Essays on African American

Racial discrimination remains an ongoing experience for a minority group in the America, despite the enactment of the civil right act that declared the racial discrimination illegal. Not only is the perception of racial bias damaging socially, but also new evidence indicates that the experience of racism may be detrimental to health care in the America. Currently, the racial groups are constructed to demonstrate the diversity in status, power, and resources. Racial classification is mainly experienced within the US context, African-American have been on the bottom while whites remain on top. Racism is reflected via the idea that inferiority

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Even though slavery significantly limited the ability of Africans Americans to exercise their cultural traditions, a values, beliefs and beliefs subsisted and with time have fused rudiments of European American philosophy. African American have been subjected to various instances of racial prejudice on the basis of their culture. In fact, there are certain facades of African American culture, which have emerged and been made protuberant as a result of slavery. These façades include their dressing codes and language.
Cohorts of hardships levied on the African American society shaped unique language patterns. The slave masters always intentionally mixed individuals

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Introduction

Key Words: Education, African Americans, Minority Groups, Society

Historical Background of Education for African Americans

It is argued that education is a very important factor to success. This statement is true now and back in the days of slavery. Back then, schools were segregated along the lines of race. The distribution of public money was not done equitably. White schools received more public money than the black schools. This translated into the quality of education offered in the schools. Even more impeding was the fact that fewer African American people were enrolled into the schools. Black children were pulled out of school often to work on

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Race, Ethnicity and World War 1

World War 1 was one of the largest wars ever fought up until that time. Discussions of World War 1 often include topics such as the sides that different countries were on, their political positions, the economics that played a part in the war, and the weaponry. However, the subject of race relations during that time period has a significant place in the discussion of the Great War. Race relations throughout the world were affected by the war. Furthermore, race relations on a national level within the United States were also impacted by the war. Throughout this paper, I

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The article Effectiveness of a Community Health Worker Intervention Among African American and Latino Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Trial reports the results of the study conducted by Spencer et al. (2011) at Detroit, Michigan. The intervention investigated is the use of family health advocates in promoting lifestyle changes in self-management activities among patients. The main hypothesis of the study was “the intervention would significantly improve HbA1c levels in the intervention group compared with the control group” (p.2257). The design of the study was a randomized control trial which utilized a “culturally-tailored CHW intervention” (p. 2254).

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Crohn's Disease (CD): A Historical Background

Crohn’s disease is a persistent inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that may impact any part of the gastrointestinal path, however, normally impacts the ileum (Yamada, 2009). It usually occurs to individuals of age 21 or under (Wilson et al., 2010). The CD may affect the quality of life (Baumgart & Sandborn, 2007; Morrison et al., 2009). It may need surgery (Pihl-Lesnovska et al., 2010).
There is a steady global rise in the occurrence of Crohn’s Disease and it represents an increased hospitalization (Gibson, 2009; Morrison et al., 2009; Wilson et al., 2010). In 2009, the CD cases in Australia

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Before the Brown Decision in 1954, the discrimination against Black Americans was quite evident. Even though the declaration of independence stated that all men are equal, Black Americans were treated differently compared to the Whites. In fact, there were laws that were passed that provide the segregation of races. As a result, Blacks and Whites were not allowed to use the same facilities such as public schools and transports. The social status was changed as well as the negative treatment against Black Americans after Brown Decision.
The everyday life of African-Americans may have been challenging as the public has

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Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”, published in 1969, is an autobiographical look into the coming-of-age years of the African-American author. Throughout the novel, Angelou’s discusses themes such as racism and segregation that she experienced, simply for being African American. She also discusses experiencing displacement throughout this period in her life, living in seven different homes in a relatively short period of time. There is also an overwhelming theme that speaks to Angelou’s resistance to racism; all of these culminated to form Angelou’s social identity. She covers many different events that helped

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Analyzing “Everyday Use”

The story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker has been source of inspiration for many people. It is story based on an interesting topic that would make anyone attracted to its content. The story is interesting on how it succeeds in bringing out lessons such as true inheritance. This paper will aim at evaluating the literal techniques that Alice has used to bring meaning into this story. For proper understanding of the “Everyday Use” story, it is significant to conduct an analysis on elements of theme, characterization, and symbolism.
In the story, Alice Walker sides with a theme of the

