Identity Essays

The sun rises and shines during daytime and the moon at night but the two cannot shine at the same time and even then the sun still shines brighter. As it is with Rosalind in, As you like it, by William Shakespeare, Rosalind is a dominant character in the play …

In Claude McKay’s Home to Harlem, mainly set in Harlem the story of Jake Brown is told as he returns from France, after deserting the US Military to come back to America. In Wallace Thurman’s The Blacker the Berry… we follow Emma Lou Morgan as she faces colorism within her …

It is clear that men and women have a variety factors that make them distinctly different. They are different by their physical appearance, their beliefs and on an interesting note, their speech patterns. Between men and women, there are identifiable linguistic features that support the claim that men and women …

It is well established that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender nonconforming (LGB/TGNC) individuals experience more negative mental health outcomes compared to heterosexual and cisgender counterparts (Lindquist, Livingston, Heck & Machek, 2017; McCarthy, Fishter, Irwin, Coleman & Pelster, 2015; Woodford, Han, Craig, Lim, & Matney, 2014; Grant et al., 2014) …

In the book, Race Matters, Cornel West asserts that the main drawback to harmonious relations among races in the U.S. is attributable to nihilism (West 2). It is important to note that nihilism refers to the tendency of African Americans feeling worthless. Therefore, Cornel West asks the Whites and Blacks …

Gender and biological sex are things we are all familiar with yet somehow are unfamiliar with at the same time. For so long, especially in the older generations, people thought of gender and biological sex as one in the same. However, in reality they are two different things with two …

Arrow of god focuses on the fight for authority between the Africans and the Europeans. An identified issue within the novel is gender and sexuality. Masculinity plays a role in the disunity amongst the people and is reflected through the conflict of power characterizing the competition between the struggles of …

Do you agree that it’s discriminatory to show girls playing with “girl” toys and boys playing with “boy” toys? Why or why not? I do not think it is discriminatory to depict children in advertisements playing with toys classically associated with their gender. The photographer may even have asked the …

During the era of Shakespeare, often, his plays exposed controversial topics in casual ways masked with humor and entertainment. Within his time of popularity, Queen Elizabeth allowed theater and drama to flourish. Yet, she forbade political and religious topics to be a subject of conversation on stage (Stigler). However, ‘mistaken …

Cultural diversity in times like this is important because with so many different cultures today and gives us a better understanding of cultures through observation in uncertain times. Cultural diversity refers to being aware that cultural differences and things alike between people exist without giving them a value or label …