week’s readings seemed to have different topics yet also many similarities. The first reading which was “The Color of Supremacy: Beyond the Discourse of “ White Privilege ’’ by Zeus Leonardo tells us how white privilege is part of the reason why racism prevails even today. The reading even somewhat bolsters McIntosh’s argument that sometimes‚ white people simply aren’t even aware of their ‘ privileges ’. I however‚ feel that racism persists because people let it persist. Racism is not a thing of the
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Michael Haneke’s 2009 film‚ The White Ribbon‚ presents an ensemble of characters‚ rather than one central character or protagonist‚ and their lives in the midst of multiple arbitrary misfortunes within their small German town. There is severe righteousness within the town‚ especially in a religious sense‚ which is imposed upon all townspeople and enforced by characters such as the Pastor (Burghart Klaussner). The unrealistic expectation for all townspeople to be pure and innocent causes the suppression
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Arrangement in black and white January 3rd 1955 Friday Dear Diary‚ A New Year‚ new beginnings and things will change. But for me the start of 1955 hasn’t been so great so far. Earlier today a close friend of mine threw a dinner party for me which I was so delighted and thrilled when I found out. I thought to myself‚ wow now people don’t segregate and have respect for different races‚ however a woman with pink velvet poppies thwarted me by being offensive to my race. She was scornful and
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Morel challenge or undermine Kipling’s beliefs? The dialogue “White Man’s Burden” is a condescending and patronizing text. The text was written in response to the winning of the Spanish-American war. In the first stanza‚ Kipling says we need to “take up” this burden. That what the white men have to do is so heavy and the responsibility of this burden is on their shoulders fully. This responsibility is that it was solely up to white people‚ the captors‚ to civilize these “wild” people‚ as he says
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By fairest blood it is done‚ by fairest blood it is undone Snow white and the huntsman is the battle between beauty and innocence for fairest blood. This is a four star dark twist to the traditional fairy tale of the orphaned princess‚ Snow White (Kristen Stewart)‚ and her escape from her step mother and evil Queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron). From the producers of Alice and the Wonderland‚ An Evil Queen‚ Ravenna‚ tricks‚ seduces‚ and kills the king; she takes the kingdom and rules with intimidation
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Sexuality in Black and White: Data from 783 Undergraduates Knox‚ D. and Zusman M. E. (2009) Sexuality in Black and White: Data from 783 Undergraduates. Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality‚ Volume12 Summary According to the article there many issues and concerns in human sexuality that blacks and whites views differently between the two races. The sample size for this study included 783 undergrad students who attend Southeastern University. Over 100 items questionnaire were given that was
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explanations‚ which are: socialization‚ economic competition and social norms. For each cause he gives strong arguments based on historical data and actual facts and statistics which made his essay reliable. Along the same lines Hua Hsu in “The End of White America?” argues that America is becoming post racial. According to him race will matter less and less and whiteness will come to an end. Hsu is positive and confident that Americans will overcome resentment stimulated up by these changes and produce
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Sophie and the White Rose group first started out as the role of the instigator‚ trying to reach the highest position that they could at the time. Sophie was a high role in the Nazi girls’ section‚ whereas Hans was a high role in the Nazi boys’ section. However‚ the actions that they had to do mad them realize that everything they were doing wasn’t really what they had wanted to be doing to begin with. When they opened their eyes to see what was actually happening‚ they ditched the Nazi regime and
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Essay Alison Ely 6/24/14 Riding the White Horse Within the universe‚ there are celestial bodies that join together in solar systems that make up galaxies‚ galaxies that create everything tangible and visible and real; however‚ within the heavens and all that is palpable and perceptible and concrete‚ there is so much more: the intangible. At times this is presented as luck or fortune‚ and sometimes‚ it shows itself as love. Yasunari Kawabata’s “The White Horse” (1963) is a ravishing run through
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actions concerning them. Joe R. Feagin and Hernan Vera‚ in their article "White Racism: A Sociology of Human Waste‚" discusses one particular type of racism: white racism. White racism‚ as they define it‚ is the "socially organized set of attitudes‚ ideas‚ and practices that deny African-Americans and other people of color the dignity‚ opportunities‚ freedoms‚ and rewards that this nation offers white Americans." For me‚ white racism simply means one thing: it is the feeling of superiority that the
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