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Health Care Disparities

I will start by defining the phrase health disparities also known to many as health disparity. It refers to the gaps in the value of health and health care across cultural, sexual orientation, ethnicity and socioeconomic clusters. The services administration and health resources also have their unique definition. They define health disparities as the resident’s precise differences in the existence of diseases, right to use to health care, or vigor outcomes (Foreman, 2006).
African-American culture being one of the minority groups in the United States is associated with numerous disparities. For example, it has a higher occurrence of

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Hate crimes may be influenced by economic competition and even resentment towards a particular group rather than a generalization about a particular group of people. It is the case that hate crimes are a result of prejudice on the part of the offender against the victim of hate crime. In this paper, we argue that the economic strain and the concomitant resentment that may be felt towards certain minority group as the African-Americans in our case here are mostly based on false generalizations (Stewart). This is to mean that most of the reasons that attend the commission of this

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Professional

Question 1
With reference to both of the articles by Bannerji and Kelly, show how the sexual stereotypes and the hypersexualization of women and women of color mark the harassment of women in the workplace and on university campuses?

Response 1

According to Bannerji and Kelly, women suffered from harassment in public areas such as workplace and school campus. The harassers are known men and just strangers, and not a single case of harassment is reported to the police authority . The harassment is influenced by the sexual stereotypes and hyper-sexualization of women of different race or women of color. The discrimination

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Introduction

African American literature was born at the end of the 18th century, during the period when the African American people were still going through slavery. Slaves were seen to be less than human and not able to study sciences or arts. White Philosophers during this time viewed slaves as inferior including those that wrote The Norton Anthology of African American Literature (Nellie McKay and Henry Louis Gates Jr.) as well as Immanuel Kant and David Hume. The philosophers noted that the African American people, nicknamed as ‘Negroes’ by then were inferior to the white people, and they did not

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Introduction

The novel titled “Devil in a Blue Dress” is the work of Walter Moseley as an adaptation of the 1940’s detective series that features a prominent post-World War hero known by the name of Rawlins. As readers label the novel as hard-boiled, it is interesting to see how the novel came to be called in such term. Devil in a Blue Dress is difficult to understand because of its unusual conventions and narratives. The approach to writing in the novel encompasses on repetitive themes and tropes.

The Different Tropes

One of the many tropes in evident in Mosley’s novel is

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Malcolm X in the African American History

Malcolm X was born on the nineteenth of May, 1925 by Malcolm little also referred to as El-hajj Malik. He was a human rights activist and also a Muslim minister. He was orphaned at an early stage. His father was assassinated when he was six. His mother was recommended a mental facility at the age thirteen (Wainstock & Dennis, 2009). From this point, Malcolm X stayed in several foster homes. This paper outlines the contributions of Malcolm X and the role he played in the in the history of the black Americans.

Increasing prominence

In 1950, Malcolm X adopted a new name.

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Introduction

Over the years, racial and ethnic discrimination has engulfed many sectors in the United States. This has led to slow growth in these sectors thus creating a great disparity between people of different races. One of the major sectors that have been affected by this social menace is the health sector. Citizens have been receiving health services based on their race where the minorities have been on the receiving end. The whites have been the greatest beneficiary by accessing essential services at the expense of minority groups.
During his speech, Reynard Kington noted that there are three indicators that

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It was the evening of February 21, 2014 at 7:30 pm when I decided to go to the celebration of the civil rights in American in Fairax County Board Auditorium. I attended the event in response to the black history that is being celebrated in February. In the event, there was a performance from Gye Nyame, a member of the Cultural Dance Company and Kukuwa LLC. The performance specifically reminded the audience as to what black culture is really about. Mark Moore, the guest speaker for the occasion, talked about the different situations that embodied the history of the

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The narrative of Fredrick Douglass was published the first time in 1845. It is a wonderful read. It is also very enlightening. Mr. Douglas was a very prominent person in his time. He became the first spokesman for his people. Though he was born into slavery, he managed to achieve what most men of his generation could not achieve. He was also a newspaper editor. In this narrative, there is an unparalleled account of the life in slavery. He gives first-hand information about the dehumanizing conditions of slavery and the narrator’s own victory over the vice. Similar to

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Introduction

In several instances, in the history of United States, African Americans have been referred to as African, Afro-American, Negros as well as blacks. The portion of the African American population which is of completely African ancestry is not known. This is mainly because, over the past 300 years, racial mixture has considerably taken place in the United States between persons of various descents such as Europeans and the Indians. It’s been, however, considered historically that any person with black African ancestry in the United States is African American. It is however, important to note that physical characteristics, as

