Affirmative action is an important issue to everyone today, and in light of the prevalent college hysteria, it is especially relevant to high school students and parents. Students often wonder how race weighs into the admissions process. There is the possibility of a minority student being accepted ...

In his short story "salvation", Langston Hughes describes an event that happens in his life. Langston has hatred toward whites and this hatred is expressed in this story. He thinks white people think of their own selves as superiors over everybody. That whites are "saints" and th...

Calpurnia acts like she's the mother of Scout and Jem. Not only does she cook and clean for the Finch's, she also disciplines, advises, and takes care of all Jem's and Scout's needs. Cal is an extremely well educated black woman who lives in two very opposite worlds. In one world...