Many things throughout history have changed, to the point where if a person from the past were to somehow travel to the future, they would be utterly loss in insane sorts of ways. The advent of technology means that the person from the past would see people talking to themselves on glowing screens, strange forms… Continue reading Contemporary Reflection – Past Vs. Today
It’s the turn of the twentieth century, and the first generation of black men & women who have been born free, have all reached maturity. However, even if the law states they were free, social elements that despised their existence still lingered, so they travelled to places where they wouldn’t be persecuted as such. This… Continue reading The Hearts of Idealism
My project will be about on idealism during the turn of the 20th century, with a focus on the negro community. I will attempt to explain and show how the ideals of each person shaped what they did, and how it reflected upon them in their writings. Ideals and idealism are important to be shown… Continue reading Final project proposal
So for my hot take, I’d like to focus on Kim Gallon’s book, Making a Case for the Black Digital Humanities. My first thoughts upon reading the passages were simply amazement at how vast technology is. There’s so much data on the web, that it requires multiple teams of people to properly sort through even… Continue reading Hot Take – 4/26
Throughout history, civilizations has divided itself into classes as a means to specialize a job that was required in society. They were structured like a pyramid, and had those at the top rule those at the bottom. And at the bottom of these pyramids, typically laid the class of the slave. Slaves had few rights,… Continue reading Blog Post #5 – The Creaky Metal Door
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What was it like to be a black child during the Harlem Renaissance? In the past decade, a sensation has taken the internet by storm: in the form of online quizzes. These quizzes help you sort yourself into categories of your personality traits, your Harry Potter house, what fantastical creature would you be. These all… Continue reading Blog post #3: Nostalgia and Rain
Between fiction and non-fiction, which one is better? Imagine, for a very literal metaphor, two different books which laid out in front of a person: a non-fiction book and a fictional book. Which one should a person choose and read? Generally speaking, people tend to name non-fiction as the greater of the two genres. People… Continue reading The Real vs The Ideal