oral narratives”‚ written by Luiz Paulo Moita Lopes‚ aims to expose how the social identities of whiteness‚ heterosexuality and masculinity are naturalized and constructed as the parameter to define the marginalized social identities‚ that is‚ the blackness‚ homoeroticism and femininity. To corroborate this argument‚ the author analyzes how a 14-year-old boy positions himself and others in the narratives he tells in his school. Before presenting the collected data‚ the writer provides the perspective
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I felt like I was being mocked. Many peers were trying to grasp as much “blackness” as the could to display for themselves. Once I began to appreciate the true values of my background‚ so did many others. However‚ this made me extremely frustrated as a teen because I spent many years trying to learn how to embrace who I was‚ while
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freeze‚ running will just give my position away and I’m not much of a fighter. The silence only seems to intensify my fright‚ along with the darkness that’s robbing me of my best sense replacing it with paralysing fear. All I can do is wait while the blackness comes and pray that the dawn is not far behind. The earth is at it’s richest tone having bathed in the rain‚ I sit on the damp ground‚ feeling the frigid water seep into my jeans. My heart can beat all it wants‚ but this body won’t move until daylight
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Paula Rodriguez Cooper H English II P. 4 7 August 2013 Although many people are innocent and pure-hearted‚ there will always be a savage deep inside. When the savage inside exploits to a similar external environment‚ it can release the true darkness of man. In the novel Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding‚ the savagery is exemplified on the pig’s head‚ which symbolizes the true beast inside everybody. The savagery inside the boys continues to grow‚ as the sow’s head starts to progress in
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Therefore‚ the emerging idea of “blackness‚” should not be alienated. The term “ blackness‚” can be the embodiment of an unacceptable “difference.” This difference can be cultural‚ idealogical‚ and even racial‚ in the eyes of the scrutinizers. There are forces that frame what societies are taught‚ namely; intellectual
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She gathers her papers and moves away as STEVE‚ arms still outstretched‚ turns toward he camera” (276). O’Brien literally tenses up her whole body; like she is afraid of his arms reaching out‚ that his blackness will consume and overpower her if she embraces him. She sees him as a man‚ not a boy; she sees differences and stereotypes and ignores his humanity. She‚ regardless of the jury’s decision‚ has decided he is guilty. Myer uses “pensive” to indicate
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ugly too”. Here‚ Hughes proclaims an idea that transcends the boundaries of race and language - the pride in having survived through generations of institutionalized pain. Hughes is proud of his black identity not despite the world devaluing his blackness‚ but with the knowledge that this devaluation has not broken his spirit. He acknowledges that his life does not come from a lineage of people who have had easy lives‚ but that this does not need to define his individual existence. Hughes describes
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your sight but you will leave Thebes without it.” Since Oedipus had nothing to look at it required him to think about his life and everything that happened. He now had to deal with what happened. The blackness of him being blind acted as a reminder to what happened. I feel as if the blackness as well as the pain acted as the punishment for what he did. Hamartia is seen within the subject of Oedipus becoming blind. In every Greek tragedy‚ the end has a downfall and the tragedy is supposed
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grow that whiteness is the desired color. Whiteness is considered the cleaner color. When Pecola spills berries all over the clean white ladies house this represents that Pecola is the dark berries making a mess on a white peoples life. Almost as blackness is
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wouldn’t be exploited (). He wanted blacks to be on the same playing field of democracy. Meanwhile‚ this democracy wouldn’t be about capitalism but about making music‚ art‚ culture‚ and self-expression. This movement need to happen to reconstruct blackness. Basically‚ change the mindset of blacks and the way they view themselves. The new negro movement was an era that not only allowed them to express themselves but love their
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