Even though the titles such as "Kin XX (Be my knife)" address injustice, the individuality and humanity within the subject's faces is a profound challenge to any easy categorization of the works. As Quashie notes, the viewer is compelled to ask -- who is or was that woman or man? A viewer cannot reflect upon the institution of slavery without regard for its individualized impact upon families, communities, and black lives. By constantly being provoked to ask such questions, the viewer is forced to acknowledge the personal nature of human experience, even when human beings are caught in a larger political world. Q3. On one hand, it is very difficult to remove race from the consideration of the Lovell exhibit, given the stress put on race in the essays addressing Lovell's works attached to the exhibit and the presentation of the exhibit itself. Given that black artists still remain underrepresented in American art history, particularly artists whose...
Pictures of the artifacts of slavery and the race of the subjects bring the issue of race to the forefront.
Black Women on Early Television African-American portrayals on television have been based on negative stereotypes that do not objectively or accurately portray reality... These stereotypes include, but are not limited to, the portrayal of African-Americans as inferior, lazy, dumb, dishonest, comical, unethical, and crooked (U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1977). Dates (1990) was able to add to this list: insolent, bestial, brutish, power-hungry, money hungry and ignorant." (Rada) The image of Black
" The Aftermath Uncle Tom characters were common in both white and black productions of the time, yet no director before Micheaux had so much as dared to shine a light on the psychology that ravages such characters. By essentially bowing to the two white men, Micheaux implied that Old Ned was less than a man; an individual whittled down to nothing more than yes-man and wholly deprived of self-worth. At this
" Hence, Ayan adds, with laughter, the lives of people with elevated levels of cortisol might be saved. Arguably that's a bit of a stretch, but for the purposes of his article Ayan is justified in using it. Keeping anxiety "at bay" through humor is the sum and substance of a 1990 study conducted by psychologists; 53 college students were told they were going to get an electric shock in 12
Psychology of Happiness Analysis of "Flow: The psychology of optimal experience" by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi In the book, "Flow: the psychology of optimal experience," author Mihaly Cszikszentmihalyi offers an alternative perspective in which to view how people have re-defined the concept of happiness and changed it according to the experiences of people at present. Now that we have a relatively higher level of comfort and ease in life, we have changed the way
By eliminating supposed purpose and meaning that derives from delusional cultural beliefs in Creators and supposed "Gods," existentialism actually allows individuals to create genuine meaning by defining its purpose realistically rather than supernaturally. Personal Constructs: Personal constructs comprise individual beliefs, responses, and expectations of the behavior of others based on the individual's cumulative personal interpretation of interpersonal relationships and experiences with other people. Personal constructs may differ substantially from person to
Diversity and its Discontents" (Arturo Madrid) Madrid provides, perhaps, the most intriguing look into the pessimistic parliamentary assemblies of conceived perceptions focusing on the diversifying components of diversity itself. Sneaking in subtle notations about the idiocy behind many of the prominent malcontents that we have recognized through history in terms of segregation and racial provocation, "Diversity and its Discontents" prompts for more of a diverted attention to the perceptions that develop
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