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"'Picture it, my young friends: The cloud of darkness all over the land, black folk and white folk full of fear and hate,'" (Ellison 119).

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"'Picture it, my young friends: The cloud of darkness all over the land, black folk and white folk full of fear and hate,'" (Ellison 119).

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Reverend Homer Barbee is delivering a speech on the history of the narrator's college. He talks of the tension between black and white people but mentions how a white man was the founder of the school. The narrator is entranced by the man speaking of history. This quote relates to how people are raised impacts their views. Barbee praises a white man but he himself is blind physically and is brainwashed by history told by white people. This connects to You See Racism Say Something because the author mentions how many Americans are taught racism and prejudice. In Citizen by Claudia Rankine, she shows the different perspectives of people living in America which is the opposite of what Barbee does. The Reverend only explains one story and that can lead to a cycle of a lack of education.

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"My mind flew in circles, to Bledsoe, Emerson and back again. There was no sense to be made of it. It was a joke," (Ellison 193). 

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"My mind flew in circles, to Bledsoe, Emerson and back again. There was no sense to be made of it. It was a joke," (Ellison 193). 

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After learning his mentor has betrayed his job search, the narrator is in despair of what to do next. His whole reason for coming to New York was to get a job then return to college. The narrator has lost his sense of belonging. Dr. Bledsoe has two identities one with white and one with black people. Other black people in America share this same feeling of hiding in order to avoid stereotypes. This relates to profiling and police brutality in America because as seen in America is Loving Me to Death there is a reoccurring history of oppression in the country. In Being Black is Exhausting, Jonathan Capehart discusses stereotypes and how black people work hard to avoid them. The narrator is in a constant struggle of avoiding being stereotyped in New York, for example, he purposely does not order Southern food at a diner.

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America is Loving Me to Death by Michael Kleber-Diggs

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America is Loving Me to Death by Michael Kleber-Diggs

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Michael Kleber-Diggs lives in Minnesota. He is the author of Worldly Things and a poet, essayist, and book critic. In the poem, America is Loving Me to Death he talks of his own struggles with his American identity. He feels oppressed by the history of the country and the current racism. It is important because the writer explains how most black people feel ostracised in the present day.

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Being Black in America is Exhausting by Jonathan Capehart

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Being Black in America is Exhausting by Jonathan Capehart

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Jonathan Capehart is an opinion columnist at The Washington Post who focuses on social, political, and cultural issues. He mentions how every black person in America must make calculations each day. As stated in the essay black people know they are viewed as a threat and are careful but the only way to remove these thoughts is by removing stereotypes.

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"He, let us say, was lost in a dream world. But didn't he control that dream world-which, alas is only too real!- and didn't he rule me out of it? And if he had yelled for a policeman, wouldn't I have been taken for the offending one? Yes, yes, yes! Let me agree with you, I was the irresponsible one..." (Ellison 14).

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"He, let us say, was lost in a dream world. But didn't he control that dream world-which, alas is only too real!- and didn't he rule me out of it? And if he had yelled for a policeman, wouldn't I have been taken for the offending one? Yes, yes, yes! Let me agree with you, I was the irresponsible one..." (Ellison 14).

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The narrator recounts his altercation with a white man who bumped into him and the main character almost murdered. Although, he is aware of the violent behavior he claims that the white man should have recognized his danger because society already views him as a threat. It relates to how police and the media may be distrusted because their racial bias causes them to favor white society. This is why the narrator mentions how the police officer would have sided with the white man. In This is America by Childish Gambino, the rapper mentions how people can become less than human. Deborah Luster's photograph also touches upon the topic of dehumanization. The narrator knows that most white people view him as a threat which is why he lashes out.

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If You See Racism Say Racism by W. Kamau Bell

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If You See Racism Say Racism by W. Kamau Bell

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In this work, the author W Kamau talks about the historical importance of being black in America today and how he himself was taught what that means in the world and how it affects black individuals growing up. Kamau is an American comedian and a father. Another speaker in Kamau's act named Kadijah Means begins, "Your mind makes generalizations. That's what it does. It's not bad to do that. It's bad to think that that one generalization is what everyone is." When people are racist they typically are not aware of their own actions which is why education is so important. Racism is taught by a society built on the oppression of black people, specifically.

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Citizen is written by Claudia Rankine as a comment on how different America is for people of different races, backgrounds, and ethnicity.  It is important because it shows new struggles and perspectives. Rankine uses the second person, you, in order to emphasize how microaggressions and treatment feel towards others.

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The video shows Donald Glover, or Childish Gambino, with policemen and violence going on behind him while he dances for the camera. Glover is an American actor, singer, rapper, and stand-up comedian. His music video is a comment on how the media dehumanize news reports and how common police brutality is.

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Deborah Luster is an American photographer from Oregon. Her photograph is from series of documents that follow historical homicide sites in New Orleans. The imagine is telephone wires from below with multiple birds sitting on them is seen. The shot is edited to appear in a circle format with white around it. The picture itself is black and white. The photo is shot at the angle of a crime victim in New Orleans where there were many homicides. The author hopes to humanize victims since so many are forgotten.