PinnedWhy You Need to Abandon the Term ‘Urban’(I would like to preface this article with the fact that I am speaking directly to white folks)Apr 8, 20211Apr 8, 20211
Protest Poetry: Langston Hughes’ Call for African American Rights, Equality, and RespectLangston Hughes is certainly most known as a popular, prolific figure of the Harlem Renaissance, or “New Negro Movement,” a period where…Mar 17, 2020Mar 17, 2020
The Importance of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American SlaveThroughout my time as a student in the school system of the United States I have heard of Frederick Douglass here and there but was never…Feb 18, 2020Feb 18, 2020
Thug Life: Tupac Shakur’s Protest Against America’s Systemic OppressionA look at how Tupac Shakur employed protest against systemic oppression in America through both his musical and literary poetry.Oct 13, 2019Oct 13, 2019
The Race Problem: The Trickle Effect of Race as A Social Construct in Nella Larsen’s QuicksandOn a surface level, Quicksand can be interpreted as a story about one’s “mulatto” identity and the struggle that comes with finding this…Aug 18, 2019Aug 18, 2019
Metaphorical Myth: Amiri Baraka’s Dutchman a Metaphor for the Doomed Ship that is AmericaIf you have never read or seen the play, you can read it here: https://faculty.atu.edu/cbrucker/Engl2013/texts/Dutchman.pdfAug 18, 2019Aug 18, 2019
Racial Bias in the American Criminal Justice System: Controversy or U.S. History?There has long been an issue of racial bias in the American criminal justice system. This is nothing new. When you think back to the time…May 29, 2017May 29, 2017