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Police in America are charged by the state with the duty to enforce the law, protect both people and property, and preserve civil order. To accomplish these goals, one of the things that distinguish police from other groups involved in the preservation of order is that police are allowed to make arrests and police are often allowed to use force. This ability to use force has sometimes been troublesome when examining the interaction between police and different ethnic groups in America.
The interaction of police forces with different groups of people throughout the history of this country and other

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In her book, Harriet Jacobs presents the life of an African American woman in the era of slavery. The scholar describes the situations in two different homes to develop her ideas. One home presents an environment in which a woman is empowered while in the other, a woman has no authority of defining her welfare. In essence, Linda has some rights as a slave while in the other; she must completely comply with her Master’s wish. Through the contrasting experiences witnessed in the two homes, Jacobs creates a clear picture of the life of African American girls under

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Introduction

Toni Morrison an American novelist who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize for being a winner. She became popular for her novels that have epic themes as well as greatly detailed characters. Tony Morrison has only published “Recitatif”- a short story exploring the way the relationship between Roberta and Twyla is shaped due to their racial difference. The author did not specify which of these girls is white or black (Li-li 812).
It is, therefore, important to de-code the racial identity that each of these characters has in order to find out how each race is

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African Americans in the United States comprise the second largest ethnic group in the United States. The African American history stretches as far back as the 16th century when Africans were captured and sold to the American plantations in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. After the United States of America became independent, African Americans continued to be enslaved. They were mistreated economically, socially and politically. The constitution of United States at independence stated that an African American was three fifths of a person. Anti-miscegenation rules were enacted in various states to prohibit interracial marriages. Interracial sex was also criminalized with

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Cultural products have significant importance because they bear distinctiveness, ethics/principles and facilitate a society to move on and progress both economically and socially. When people belonging to a particular culture make efforts for the preservation and promotion of their cultural diversity, it encourages the development of cultural industries (Horkheimer, Adorno & Noerr 95). As far as United States of America is concerned, the society here has been influenced by various cultural forms (musical style, film genre, media technology etc.) from a number of other countries and cultures. In this paper, Blues music would be discussed and explored

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Chapter: The Whiteness of Black Disney Princesses – The Princess and the Frog as Acceptable White Ideal for African-Americans in Childrens’ Media
When it comes to race, representation in Disney princess films is rare; until now, there are only a few non-white Disney princesses, and most of them are whitewashed and their cultural attributes hidden. Over the course of the Disney princess line, several trends can be seen about race and culture – minority cultures are often shown in negative ways. In most popular culture, the lack of representation of black characters is clear – while representation is increasing, “diverse and accurate

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Thomas Jefferson, being an attorney, represented both African-American and white people. He thought of African-American people as inferior as against white. He, however, admired the black people for their musical inclination and ability. African-American people, according to Jefferson, do not have strong bonds for love as compared with the white people. On the other hand, he thought that white people are more superior when it comes to decisive reasoning. White people, according to Jefferson, have stronger connection with love. Jefferson’s belief is that white Americans and the African-American are two divided

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James Meredith

And his effects on the civil rights
Abstract
James Meredith is the first African-American to attend the University of Mississippi and a civil right activist. Him, attending a segregated university was a turning point in African-American independence and civil rights movement. He got his degree in law and then started his political activity. In 1966 he was shot by a gunman because he had started a 220-mile march from Memphis, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi in order to object to racism (Spartacus-Educational.com) and encourage colored-skin people to protest for their rights and more importantly, to get African Americans the right

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Health Benefits of Low-Income Hispanic Women: A Disparity in Mammogram Use
Introduction
Breast cancer is among the deadliest and common forms of cancer that occurs among women. The manner of detecting the presence of such cancer is through a mammogram test, which is considered as fundamental medical screening procedure often included in healthcare coverage. Despite the legislative guidelines concerning the coverage of the said procedure in healthcare plans, disparities still emerge as a real problem that mostly Hispanic women are facing. The barriers to mammography screening include low income, lack of access to available facilities, cultural and language difference,

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In reading through the works of Zora Hurston, W. E. B. DuBois, and T. Booker Washington, I got to travel back in time and got to feel the pain and suffering of the black folks from the past. The three authors completed their works to the best of their understanding, experiences, and chosen disposition to the matter. While the tones and messages of their works differed from one another, addressing various issues at specific levels of either favoring it or opposing it, Hurston, DuBois, and Washington brought to light a single message, of which was to respect the race

