James McBride writes "The Color of Water" as a dedication to his mother and his own life. ... The Color of Water is a memoir based on James McBride's life and the hardships he encountered due to his bi-racial family. ... A text to text connection to The Color of Water is Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements. ... Another connection to The Color of Water that I have seen in my own life is a connection to the negative path that James went down in his teenage years. ... In The Color of Water race is described as a force as powerful as the moon. ...

• Word Count: 1711
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Alice Walker wrote The Color Purple to capture and illuminate the hardship and bitterness African American women had to face in the early 1900s. ... The Color Purple, was published in 1982. ... In The Color Purple, as in her other writings, Walker focuses on the theme of double repression of black women in the American experience. ... On the one hand, it's refreshing to see a film that not only focuses on the experiences of people of color, but specifically on the experiences of women of color; but on the other hand, it's also important to look at the framework within which these ...

• Word Count: 1523
• Approx Pages: 6

For example, many did not want to drink from the same water fountains or share the same restrooms with black people. ... Many white people felt that they were naturally superior to black people because of the color of their skin. ... No race should feel inferior to another race on the basis of skin color because everyone is essentially the same. People should be judged by their efforts and their character and not by the color of their skin. ... The color of someone's skin is not a very accurate measure of superiority of any kind. ...

• Word Count: 1380
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Prejudice in this book is displayed by the acts of hate and misunderstanding because of someone's color. People of color were the majority that were treated unfairly. ... Some people thought blacks were automatically dumb because of their color. ... There were separate schools, water fountains, restores, even churches. ...

• Word Count: 1427
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

A specific example she uses to explain this would be that of an individual needing to walk five miles every day in Kenya to get clean drinking water. ... At first glance in the twenty-first century it is easy to say that race is obviously a biological issue and is not constructed by society as you can see the differences in individuals depending on color of skin, etc. ... In his article, Are Jews White he discusses how the classification of Jewish people has changed from focusing on what color their skin is to the shape of their nose. ...

• Word Count: 1608
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The answer was wrong the girl in a low cut bikini was trying to advertise for the perfume cool water. ... Does this mean that they are not catering to women of color or does it mean that women of olour are not beautiful enough to model for these magazines. ... Arnt these magazines givng a clear message that white is beautiful and black or colour is not, that white is the majority and black or color is not. ...

• Word Count: 2019
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Dregrelle claims that Hitler was a caring giving man that, "Never ate red meat, only drank water, didn't like killing, and gave to the community."... They only hate the person because of their color, race, or ethnic background, not because they actually did something to them. ...

• Word Count: 1468
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In his book, Dark Water: Voices From Within the Veil, Du Bois said, "I felt myself standing, not against the world, but simply against American narrowness and color prejudice, with the greater, finer world at my back urging me on. ...

• Word Count: 1517
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School