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Search results 661 - 670 of 949 matching essays
- 661: Lillian Rubin, Families On The
- ... seek solutions for its problems jeopardize ``the very life of the nation itself”. The most striking part of this book is the evidence of the political machine that practically invites racism and other divisive forces into the situation. Families on the Fault Line contributes to a broader understanding of the pressures on the family through the case studies that Rubin demonstrates ...
- 662: Dreams And Dignity About A Rai
- ... prevent what the white homeowner s believe would be a diminution of their property values. During the timeframe of this film (mid 1950 s) this overt and obvious type of racism did exist. Today, with the U.S. Fair Housing Law, Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which enunciates a national policy on fair housing opportunities for all ...
- 663: Invisible Man
- ... All ages can read it and understand and also it has unique style. Ellison’s combines the experiences of a black man living in the south in the time of racism and prejudice and of a man that just wants to find himself. He wants a sense of identity and self-reliance, something we all want and can relate to. There ...
- 664: Huck Finn
- ... is a book that is absolutely immoral in its tone, it also seems to contain but very little humor. It was couched in the language of a rough, ignorant dialect, racism runs ramped, and all through its pages there is a systematic use of bad grammar and an employment of inelegant expressions." Another critic goes on to say "The book is ...
- 665: Cry. The Beloved Country
- ... is at an all time high. The black community of this land is trying to break free from the white people, but having little success. It is this so called racism that is essential to the setting of the story. Without it, the book would not have as much of an impact as it does. The story begins, as many great ...
- 666: Black Like Me
- ... the details would have differed. The story would be the same." The details he mentioned were he being black and in the South, and the story is of hatred and racism directed toward him and others like him on account of those details. The account he related showed America and the world that race relations in the South was not the ...
- 667: Black History, The Piano
- ... and a realization that our past is not that far in back of us. Another way this play teaches duty toward heritage is it's assertion that you cannot escape racism by pretending it's non-existence, and that the ghosts of slavery's past will follow you unless you hold them up. This was demonstrated in the conclusion of the ...
- 668: Negro Essay
- ... as horrific to readers in the 90's as it was in the 50's, but while the 90's audience is convinced that they have escaped the problem of racism, this Bibliography Griffin, John Howard. Black Like Me. Sepia Publishing Company. New York. 1960. *All subsequent entries are from this source* Endnotes 1. John Howard Griffin. Black Like Me. Sepia ...
- 669: Blind Is As Invisible Does, A
- ... more than a commentary on the racial issues faced in society at that time. It is an example of African-American literature that addresses not only the social impacts of racism, but the psychological components as well. The narrator (IM) is thrust from living according to the perceptions of who he believes himself to be to trying to survive in a ...
- 670: Flannery OConner
- ... Converge” Julian’s mother walks on the bus and immediately begins to control the conversation. People seem to feed off her commentaries. These commentaries are usually on the basis of racism. As she states when she notices that there are no black people on the bus, “I see we have the bus to ourselves.”(p.344) Mrs. Turpin is almost the ...
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