Ainu people

Hay believed she was ‘too influenced by western culture to be sitting at the same table as these women who were much darker in colour and had been brought up with more tradition’ (Hay, n.d.). She said she almost felt embarrassed to be filmed knowing people may think badly of her as she doesn’t know anything about the language, lifestyle or the terminology that goes along with being Aboriginal. Actress Deborah Mailman had a wonderful mix of pride in her Indigenous culture and a positive influence…

Anne Moody and the Civil Rights Movement Anne Moody grew up in the South during a time of violence, oppression, segregation, and uncertainty. The 50’s and 60’s were a unique period in U.S history because it was here that African Americans were murdered, outcast and not accepted in the southern society. Struggling to understand why these things were happening and why no one was doing anything to prevent it, Anne Moody would later join the Civil Rights Movement because of racial violence, her…

When people are not exposed to what they judge they tend to place everyone into a category, thus accepting what they have been told. Implicit attitudes are associations that we make in our subconscious. An Implicit Association Test (IAT) measures the strength…

Most people would like to believe that they make their choices based on what they believe is right or wrong. For most this is an easy thing to do and most problems normally don’t make a difference to other people anyway. Sometimes it isn’t that easy such as problems like what it takes to be the man of a situation. Sometimes it works out but most of the time it does not. Most would like to believe that people always do the right thing and not based on what society thinks. Everyone has wanted one…

mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim” (King, 12). “When you have seen hate-filled policemen curse, kick, brutalize, and even kill your black brothers and sisters with impunity” (King, 12). It portrays how black people are disgust of the “wait,” with injustice, brutality, and segregation towards their community. King uses “when you have seen your” to stress why the black community cannot longer wait. King uses pathos to evoke his audience emotions, and to…

victims, until I read Song of Solomon. During its first 112 pages, the novel Song of Solomon ensnares readers, such as I, into a world where men and women are dominated by other men and women whose skin tone differs, segregating the two groups of people into the authority and the victims. Despite the fact that none of the characters…

norms and with racial depictions. Popular media often creates ideals and stereotypes by using characters in order to unjustly portray the way individuals are to act according to their race and gender roles; these stereotypes and ideals can provide people with a sense of empowerment or have the means to diminish it. Because of the stereotypes fairy…

There were numerous examples as well as peer-reviewed scholarly articles that support my claim and represent the impact these changes have had on Indigenous communities, particularly the communities of the people addressing these issues. Firstly, I discussed the Corbiere case and the issue they were arguing which was that Section 77(1) of the Indian Act is discriminatory which is counterintuitive to Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms…

minorities are coming to this country, and soon enough, whites will be the minority. It has been proven that a majority of racism comes from a lack of education. There is still quite a bit of ignorance when it comes to other races and ethnicities. Some people tend to go by stereotypes they hear, and treat others unfairly because of that. It is common for rural areas, especially in the South, to have more bigoted and racist views. These areas, coincidentally, also often poor education and large…

All beings possess a powerful weapon within their vessel. The Bible cautions its readers to not let it rule over them. The Quran apprises its readers that life and death resides in it. It can heal the emotionally wounded, and cut them even deeper in the same instant. It is the tongue, or in other words, Nommo which means the power of spoken word. Nommo is one of the terms I learn while taking Dr. Franklin’s African American history 101 course, and in my opinion, it is also the foundation for…