Essay on Girls: Race and Girls

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When the Need to Appease Destroys

I started watching Girls in April of 2012, when the pilot episode premiered; the first season was fantastic. “Girls” has none of the cheeriness , and forced punch lines of “2 Broke Girls” or “New Girl”, which also focus on women in their 20’3 “trying to figure out life.” Hannah, Lena Dunham’s character, is not a heroine. She is unpleasant, annoying, selfish and a ‘tamed crazy’ in ways that are only occasionally endearing. Her friends are differently flawed, but equally as irritating at times. Shows that have the same premise as Girls- 20-something year old trying to figure her life out with some help from her friends- feature lead characters that can be described as ‘cute and funny.’ The characters of Girls are funny, but because you laugh at them, not because you laugh with them. The girls of Girls were deeply flawed, but incredibly relatable. The questions asked, the situations that they found themselves in were familiar. The feelings of hopelessness and desperation were familiar, but they were presented in a humorous manner.
The show gained popularity as its first season continued and garnered 4 Emmy nominations and 2 Golden Globe wins. As more people began watching the shows, criticism popped up everywhere. One of biggest complaints was that Girls was racist. Girls was racist because there were no black people in the show. This criticism was not without a fault; it was true. However, I had never noticed that because the show wasn’t about race, it was about everyday life situations. The situations that Hannah and her friends faced were relatable to anyone, regardless of race. This became a point of contentment and the first episode of the second season Hannah is dating a black man. Lena Dunham was a relative unknown the first

Movie Analysis: Sucker Punch

Babydoll, a young girl sent to a psychiatric hospital which forced the patients to work, fights for freedom with her company, equipped with a sword, guns, and other arms. The actions are fundamentally set in their dreams, and the girl’s enemy are robots, dragons, zombies, and other creatures. The company is composed of five girls: Babydoll, Rocket, Sweet Pea, Blondie, Amber. The former three are White people. Blondie was acted by Vanessa Anne Hudgens who is took over several kinds of race. Amber was acted…

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Meijer Gender Roles

As well as girls being famine and lady like. If a little boy was to be seen playing with a little girls toy the little boy would be shamed upon and called many names. Same for little girls. Girls may not have thins as bad as boys but parents would not buy their daughter a race car or a transformer. If a little girl was to ask for such toy her parents would think she is a tom boy and she would grow up to be a little…

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When School Dress Codes

discriminate against races, gender, and religions. This discrimination doesn’t sit well with very many people. Dress codes can be problematic in many ways, like not allowing different religions to wear headwear or other pieces of clothing in their culture. Even though dress codes can set boundaries in school, they discriminate against children. For starters, dress codes reinforce racist standards of beauty and dress. Sometimes different races feel pressured into looking like other races. For example, black…

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How To Date Essay

Bananas Enc1102 01/29/2015 "How To Date" Black girls take them to Wendy's, White girls definitely take them to Flemings, and "Halfies" to Olive Garden. At least in the eyes of Yunior from the short story "How To Date" written by Yunot Diaz. Depending on the Women's race is how men will treat them. When I read this story I feel that men have their own "Rulebook". This "Rulebook" states how men should treat woman they are dating. With each different race of women the treatment they receive varies. However…

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How Does Lee Use Social Inequality In To Kill A Mockingbird

the whit race having more opportunities and freedom than others, no matter what the case social inequality always has and always will be relevant in our society. In Harper Lee’s To kill a mockingbird, many of the characters such as Tom Robinson are unfairly treated because of the colour of there skin, there lifestyle, or even just because of they’re gender. This benefits no one, and effects everyone. In to kill a mockingbird, we see that Tom Robinson is trialed unfairly because of his race, Aunt Alexandra…

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Friendship Drama When It's Time To Stop Perseverating And Let It Go Analysis

The article, “Girl Friendship Drama: When It’s Time to Stop Perseverating and Let It Go” by Rachel Simmons, clearly points out the socio-cultural issues of stereotyping, friendship and bullying. According to Rachel Simmons’ in her article, most modern parents are, maybe too permissive to girls to an extent whereby an act of neglect is clear. The girls end up being selfish and self-centered. In another article by Karen Valby, “The Realities of Raising a Kid of a Different Race,” the writers focuses…

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Black Girls Research Paper

identities through the use of media culture, young girls especially Through media kids are taught that girls are supposed to be seen and not heard, that they’re supposed to be gentle and kind, they’re taught that long hair is desired and the color pink is for them. With that being said, since it’s proven that black children consume more television than any other race, it’s safe to say that media culture is especially central to young black girls’ lives. Media tells the population how to act and…

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Personal Narrative: Okemos Track

were first, then running events, girls before guys. The race I was looking forward to, the 70 meter dash, was near the end, but I also had the 4x200 meter race before that and the 4x100 meter race after the 70 meter dash. I could talk about the 4x200 meter race, but that's a story of it’s own. Suddenly, the announcer's voice screeched out of the press box above us, “1st call girls long jump, girls high jump, and girls shot put.” As the events were starting the girls team and I gathered to walk to…

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Laurel's Short Story 'Brownies'

is about the unnecessary hostility that comes from racism. The author uses two Girl Scout troops on a camping trip to show just how immature and ridiculous it really is. The narrator is a young African American girl named Laurel. As the story progresses one of Laurel’s fellow troop members, Arnetta, is thrown into the role of instigator when it comes to topic of racism. Typical stories about racism would have the girls from the “white” troop, Troop 909, throwing racial slurs at the “black” troop.…

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Conflict In Raymond's Run

Squeaky to lose the race. In the text,Mr. Pearson says,”Well Hazel Elizabeth Deborah Parker,going to give someone else a break this year?” That new girl should give you a run for your money, He looks around the park for Gretchen like a periscope in a submarine movie.”. This example shows the readers that Mr.Pearson wants Squeaky to lose because Mr.Pearson thinks Squeaky is making the girls in her neighborhood not want to race. Also in the text, it states that “Only six girls running this time, he…

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