conscious of the white gaze and the power of the white gaze in ways that many cannot and she becomes very informed of the power of the white gaze when...

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