illness rituals, holiday rituals – how many of these have survived the simple activity of television watching, those rituals and pastimes that once gave family life its special quality have become more and more uncommon” (260). It is suggested in her essay that television was ultimately
in the context of social inequality, particularly with regards to race, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability and social class. The concept of privilege dates back to 1910 when American sociologist and historian W. E. B. Du Bois published the essay The Souls of White Folks, in which he wrote that although African Americans were observant about white Americans and conscious of racial discrimination, white Americans did not think much about African Americans, nor about the effects of racial discrimination
music and dance was a way to get over struggles and move over the obstacles they were experiencing. Performance and performing arts was seen as a way to create a sense of modern, urban identity and social belonging. This will be discussed in this essay and many examples will be included. Many obstacles were faced during this period which included pass laws where black people couldn’t walk around the city if they didn’t have their passbooks and if they were caught without them they would be in trouble