Before I proceed into this topic of the NAACP vs. The Dukes of Hazzard, I wanted to state some clarifications of the topic at hand. NAACP stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Their mission is to ensure that equal rights are being practiced politically, educationally, socially, and economically. Their goal is ...
In October of 1886 a group of Chinese men left Lewiston, Idaho by boat on the Snake River. There were at least thirty-four of them, intent on mining for gold down the river at Deep Creek. Eight months later all were dead. Anti-Chinese sentiment was high in the West in the late nineteenth century. In ...
“The Adventures of Tintin,” a Belgian children’s graphic novel and cartoon series by Herge (nom-de-plume of Georges Remi), is finding popularity with U.S. film-going families as an animated feature. However, fans of Tintin were in danger of losing one book of the series, “Tintin in the Congo,” which came under threat of banning for inciting ...
Throughout various works of literature, authors have often revealed the values and assumptions of a society through a character, who is alienated from this society. Margaret Atwood demonstrates this in her novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, through the character of Offred. Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, a totalitario9an and theocratic state that ...
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