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Notes On Survival, Despite, Jason Harris
Notes On Survival, Despite, Jason Harris
ETD Archive
In this collection of poems, the issue of damage-based thinking and desire-based thinking is being examined. It is being examined through the use of several different types of poetry techniques. Within the poems, the past, the present, and the future are examined and asks a larger question: How can we, as people take the daily violence that we encounter and find – and/or work our way to – joy.
Humanity On The Verge Of Insanity: Maintaining Cultural Identity Against Oppressive Rule, Danica Katarina Skoric
Humanity On The Verge Of Insanity: Maintaining Cultural Identity Against Oppressive Rule, Danica Katarina Skoric
Senior Theses
Ubuntu is a South African term in the Bantu language that translates to “human kindness.” This essay discusses the present-day impact of the South African philosophical concept of Ubuntu in light of the dehumanization, which Aboriginal Australians and Black South Africans faced, specifically during the period of 1960-1985. How has humanity been enslaved and degraded by assimilation and a cruel division of races, yet positively evolved and progressed due to the efforts of both female and male activists--in particular literary figure Oodgeroo Noonuccal and political leader Nelson Mandela? A lack of respect and tolerance as a result of colonialism has …
The Development Of Race Pride In American Negro Poetry, Sister Mary Boniface Adams
The Development Of Race Pride In American Negro Poetry, Sister Mary Boniface Adams
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation
The study of the development of race pride in the poetry of the American Negro seeks to trace the thought of the Negro from his entry into America to the preset, including the important periods of history which affected this development ad his reaction to them.