Social Issues Essays

Bias against racial groups that appear different from oneself is termed as racism. Often, differing skin colors identify these races. The short story ‘After You My Dear Alphonse’ penned by Shirley Jackson in America in 1943, illustrates how children’s parents influenced racist mindsets in the 1940s, a trend that persists today. It also highlights prevailing […]

Our modern times today pronounce that there should be equality amongst men, that there ought to be democracy and justice that transcends the restrictions of race, color, and ethnicity. But before the rise of such contemporary ideas and thoughts, it was apparent that discrimination owing to race and specifically color was present. During those times, […]

A closed reading of Toni Morrison’s Bluest Eyes clearly shows that Pecola Breedlove extends beyond being the novel’s central character. Pecola Breedlove cannot be simply described as a mere fictional character whose only wish is to have fascinating blue eyes. Contrary to what many perceive, Pecola Breedlove’s story continue to exist. It did not merely […]

The analysis of literary elements such as plot, symbolism and character development will be explored in this essay as they pertain to the stories “A Rose for Emily” and “The Chrysanthemums”. The story by John Steinbeck “The Chrysanthemums” revolves around the main character of Elise whose main identity is of a wife, however the complexities […]

Before we look at Post-colonialism, one must have a closer look at the word Colonialism, the word by its dictionary definition the “Alleged policy of exploitation of backward or weak peoples. ” For most however when we broach the delicate topic of Colonialism, we envisage a more romanticised view such as: Adventure, Pioneering, Exoticism, Romance, […]

My England tells the story of three characters who speak in monologues, describing what happens at the England-Tunisia friendly international football match. At the beginning we firstly see Neville Lawrence sat down. He announces the name of the play “My England,” and goes onto say that the play is about a black man and a […]

I disagree with this statement ‘It is always a positive benefit to live in two cultures at the same time’ because the poem ‘Search for my tongue’ is an autobiographical poem about an Indian woman moving to a different country having to learn another language, this is a negative benefit she will forget her own […]

In ‘Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan’ the speaker is a girl who has one English parent and one parent from Pakistan. As a result she feels torn between the two very different cultures. She does not feel at home in either England or Pakistan. She shows this by saying “I longed for denim and […]

Ever since man has been able to script and speak they have been able to express their emotions. Love poetry has been passed down and become part of our cultural and literary heritage. In the following essay I will be using 2 different poems: “The Barrier by Claude Mckay” and “Long Distance by Tony Harrison”; […]

Since the very early ages, discrimination against people of different races has always existed in society. People with different coloured skin, people from different religions and people from different countries are often stereotypes, and some people are prejudice about these people and act on the prejudice. This is known as racism. Shakespeare’s play “The Merchant […]

There are individuals, past and present, who advocate for their own rights or the rights of those who are exploited. Examples of such individuals include Martin Luther King, Robert Lowell, and Benjamin Zephaniah. In many cases, these exploited individuals endure mistreatment without challenging or being able to challenge those who oppress them. It is important […]

As Naomi Zack details in “The Island of Dr. Moreau: Confused Images of Race and Specie,” there is a racial subtext to all three film versions of H. G. Wells’ novel, The Island of Dr. Moreau. After analyzing and comparing these three versions, Zack details the various ways that the characters in the story are […]

Over the past 60 years the issue of immigration and the impact on the national identity has been a subject of great public interest. In this paper I will be examining the political and ideological controversies caused by immigration, if immigration has changed the national identity and if the mass media has fairly or unfairly […]

Aubrey Lucy was a black female and went to a white college James Meredith who was armed with a federal court order to sign up for classes at the all-white Mississippi university and wasn’t able to until the Kennedy administration who sent federal state troops an d officials. He graduated in 1963 and began “March […]

Foucault explica que el surgimiento del biopoder fue lo que inscribi al racismo como mecanismo de estado. El racismo fragmenta a una poblaci decide entre “lo que debe vivir y lo que debe morir” y establece que la muerte de aquel que debe morir conlleva consecuencias biolïpositivas para la poblaci en la que esa muerte […]

Examining ethnic differences in achievement 1. The definition of an ethnic group is a group of people of the same race or nationality that share the same cultural norms and values. 2. Three ways in which the education system may encourage separation between children of different ethnic backgrounds are: Labelling and teacher racism, many teachers […]

The relationship between white and black people in America is still today an ongoing issue, which can be traced back in history. Even though the issue isn’t as big as it was 50 years ago, it still has influence in America, in every perspective, both as individuals but also as a community. Today we have […]

Indirect rule was a system of ruling Africans that sought not to displace African authority, but instead to rule through it. It was first used by the British and later adopted by other European powers after they witnessed its success. Indirect rule is largely considered a more humane alternative to its counterpart, direct rule, which […]

There people who are being sold just like a mere things sold in a market to be slaves, pimp, and it’s quiet alarming that even naive child is a victim of this kind of discursive life. Women have been also analyzed to be part of those bundles of things paraded, bidded for, sold, and traded […]

In Bartolome De Las Casas’s “from The Very Brief Relation of the Devastation of the Indies” a lot of descriptive verbiage is utilized to paint a distinct picture of good vs. evil in an unjust world. Referencing the Spaniards as Christians is done with a great deal of anger, and sarcasm. These Spaniards performed many […]

The “Other”; in The Tortilla Curtain Since its very beginnings, the United States of America has been idealized as ‘the land of the free,’ full of new opportunities for people from all around the globe. In The Tortilla Curtain, written by T. Coraghessan Boyle the reader gets an up close view of the border between […]

The theme of racism is prominently portrayed in Othello by William Shakespeare, showcasing European society’s attitude towards individuals who differed in terms of color, race, and language. In this European society, those with white complexions were the majority, while all other races were deemed less important and inferior. Several characters in this play embody this […]