Essays on Sapphire

Introduction: Historically, female Black slaves endured the worse treatment, but have received the least amount of attention than their male counterparts in North American Slavery (Hine, 2007). There are longstanding myths that surround the experiences of female Black slaves, and struggles they face daily trying to survive. Deborah Gray White provides an intimate look into female slavery that until 1985 was long overdue. In her book she stated “Slave women were the only women in America who were sexually exploited with impunity, stripped and whipped with a lash, and worked like oxen” (White, 1999, p. 162). In the nineteenth ...

Delivery date

The movie, Precious, is all cast on an African-American setting. It is based on a novel known as “Push” which was written by Sapphire. It was released in 2009, and it is more of a drama film filmed in a New York ghetto. The director of the movie is Lee Daniels, and he is also the co-producer. The movie is about a girl, Precious, who comes from a very abusive background. School for her is a nightmare as well as children mock her due to her being overweight and almost illiterate. Her school mates are also very cruel to ...

Sapphire and Mammy

Sapphire is an African American caricature that was made to portray the "angry black woman". This black woman is angry at her won race and society and a drawing of her even go as far as to show her beating up her husband. It is a stereotype that was and still held today in mainstream media where African American women are always angry and never contented with their place in society that is, scraping away at society’s leftovers. Sapphire embodies the character black women have been trying to cast off their whole lives which are that they are " ...

The African Americans actors in the filmmarketing

During more than a century the Hollywood uses repetition as a mean of the influence on his audience, by showing in the film vile image of black people. Most of them draws blacks, by distorting every feature of what are the most of these men, women and children are. While gathering evidence for this essay, I was guided by the need to expose the systematic and intrusive injustice – the degrading and dehumanization of a whole nation in the filmmaking of the US. Up to now, Holywood retains the stereotype towards black actors because Hollywood is not yet ready to ...

The jewelry history and present status has an interesting, intriguing as well as a fascinating set of facts and accounts. Jewelry styles and fashions have been reflected in different eras in which they have been worn and have depicted newsworthy events for the various times in history all the way to the present. Jewelries are part of the accessory industry including rings, earrings, necklaces, brooches and watches among others in an endless list of varied pieces sought after and adorned by individuals. They have been used from many centuries back to date and their uses vary with different cultures, religions ...

Introduction

Film criticism has actually failed to offer much assistance in the clarification of black cinema concept since there does not exist uncontested criteria where an ultimate appeal can in fact be made to resolve the underlying contemporary issues. Thomas Cripps in his book titled “Black film as genre,” portrays how it is hard to offer a definition of black cinema that is adequate. However, this leaves us wondering what to actually do with films well-known group about the black people by the white film makers. A number of black film cataloguers have essentially sought to avoid essentialist problem that ...

The drag show that will be reviewed in this article is the “The death of Swedish Sapphire”. The performance is full of sexy dance moves by both the drag queen and the boys surrounding her. The portion of the show where one is disturbed is when the dancing boys and girl gathered around the drag queen. They were touching her body parts which one thinks is offensive. Another part which is quite unacceptable to me is when the drag queen danced with one of the boys. The dance moves were mimicking the sexual act. It may be said that ...

The novel “Push” by Sapphire chronicles the life of a young African American teenage lost in a world fraught with desperation and abuse. The main character Claireece (better known as Precious) symbolizes a very stereotypical portrayal of life in the ghetto. Some feel that these stereotypes are too prevalent and are offensive to African American culture. However I feel that by analyzing these stereotypes we also gain a better perspective of issues that may face today’s inner city youth.

Instance of Stereotypes

There is no denying that many stereotypes persist within the text of “Push” Precious personifies many African American stereotypes by being overweight, on ...

In Sapphire’s novel “Push,” we follow the trials and tribulations of Claireece Precious Jones, an overweight, illiterate African-American teenage girl as she attempts to overcome her circumstances. Sapphire creates many different symbols to represent Precious’ mindset and coping mechanisms, as well as the issues that the novel raises. The book shines a light on rape, incest and poverty, and the overall message is encapsulated in one line that Ms. Rain says to Precious in her class: “I know you are [tired], but you can’t stop now Precious, you gotta push.” (Push, p. 66) Sapphire attempts to use this ...