Analysis: Minority Lives Matter

Task 1 I found the texts about people confronting others with their ethnicity very interesting. I thought the text “The day I Became Black” was very interesting. This person from the Netherlands was looked upon as white and sometimes teased because his name was spelt in another way than it usually is. When he said that he was partly black, the students treated him in a different manor . They did not know that he was black because their school was located by the beach and everyone had a deep tan.

African Americans in the infected town of Maycomb County aren't the only ones who are viewed and treated differently. As a matter of fact, two of Scout’s classmates, Burris Ewell and Walter Cunningham are given ‘special treatment’ with their first grade teacher, Miss Caroline, and the rest of Maycomb County. Them and their families were the blue collar workers, with an exception of the Ewell family who was closer to the “white trash” category. What separates the two is the Cunninghams were generous enough to repay what they owed in goods, because money was not a possibility and they worked to make a living for themselves. The Ewells, however lived off welfare from the government and Bob was an abusive, alcoholic father with disrespectful, neglected

Finally, there is clearly social inequalities between white people and black people and it pains the world; we should all be treated as

Through the stories of Tom Robinson's trial, Jem and Scouts journey to Calpurnia's church, and Mrs. Dubose's commentary to Jem, the theme of racism remains. For instance, in Tom Robinson's trial, the jury consisted of fellow townspeople who obviously had a racial opinion. Unfortunately, the people of the jury never accepted the words of a black man over a white man.. In fact, Atticus told his son that “In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins.”

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch defends a black man named Tom Robinson who was accused of raping a young white woman. Atticus was maybe not wise to defend Tom because of the consequences that tax his family, but it was the right thing to do. The consequences of defending a black man did cause good things in the children like early maturity, but it also did cause things like traumatization. As Atticus has explained to Scout many times about this, He is doing this because he values equality and justice. He believes that everyone is equal and therefore just because Tom Robinson is black, doesn't mean that he should not defend him.

I Have A Dream For one hundred years, the negro community has lived under the repression of the majority of the white people. Negro rights had slowly become abolished and ignored for the benefit of the whites. But one brave African American decided to speak above it all, in one famous speech called “I have a dream”. Martin Luther King successfully uses figurative language because the complex metaphors serve to not only explain the injustices that negroes have gone through, but they touch on the white audiences patriotic tendencies from a nonviolent standpoint King’s use of elaborate extended metaphors is effective because it translates the many repeated complaints of black people who have been oppressed, for metaphors that express the same meanings in a fresh, profound way.

(68) Racism was a major problem back in the 1930s, and people used to call African Americans the “n” word. Crooks cannot have friends because of the deep racism that took place during this time which makes him lonely and have hatred towards “white” people. However, he decides to risk the punishment of violating the rule of racial segregation when, “Crooks scowled, but Lennie’s disarming smile defeated him. ‘Come on in and set a while,’ Crooks said. ‘Long as you won’t get out and leave me alone, you might as well set down.’

Life for blacks was never easy. When most people think of a time when blacks were treated unfairly, they immediately think of slavery. Many seem to forget that blacks were continued to be treated as inferior to whites even after slavery. This time period after slavery is known as the Jim Crow era because of the many “Jim Crow” laws that were passed to enforce racial segregation even after slavery was abolished. The Jim Crow era was an era of hardship for African Americans because of the segregation between whites and blacks in public facilities, the harsh treatments by whites, and the fact that blacks always had fewer rights than whites.

African Americans schools were different from white schools, since whites and blacks were segregated, blacks had to make their own schools. In the south it was very hard for blacks to receive an good education, even while they were at a

But the new city manager, municipal judge and police chief are all black men. The city has also begun an effort to recruit more black officers to its department.”. This quote creates a positive connotation to the fact that more black men are being appointed. This is done by the use of but, which proposes a change in the situation. By juxtaposing the death of Brown and the assignation of black people in power the writer tries to create a positive feeling towards the black people as the death of Michael Brown is already negative.

Hurston was not only making fun of whites and showing the culture of blacks, but also embracing southern culture that would disappoint many of the writers

Armstrong became a Jazz Ambasador for the U.S. government and ended up playing Black and Blue for people of other countries (Meckna,Satchmo: The Louis Armstrong Encyclopedia , 2004, p. 38). Many argue that Armstrong was an ineffective advocate for racial tolerance and equality due to the way he appeared to play into black stereotypes created by whites. One example of this is his performance as King of the Zulus. Though this was his boyhood dream come true, younger generations of African Americans were embarrassed and frustrated by it. Even Armstrong’s supporters clumsily tried to support his actions with no avail (Teachout, Pops: a life of Louis Armstrong, 2009, p. 324).

Statement of Purpose In light of recent events and social media uproar, the goal of this argumentative paper is to provide a brief but comprehensive understanding to the concept of the black lives matter movement and slogan. The movement is an affirmation of Black people’s contributions to society, humanity, and their resilience in the face of oppression. (“About,” n.d.) As a result, this paper will critically examine the foundation of the movement and the validity of both sides of the argument and the media’s involvement and several other topics.

Black lives matter is a national organization working towards bettering the lives of African Americans. It works toward rebuilding the black liberation movement. Black lives matter movement does not mean any other life is not as important. It's simply justifying that right now in the moment, the lives at stake are black lives.

In relationships, especially in interracial ones, it's one thing to experiment or to get a quick-fix, but it's quite a different story when dealing with actual marriage. Marriage is a sanctity that should not be messed around with, given its status as being one of the only cultural universal social institutions around. However, humans are born as curious creatures, which helps them evolve by breaking out from the constraints of the media and of society. When racial division is involved, the issue of curiosity is illuminated. In Spike Lee's 1991 movie, Jungle Fever, there are many characters who explain this curiosity phenomenon through their actions, and there's one in particular who is practically the epitome of racial division.