In the opening lines, Hughes places his readers directly into the natural setting of the poem as he writes "The moon over the turpentine woods. ... The white man first addresses his son as a "little bastard boy" on line 16, and later as "A little yellow Bastard boy.... We now take a look back to the setting of a "southern night" (8), a setting that is known for its relevance to black discrimination. ... The stars inability to fade into the night sky reflects the challenge faced by Mulatto children when attempting to blend into the black culture, due to their lack...

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• Grade Level: High School

The movie setting was in West African country of Gambia in the year of 1750 to Binta giving birth to her child. ... Binta then gives birth to a boy that brings great joy to the whole family that was present. ... The mother decides to call him baby boy till the Omaru decides on the name in eight days. Omaru asks the chief weather to name the boy based on a person or a thing. ... He then finds out that he would be sailing a new ship called the Lord Liganear that would have a cargo consisting mostly of black slaves. ...

• Word Count: 677
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• Grade Level: High School

The authors of these two novels convey this common theme through the use of literary elements such as setting, diction, and point of view. ... The time setting of the novel also influences the treatment of the monster. ... He is a black man, therefore he had to live a much more difficult life. ... The quote, "There's a black boy dead for no reason," reflects on that notion that unjustified mistreatment is brutally shown towards people of color. Lee's use of setting in this novel worked to further prove the extremity of physical and/or mental abuse. ...

• Word Count: 690
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• Grade Level: High School

Whites did what they could to push blacks as much out of their community as possible and blacks tended to avoid areas where their presence could create conflict. ... The African American boy subsequently died from his injuries, but police refused to arrest the white man who initially threw the stones, igniting a race war between the whites and blacks of Chicago. Participants of the Chicago race riots, on both sides, (white and black), took to the streets ready for violence, and anything in between. ... The Ferguson riots first erupted after a white police officer shot an unarmed African Ame...

• Word Count: 1061
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Throughout the story, Symbolism is shown not only through the characters but through the setting of which the story takes place. The character is know to be living in the south at the time he whites had power over the blacks. ... The blacks were known to be lower class people, treated unfairly, discriminated for their skin color, and had to fight for their rights as African American people. With the battle royal taking place, the whites enjoyed the entertainment of the black people fighting, hurting their own people, and not caring about how they treated them. ... In the book "C...

• Word Count: 884
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Racial Profiling Take a moment to sit and just think about the major problems experienced in urban societies and academic settings. ... In contrast, the Daily Illini cites that racial profiling is generally thought of as the targeting of blacks more than whites in traffic stops or accusing blacks of crimes on the basis of race alone. ... There is the incident with the boy shown on video being punched in the face by a police officer in California, while he was handcuffed. ... Meanwhile its not just youth who adhere to this type of treatment, but its majority of black males as a whole. ... W...

• Word Count: 1099
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The recent killings of several black males by the police are a prime example that racism and all of its ugly and evil ways is alive and well. Simply being a black male makes you an automatic threat and therefore, killing you is justifiable. As a black young male in America I see the racism in this country first hand. ... From a young boy to a young adult my whole family always preached how important getting an education is especially as a person of color. ... My upbringing has given me the tools to succeed in an academic setting. ...

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The irony of the title, "The Lottery" as well as the banquet hall setting in "Battle Royale" depict the hidden violence behind tradition. ... Don't you have a grown boy to do it for you" (4). ... The white society controls the emotions of the black boys. ... To expand, the black box used in "The Lottery" is a piece of tradition. ... Summers spoke frequently to the villagers about making a new box, but no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box" (1). ...

• Word Count: 1232
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

On the surface, the story seems to imply that black people are stupid, deceitful, unkind, violent, and a threat to white people. ... The economic conditions of the time made it hard for black men to earn respect. Dave's black tenant family works for a white landowner, Mr. ... In conclusion, Dave's domestic situation, his family, and immediate social setting must be eliminated before he can mature. ... The story ends with a kindly white man being cheated out of $50 and Dave, the black boy-man, riding off into the night with nothing but anger, a gun and a long track record of poor judg...

• Word Count: 973
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School