Ethnic Studies

Clarence Taylor: Knocking at Our Own Door

The author, Clarence Taylor conducted an interview with Reverend Milton Galamison in 1987. This first interview was a starting point for an extended research not only on the Downstate Campaign, which was the original purpose of this interview, but more importantly on the long and intense struggle for school integration in New York City. >>>

Gareth Davies: From Opportunity to Entitlement

The author, Gareth Davis, explains to the reader what opportunity and entitlement means to the American public and what it means to legislators. He illustrates the procedures and hardships a president has to encounter when trying to implement a new or unusual idea. The book shows us how liberalism and liberalistic initiatives, regarding the situation of poverty in the United States, bounced back from Congress over and over. >>>

Fight Against Racial Segregation in Battle Royale and Letter from Birmingham City Jail

Since the beginning of man racial discrimination has run ramped amongst society. Many people have chosen violence as a response, but Ellison’s character and Martin Luther King have chosen a non violent reaction to fight against it. In Ellison’s “Battle Royale” a speech is given about social responsibility by a narrator who is a young, nameless black male. >>>

"I hated Tonto (Still Do)," by Sherman Alexie

When I was younger I used to watch Indian movies and as a little girl. Indians were my favorite heroes. I was very sad to read about how blue-eyed warriors provided a more empowering stereotype, how the writer deals with the characters of cinematic Indians, and finally why he hated Tonto. >>>