Black-and-white

interactions. Sociologists study different societies to look at how they’re structured, and find out what makes them successful and what issues do they deal with. The article the Black-White Achievement Gap can be analyzed through a sociological point of view since it explores the disparity in the academic achievement between Black and White children. It uses data from an assessment done by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to detail how the achievement gap has lessened or…

I. Introduction: “The Black-White Achievement Gap: When The Progress Stopped” is an excerpt from the section: “Adding It Up”. It was written by Paul E. Barton and Richard J. Coley in 2010. Every year, the N.A.E.P. (National Assessment of Educational Process) releases “the nation’s report card” and the media focuses on the rising and falling of grades and if the achievement gap is changing. This article goes back and follows the Black-White educational achievement and attainment gaps to the early…

Law and Bias: An Area of Grey Among Black and White In an ideal world, justice would be black and white, right or wrong, when in this stark reality it is an immensely grey subject. When someone has broken the law it isn 't just a hop, skip, and jump to jail, but instead it is a complex process which can become a minefield for a lawyer, creating an arena in which the lawyer has to navigate the dangerous terrain in order to gain a positive outcome for his client, or at the very least, a less…

of a broken binder; they make a satisfying sound, like the snick of grass as you move through it. It’s the sound I imagine papyrus scrolls might make as you crinkle and unfurl them. Crammed into the binder are layers of cursive handwriting and black and white photos. In a vagary of thought, I open to a photo I’ve looked at often. It’s a stoic family that is posed rigidly in their Sunday best. Mostly, I focus on the woman that dominates the top left corner. She’s tall and big boned with hair…

Life in Black and White Every child dreams of the air, of flying like Superman or like the birds, of getting away from the rules and the crowds and the bustle of the ground. We dream of the freedom and escape that flying may bring. Now, I never learned how to fly, that’s impossible, but there are some things out there that get pretty damn close to that feeling. Where I’m from, almost everyone skated: speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey, they did it all. I grew up watching Scott Moir and…

In 1992 one of the greatest, loved, and most influential musicians and artist of all-time released a song Black or White. Michael Jackson though passed away in June of 2009 his lyrics and music has continued to pass on from generation to generation. Most of his lyrics spoke to his audience and people listened. Michael sold 750 million albums worldwide, won 13 Grammy awards, and 13 number-one singles (statisticsbrain.com). He was inducted into the Hall of Fame not once but twice and was known as…

went to another level when he branched on his own and started making his own music while adding other talents to his career, dancing. “Black or White” is one of Michael’s biggest music hits that gathered everybody’s attention. “Black or White” made political notice that made society, cultures and music view their self’s in a non-aggressive way. “Black or White” is one of Michael Jackson’s famous songs that he created for multiple reasons to reach a message across the world, set an example…

Anne understands and appreciates the comfort, security and wealth her white family have provided her - and can continue to provide her. However these comforts cannot dissuade her longing to feel at home - a sense of belonging that her indigenous family can provide. Her indigenous family advises her to “stick together” against the whites, who have raped their women, grabbed their land and stolen their children. The question, “Who are you?”(28-29) points…

The episode of White Bear, from the British TV show Black Mirror starts with Victoria waking up in a post apocalyptic world, where she doesn’t remember and recognize anything except for a photo she found of her with a boy and a little girl, who she believes are her boyfriend/husband and her daughter. She starts to be followed by someone who wants to kill her and after being helped by a girl who met in a gas store while escaping she has been told that people are techno-zombies and either want…

America. The town started putting up signs saying “No colored allowed” or they would separate them whenever they were in the same building. For example, when the town had a meeting the multi-colored audience was forced to sit on the top while the black and white audience sat below them. This is exactly the way Americans used to act against African Americans. The town’s people made it seem that it was shameful to be colored when really these multi-colored humans were the ones that found…