My final project will focus on the different events black people went through in the 1900’s. Black culture has been under the microscope for quite a while. People make movies and write books about the different events that happened to black people and I look at that as shedding light on black culture. African Americans… Continue reading Shedding Light on Black Culture
To me black digital humanities is the study of the culture of black people including the way they speak, the music they make and their history. In the readings, it made a point that black people used social media so shed light on racial inequality. In “Making a Case for the Black Digital Humanities” by… Continue reading Blog Post on Digital Humanities
After reading the novel you kind of see a different side of Brian. In the film, Brian is made to be the good guy and he is a doctor and doesn’t really show that he hates his job. In the novel he says “he hates sick people” and we find out that Irene forced him… Continue reading In Class Blog Post/ Blog Post 5 Draft
After finishing the Passing novel, I learned a lot about what happened in the 1920’s. Before reading the novel and watching the film I didn’t even know passing was a thing. I think the Passing film and novel was made to inform us on what was going on back then and show us the life… Continue reading Passing Blog Post
As I was reading part one of Encounter, I realized that the film and the novel are very similar. In the novel it shows that Claire’s husband is a racist and it would make the reader think why would she want to be with a person like that. Also in the novel you can tell… Continue reading Passing The Novel Hot Take
Passing is about two women meeting up after being old friends but these two friends went in 2 different directions in life. They’re both black but Irene chooses to stay black and Claire pretends to be white. Irene is married to a black doctor and they have 2 kids and are living comfortable with a… Continue reading Passing Film Hot Take
Sometimes people confuse these concepts culture and race, the google definition of culture and race is “a class-action of people according to their beliefs and values that include spirituality, religion, region, language, and livelihoods” race is ” a classification of people according to their physical appearances, geographic ancestry, and heritable characteristics.” Many different things… Continue reading A Step In the Direction Of Dismantling Racism
Fiction and nonfiction work both has different effects on the reader in my opinion. Fiction is based on the author’s imagination while nonfiction is information based on facts. I feel like once the reading is fiction, the reader wouldn’t take it as serious as a non fiction reading. I feel nonfiction readings… Continue reading Blog Post #2
Many people try to do things represent black culture in different ways especially in the 1900’s. Du Bois was one of those who represented black culture by putting certain things in the articles like New York Times or New York post etc to shed light on equal rights. As stated in the article “Founding the… Continue reading How Shedding Light On Black Culture Started