The American people have a serious identity crisis. It's rare while in the country to hear someone say that they are American. People say that they are Irish, Scottish, German, Italian, African, English, West Indian, etc. Often people are a combination of these. For black Americans it becomes e...

When they were first initiated, affirmative action policies were needed to address the discrimination faced by women and members of minority ethnic groups. These policies have enabled many people to secure better employment and educational opportunities. In their wake, however, affirmat...

The Connection between the Industrialization Era and 'Jim Crow' in relation to Denise Giardina's Storming Heaven Industrialization in the United States came about late in the 19th century immediately following the era of post-Civil War reconstruction. It was a time in which eve...

Modern American Literature is preoccupied by what separates us as human beings rather than what binds us together." Discuss with reference to at least one novel/collection of short stories we have read this term. The United States of America cannot be seen as an entity within itself, but rat...

Analytical Paper on Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing Director and actor Spike Lee presents his "truth" about race relations in his movie Do the Right Thing. The film exhibits the spectacle of black discrimination and racial altercations. Through serious, angry, and loud sounds, Lee stays true to the...

'Woman's place is in the Home but Home is not contained within the four walls of an individual home. Home is the community.'1These words, written by Rheta Childe Dorr in 1910, typified the attitude of women during the decades immediately following the turn of the century. The period between 1900 a...

Their Eyes Were Watching GodThis paper will tell the reader about all aspects of the numerous problems that are presented in Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God. It will deal with all of the numerous problems that were experienced in the rough time that the book was written in. Also, it will de...