Sarah Mead Professor McCormick Sociology 2 December 2012 District 9 Though this may seem like any other stereotypical extra-terrestrial movie‚ District 9 is unique in that it creates a scenario showing human discrimination towards alien begins; something that is an obvious metaphor for all racial discrimination. District 9 shows a world where the battle for previously eliminated racial equality resurfaces. It is no coincidence that District 9 is set in South Africa‚ where apartheid‚ discrimination
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The human race has been cruel and hateful towards different races‚ religions‚ and ethnic backgrounds since the birth of man. Detestation‚ discrimination and prejudice have all been displayed in our society at one point in history‚ and have been continued‚ causing me to be pessimistic of it to be stopped from continuing to the present. Several pieces of literature contain these types of prejudices and expose the deeply flawed and discriminatory society. The pieces of literature indicate that prejudice
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Throughout my reading of Lawrence Hills “The Illegal” a convergent began to form. An unabating theological presence of hope continued throughout his work. “The Illegal” as well as “The Book of Negroes” coincides with the Christian definition of hope. The novel allowed me to become exclusive with the main character‚ Keita Ali‚ and his situation‚ as well as with my own beliefs towards Christianity. I was forced to question and compare many theological topics of hope due to this novel. In this paper
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The terrible things we see happening are a part of our world‚ have always been and still remain. Police killing unarmed African Americans is not something that is okay‚ nor is it something that can explained‚ nor swept under the rug. These are things that we must deal with‚ and the way we chose to deal with it is up to us. I do not think that African Americans‚ males especially actually realize that we have full control of how we act and respond to things‚ and we must find a way to deal with this
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To Kill a Mockingbird: The Effects of Racism In the compelling story of To Kill a Mockingbird‚ a black man named Tom Robinson is convicted of raping a white woman. Although seemingly cliche for this time period‚ it is this idea alone that drives the racist foundation of this novel. Every character is impacted and driven by the racism and prejudice that fogs the small country town of Maycomb. Scout and Jem‚ the young sister and brother of the novel‚ gradually learn the clouded ways of the Maycomb
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The event I attended was one of the many plays that takes place on campus in the arts building. The play I specifically attended was called Appropriate‚ which was originally written by playwright‚ Branden Jacobs Jenkins. The play was approximately 3 hours in length with an intermission included into that time. Overall‚ the play specifically deals with family conflict and the whole idea of race itself. All of the main characters in the play are all interconnected family members that originally are
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Between the World and Me is an autobiography by Ta-Nehisi Coates written in the form of a letter from Coates to his fifteen-year-old son. In this book‚ Coates tackles major issues that plague black people‚ particularly black men‚ in modern day America. This book covers a wide range of topics‚ including race relations‚ “whiteness”‚ “blackness”‚ self-identity‚ and manhood. One of the most powerful messages from the book is that black people can be anything. The world is quick to put us in a box‚
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About modern day I can relate Shakespeare’s great Othello to the concepts of race and racism. It is amongst the earliest works from Western Literature dealing with a prominent black protagonist. Othello faces the onslaught of constant racism from other characters‚ especially when he marries Desdemona. Desdemona is described to be a privileged white woman whose father disapproves of their relations. This relates back to present day because even in the early 20th century depictions of the play were
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After the appeal was granted‚ chaos stroke throughout the city of Little Rock; the black community would endure many different types of abuse from the white citizens. The reason for it was that they were enraged of all the schooling their children had missed. The white population needed something to blame and the black people were the target for just about everything. A substantial amount of hate crimes rose as soon as the bill passed; Daisy Bates‚ the head chairman of the NAACP in Little Rock took
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Coming from someone who you can easily catch walking around with a drink and candy in hand while wearing a hoodie on I have never once thought I might look suspicious and end up murdered from these actions. Luckily‚ I am white and not the main attraction for suspicious activity as those who are black. This common assumption really bothers me‚ because there are bad people out there and there are good people as well‚ but the color of their skin doesn’t define if you’re good or bad. Trayvon Martin never
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