Beginning in the second line, Blake inserts the religious reference to the soul by saying, "I am black, but O! ... Throughout the poem, Blake creates and answers questions about what race and skin color truly mean and the effects of race between the perception of humans and in the eyes God. ...
So what exactly does "plus " mean when referring to one's race in the eyes of a university? ... As Gary Becker, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, puts it, "I am not trying to minimize the terrible treatment especially of African-Americans in the past. I am questioning whether affirmative action programs make up for past injustices"(Becker). ...
Plaskett stated, "You see, I"m a Southerner and the word offends me," she says, "Because when I was growing up it was a very hateful, very hurtful word. ... So I would like to never hear the word again." ... When I was in school all I learn about blacks history was that Harriet Tubeman freed 300 slaves, Martin Luther King's "I have a speech" and how Rosa Parks started the boycott on buses in the south. ... I know that I am not a "nigga" and that no human being deserves to be called a "nigga," whether it's used by blacks or others, it is historically tied to the intention of putting b...
