Racial Discrimination Book Reviews Samples For Students

The book Levittown by David Kushner narrates of the dark side of the American history. The book mainly illuminates the racial discrimination that was much evident in the United States of America in the 1950’s (Kushner, 12). Trying to review the American history in broad, it is believed that the Africans who were captured as slaves were sold in the United States to work as slaves in the large plantations. After the war had ended and the blacks in the American soil had increased in number, the Africans started to demand for an equal treatment as the whites. ...

The book explores the history, role, and contribution of Rosa Parks, a human activist on modern social and economic transformation and changes. Rosa Parks, a renowned African American activist was born on February 1913. Many professionals and researchers refer Rosa as the first lady of civil rights due to her contribution in fighting for human right and equality in America. In an effort to recognise the role and contribution of Rosa Parks in America, the country commemorates her birth and the days she was arrested for her intensive effort of fighting for human rights in America. The day is especially common ...

Many Americans tend today to believe that a realist drama A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry is a brilliant example that clearly opens up and brings to public such important themes as economic hardship and racial prejudice. The author did perfectly her job, as she portrayed not only how important the family is, but also send the message to society that every individual should value and reach the set goals in life, despite racial discrimination, troubles, and obstacles on his way.
First and foremost, a united family is the most precious thing that every individual may ...

4 Immigrants Manga is written by the Japanese author Henry Yoshitaka Kiyama. Manga is the name given to Japanese comic books that focus on adults and children. 4 Immigrants Manga revolves around the experiences of the author and his three friends who arrive in San Francisco as immigrants. “It is one of the first modern-format comic books ever published in the United States, especially with all-new material and a documentary, autobiographical theme” (L, 2013).

Section1: Context

Born on January 9, 1885, in a little village called Neu, in Western Japan, Henry Yoshitaka Kiyama was a good artist and a story teller. ...

Long Response

While sexuality remains a talking point in the modern society, many people are still being discriminated based on their sexual identities. It is essential to note that several people have become victims of racial discrimination as well as heterosexism in the modern society. While many people have fought to change the perception of the offenders, the battle against lesbianism is still alive in the society as many individuals do not consider it a cultural norm. Culturally acceptable codes of behavior have dictated that a particular behavior has to be observed by the members of the society to help nurture ...

During the 1930s, the Great Depression affected many states leading to major changes in most sectors of their economy. One of the countries that became a victim of the Great Depression was Canada. Owing to this, the issue has attracted the attention of many researchers. The aim of this review is to examine the work of one such researcher, Katrina Srigley, in her book, Breadwinning Daughters: Young Women working in a Depression- era City, 1929-1939 (2010). The Great Depression era affected the live patterns of young women in Canada. They experienced a great shift while trying to adapt to the economic changes ...

Elizabeth Clerk-Lewis in her book narrates the experiences and lives of African American in Washington and how women worked for wealthy white families. This writer has given detailed and reliable information regarding the African American racism, since a grandmother was part of the great migration of the African American, and she could give an oral history regarding the migration. This has enabled her to publish a book with first-hand information that is not biased. Over the last few decades, the essential meaning of gender and sex had been transformed to mean something different apart from its actual meaning. Racial discrimination was ...

- In what way did Dr. Martin King Luther King use non-violent protests in the Civil Rights Movement?
At the staff retreat of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), King talked about the dangers of violence. King said, “Violence has been the inseparable twin of materialism, the hallmark of its grandeur”, and he stood his ground against it on the basis that hate engenders violence. Hence, to curb hate and violence, King saw the importance of participating in peaceful protests no matter how unjust the situations they were in and how difficult it was for Black people to ...

African Americans made quite a number of contributions to war in the late 19th and early 20th century. They were however faced with more than enough challenges, considering that at this era, there were quite a lot of struggles against racial discrimination, especially to African Americans by their white counterparts. In the Civil war, African American men were barred from actively participating in combat, and only served white soldiers, who are the ones who participated in combat. Black women on the other hand, were not even allowed to enroll in the army and the closest they got to the army was ...