More than 130 years after the final shots of the War Between the States, the symbol of the Confederate Southern Cross is still a powerful topic throughout the South. ... In 1991, the NAACP passed a resolution that stated the Southern Cross was a racist symbol that reminded Blacks about slavery. ... By removing Confederate symbols, such as the flag from public view, aren't these groups denying America a part of Black history? ... I know the Southern Cross is a hurtful symbol to those in the Black community because of slavery and racism. ... The Good-Ole boy southern politicians used the So...

• Word Count: 1754
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: High School

For example "Mother to Son- the mother says "So boy don't you turn back, don't set you down on the steps cause you find its kinder harder, don't you fall now-. ... In many of Langston Hughes poetry, nature serves as a strong symbol for triumphs and defeat of the soul. ... Nature serves as a symbol for the captivity and death of the soul. ... Nature becomes a symbol for the burden of the anguish of the soul. ... In the above mentioned works, images of nature serves as a symbol of the freedom of the soul, yet serving as a symbol for the burden of achieving that freedom, and th...

• Word Count: 1518
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel, The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison, the evils inflicted upon blacks by a white society indoctrinated by the inherent beauty of whiteness and ugliness of blackness are thoroughly depicted. ... Pecola's individuality is her ugliness, more important though, Pecola believes the only way for her individuality to be possessed by beauty is for her to become white, or own a symbol of whiteness "like blue eyes. ... Pecola's constant desire for blue eyes is an indication that images of white perfection and beauty are important to her because she feels that it she possesses on...

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Pecola's individuality is her ugliness, more important though, Pecola believes the only way for her individuality to be possessed by beauty is for her to become white, or own a symbol of whiteness-like blue eyes. ... Pecola's constant desire for blue eyes is an indication that images of white perfection and beauty are important to her because she feels that it she possesses one symbol of whiteness she will never again be subjected to the harsh realities of discrimination. ... One afternoon while Pecola is playing in the playground a boy named Junior invites her into his house. ... ...

• Word Count: 1667
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• Grade Level: High School

The text exhibits interesting clues such as word choice, tone and mood, reappearing symbols and references that enrich the story and intensify its underlining message. ... She no doubt saw mixed ancestry in the black communities and realized the cause of it. ... This would also mean certain social destruction for Desiree having given birth to a black child. ... One of La Blanche's quadroon boys was near the baby when Desiree noticed the resemblance of the skin color between the boy and her baby. ... The quadroon boy is one quarter Negro ancestry and so his mother La Blanch is also of mixe...

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He was neither entirely black nor white; his mother told him to not associate with outsiders. ... He thinks about this a bit more and assumes that maybe God likes black people better, hence having his mother cry at Church. He then asks whether God was black or white. ... The bicycle is a symbol, representing Ruth McBride's outlet of being able to cope with her second husband's death by having it become an escape from reality, and yet negotiating what her reality has become as well. ... During this time, he felt the pain of isolation so acutely that he would get angry at 'the bo...

• Word Count: 1571
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• Grade Level: High School

As a result of this exposure to the white world's hostility and aggression towards blacks, most of Wright's books portray both racial discrimination and the black response to that injustice; such as Black Boy and Native Son. ... At the same time, blacks are charged higher rents than whites, which is ridiculous. ... He is infuriated by both blacks and whites; blacks for their passive responses to their treatment by whites, and whites for making him feel self-conscious and ashamed. ... I see Bigger as a symbol. He represents one rebellious black response to a racist society. ...

• Word Count: 2344
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School