The African American Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

Article Summary

First, Perry explores what is noted as "the visual image of black women in hip-hop [over the last 20 years and] how this has rapidly deteriorated" (p.296). It seems as though at the turn of the 20th century, hip-hop started down a path that it has not been able to proverbially recover from. This is due in part to the fact that misogynist perspectives have been on the rise for a number of years, and the genre has only served to highlight the disturbing dynamics associated with this conception. Perry notes that "this use of black women in the ...

Introduction

There have been different activities that have been taking place in this school. The different actions have sparked different results over time. Some of these results were intended and planned for while for other actions, the results have been devastating and this requires immediate, carefully planned action to stop these results that are not wanted. As the principle of the school, there are policies that I should implement so that the school sees itself to a better place both financially as well as academically. Apart from the implementation of the policies, as the principle I also have to ensure that ...

Did Booker T. Washington's philosophy and actions betray the interest of African Americans?
Washington’s philosophical statement was not only a betrayal to the African Americans, but was a grand ridicule to the blacks who had been pushed to the periphery of social underpinnings. Indeed, Washington’s statement did not go so well with the African American who deemed it as a ridicule of the highest degree. One would ask a simple yet a very critical question; how could two races be urged to work together, while be instructed to hold to their racial lineages? This is the blackmail ...

Psychology

It is crucial to understand that there is a point of comprehension as communicated by both the article and video. The point being communicated may not necessarily be in the format that is agreeable to all the concerned parties; however, it is a recreation and a recitation of facts. The use of the “n” word is highly offending to African Americans as a product of their exposure to slavery. In many historical contexts, the word has been used by many African Americans in reference to themselves and their identity. This means that they feel comfortable or at home when they refer to each ...

A society is composed of different communities and elements. Individuals tend to assign varying general characteristics on different communities or groups of people depending on the individuals’ perspectives. These generalizations are in most cases incorrect of an individual person in a particular group. The ascribing of general behavior to a given group of individuals and the assumption that that particular group is of a particular nature rather than analyzing people as individuals is referred psychologically as stereotyping. (MacRae, Stangor & Hewstone, 1996) For instance, one may tend to generalize that the French are romantic, the Irish are drunkards, and Brazilians are excellent ...

Schemas are referred to as mental structures that are organized in certain patterns to help store information related to certain stimuli. Schemas are responsible for interpreting new information and individual encounters when subjected in a new environment. Interestingly, Schemas can be modified to suit every new situation thereby guiding judgment. A stereotype is often an untrue or unfair belief about the nature of a particular person or object and cab influenced by the individual schemas. As such, schemas and stereotypes are related such that they influence eyewitness testimony. This paper limits itself to the discussion and evaluation of the role schemas ...