adaptable to change.” As humans we have one of two choices, adapt to our environment or die. It’s that simple. Sometimes adapting meant giving up your basic human freedoms, as was the case with slaves in the antebellum south. In Olivia Butler’s novel, Kindred, we follow along a modern black woman, Dana, who finds herself in the 18th century colonial America and witnesses what slaves must endure. Like the slaves, she too must find a way to survive during this period of oppression for blacks. At the climax
Racism and gender inequality are two extremely significant, yet neglected issues that human society faces to this day. In the past, women and people of diverse skin color were stripped of many of their basic human rights. They were mistreated and judged simply because of their appearance and background. Many years of protesting and arguing have brought us to our current society. In the United States, women and all races are given equal rights. This may sound as though our country has put racism and
turned to social problems like poverty and racism. With society creating broad generalizations and stereotypes to poor urban minorities. In Carol Stack’s book, All Our Kin, she explains her analysis of The Flats, a poor African-American neighbourhood in Jackson Harbour. The book describes the residents’ survival plans and their large dependence on kinship networks. Covering topics like the importance of swapping, the obligations to trade, personal kindred relationships, and the custom of domestic
that he kills a rabid dog with a single shot and also facing the mob men outside the jailhouse. He urges Scout to be brave. And also urge her to prevent herself from those who criticizes her or her family. For Atticus withholding violence against racism is one if the highest form of bravery. Early in the book, the children believe themselves to be brave when approaching the Radley house, but later on learn that this was a false bravery and in fact it’s silly. Mrs. Dubose’s definition of as the ultimate
subtlety commenting on the neglected problems of racial clashes. The story of Janie explores the personal, emotional, and intellectual conflict of following one’s heart, as it simultaneously notes the social issues of prejudice, such as same-race racism. Hurston presents Miss Turner’s character to exemplify the critical nature of African-Americans against one another, when she says, “if it wuzn’t for so many black folks it wouldn’t be no race problem…De black ones is holdin’ us back” (141). Zora