Referring back to one of my previous posts, I discussed the development of the Venetian Ghetto, seen in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The Venetian Ghetto consisted of poor, lower class Jews, who were forced to live in a secluded area of the city. The idea of the ghetto was…

In American society, the black body is seen as the symbol of a criminal. This was established hundreds of years ago, by a white supremacist justice system, emerging from slavery. Unfortunately, black individuals are still facing discrimination and oppression today. One of the many ways systematic racism is portrayed is…

What is Civil disobedience? Where did this term originate from and do we practice it today? The idea of civil disobedience emerged in 1848 from transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau’s essay Civil Disobedience. This term was used to describe his act of no longer paying state tax to the U.S. government…

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio was written in 1353 and takes place in Florence, Italy during the deadly Bubonic Plague. The catastrophe led to the total breakdown of society and people began to act unnaturally towards each other and feared the thought of loss and death. As the plague strikes…

In 1516, the first ghetto was established in Venice, Italy, creating the foundation for anti-semitism and leading the path to racial segregation among communities in the future. The Jewish people were confined to a section of the city and had to remain within its boundaries. …

Is there a difference between equality and equity? Is equity fair even though different proportions are given to certain individuals? Equality is the meaning of treating everyone the same and in a state of being equal. …

The Socratic Method was established by one of the most prominent ancient Greek philosophers, Socrates. Socrates lived in 5th century BCE Athens and focused on the ethic thought of individuals to create a just society. Socrates was the teacher of many founding Greek philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle. The…

In The Oresteia, a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus, he illustrates the main idea of revenge among the characters. The trilogy begins at the faultline of Troy, where king of Argos, Agamemnon attempts to conquer the city-state in the Trojan War. While sailing divine winds, an oracle informs…