Racism always existed from the times when people enslaved one another. It grew from a means of differentiation into a means of generalization. Racism categorized people based on their physical features and common culture. But now it has evolved into a method in which people group negatively associate a group of people with bad habits […]
This morning I accompanied some of my peers on a journey to the Guggenheim located on E 88th St. & 5th Ave in the the Upper East Side. Everything went swimmingly. We got to breeze through the line of tourists and flash our Macaulay Honors IDs and be on our way. However, once we got past […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YAAc_yTxpA As I entered the exhibit of the African Tribal Art. There were so many ominous sculptures hovering over me. They were so outlandish and extraterrestrial. One sculpture had large ears and hollow eyes, I recall reading folk stories about various character with powers. It seems like these notable story characters are manifested in the […]
David Mills inspired me to write and relive life poetically after his performance. Mills led the Macaulay Honors students on a journey to Harlem and back as he stepped into the shoes of Langston Hughes. At the Macaulay Honors building, Mills told us stories about a kid who tries to steal an old woman’s purse. […]
