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    Double-consciousness under the White Gaze in Maud Martha The theme of double-consciousness was first defined by Du Bois in The Souls of the Black Folk. He put the term “double-consciousness” in "a world which yields him no true self-consciousness‚ but only lets him see himself through the revelation of the other world. It is a peculiar sensation‚ this double-consciousness‚ this sense of always looking at one ’s self through the eyes of others‚ of measuring one ’s soul

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    extraordinary legal efforts by officials to block African Americans from fleeing repression‚ she discovers the ideas of white rebellion from anti-emancipation revolts. She consistently makes connections to present day actions by legislative and judicial across the country that has criminalized and suppressed blacks and their right to vote. In her book “White Rage” Anderson lists white Americans’ long efforts to hinder African American progress. She mentions the hateful response to Obama’s victory alongside

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    His debut novel‚ The White Tiger‚ won the 2008 Man Booker Prize. He was born in Madras on 23rd October 1974. He is the fourth Indian-born author to win the prize‚ after Salaman Rushdie‚ Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai.He began his journalistic career as a financial journalist‚ interning at the Financial Times. He was subsequently hired by TIME‚ where he remained a South Asia correspondent for three years before going freelance. During his freelance period he wrote The White Tiger. Adiga’s second

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    have multiple platforms to engage others in movements to help make a difference and stand out against injustice. White privilege is no secret to the people of America. Even today there are people who have an attitude of condescension. Dr. King confronts white privilege in the passage as he states “...the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.” Whites had advantages and a more fulfilling life than Blacks. Why would they want to give up their feeling of superiority

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    During a time where black men‚ women‚ and children are getting shot down in the streets simply for being black‚ it is important to remember that white people have fallen victim to the damaging effects of systematic oppression as well. Throughout history‚ the oppression of white people is clear as day. Originally‚ the Europeans were forced out of their homes to travel across the seas while looting and destroying the resources and lives of the natives inhabiting Americas and pretty much the rest

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    I found Stupid White Men‚ a book written by Michael Moore‚ very interesting and funny. The humor in this book is displayed in a dark manor‚ in which he portrays Bush’s administration by highlighting their faulty decisions. Moore makes you want to read on‚ having every page filled with mind blowing facts about our president George W. Bush and the "stupid white men" behind him. Although Moore is white‚ he explains that "every bit of pain and suffering in my life has had a Caucasian face to it" (Moore

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    Leslie White‚ author of The Evolution of Culture: The Development of Civilization to the Fall of Rome (1959)‚ attempted to create a theory explaining the entire history of humanity. The most important factor in his theory is technology: Social systems are determined by technological systems‚ wrote White in his book‚ echoing the earlier theory of Lewis Henry Morgan. As measure of society advancement‚ he proposed the measure of a society’s energy consumption. He differentiates between five stages of

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    the years between African Americans and other ethnic groups. As a result of the barrier between these ethnic groups‚ the movie Jungle Fever‚ written and directed by Spike Lee has many aspects of stereotypes against African Americans‚ not only how whites perceive them‚ but also how African Americans see themselves. In the movie‚ there is a major sign of symbolic interaction which is the study of how people use symbols to develop their views of the world and to communicate with one another. Most of

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    [pic] |The White Devil | |JOHN WEBSTER | |1612 | |INTRODUCTION | |AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

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    One Acts Drama Festival: My First Acting Competition Every year during my high school there would always be auditions held to be in the One Acts Drama Festival. Each school in the area would make a play to be seen by judges where the festival was held and there would only one winner. I never tried out to be in the One Acts Drama Festival but my senior year I did. Everyone at my school who wanted to participate would have to act out a two minute monologue in front of our school’s director‚ in this

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