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Abrstract

History has proven the close proximity of coexisting ethnic races has been and remains at a minimum a potentially incendiary situation. The United States of America’s 1906-1921 era surrounding World War I is absolutely no exception to this putative unwritten law of human nature and affords numerous race riot examples to demonstrate these difficulties. The riots that occurred in Atlanta (1906), Omaha and Chicago (1919), and Tulsa (1921) patently evince the brewing racial tensions between Whites and African Americans that exploded-precipitated and fueled by hatred, baseless fear, false accusations, malicious rumors, and innuendo-into riots, leaving in their wakes

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Black Men Incarceration- why are they incarcerated more than other races?

According to this paperwork, I am going to respond to the following subject; the reason as to why the black men between the ages of 25 to 29 are more likely to be in jail than are people of white or Latino descent, therefore, I am going to conduct an intensive research depicting the incidents of criminal prosecution, convictions, prison sentences, and time served by race and ethnicity for all three- African America, Hispanic, and White men. The factors associated with who gets involved in crime, and the consequences of this lot in the Criminal Justice System will also

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Question 1

African-Americans
45,003,665 (14.1% of the U.S. population), according to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2013
Fertility rate: 2.0 births per woman (PRB 2012).

Life expectancy: 74.4 years (Reinberg 2014)

Literacy: the average African-American twelfth-grade student reads at the same level as the average white eighth grade student (Thompson 2013).
Crime: African Americans are now about one million of the 2.3 million people in prison in the United States, and they are incarcerated at about six times as high a rate as white people (NAACP 2013).
While there are many different theories that surround the performance gap that exists between African Americans and their

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Ever since the emergence of human civilization, music has been an excellent form of entertainment for people worldwide. But aside from serving as a medium for people’s leisure, music has also served as the platform for various campaigns and advocacies by many people who desire for a significant change in the society. One of such people is the famous 90s rapper, Tupac Shakur. Tupac Shakur is amongst the thousands, maybe even millions, of bright minds who used their talents in music and exploited the music arena to send a clear message to a vast audience in hope for

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It was the 1920s. Slavery was over. African American people were moving by the hoards to the Midwest and the Northeast in search of a better, more equal life. The life everyone deserves. Many of the landed in a neighborhood north of central park in Manhattan known as Harlem. Once there, something magical happened. There was a burst of life—art and music were pouring out of this and other black communities that spanned as far as the Caribbean populations in Paris. While this decade is now lovingly referred to as the Jazz Age, it is the art of

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However, restoring the South will cost millions of dollars, and the budgets of the state government exploded. Protests against the imposition of new taxes, antagonism on the empowerment of former “black” slaves, and apprehensions of “black power” triggered violent attacks against African-Americans by former Confederate elements.
President Johnson foolishly disrupted the victory of his political enemies with his belligerent stance. This drove the conservative bloc in the Republic Party “into the arms” of the more progressive sector in the party. In the formerly Confederate states, the Republic Party assumed the mantle of control and restructured the state governments.

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Aesthetics refers to the nature and expression of beauty. In literature, this makes a literary work worth reading, with the combination of elements and styles both in prose and poetry showing its artistic value. Post Civil American War marked the change of America’s thought of itself (Oakes xii). Basically, the end of the Civil War led to the rise of African American writers and what they experienced during this time. However, there were also some White Americans who wrote of the aftermath of the war.
The artistic value of literary pieces after the Civil War lies in the

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The Great Migration of the Afro-Americans is a mass migration of about 6 million people from agricultural southern states to the industrial cities of the North, North-East and West of the United States, which took place in the period from the 1910s to the 1970s. This event is one of the central issues of the US black population’s history in the XX century.
Some historians distinguish two stages of this migration. During the first, which lasted from about 1910 to the 1930s, about 1.6 million people moved to the North. The biggest part of the migrated Americans was

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Research studies indicate that, disciplining and social justice has been part and parcel of the Christian churches since their inception in the early church. Discipline is a core principle in churches so as to maintain and also safeguard their purity towards their God and the place of worship. Even God himself has allowed punishing and disciplining of disobedient members of the church (Murphy, Melton, and Ward, 1993: 19). A good example is that of the punishment God gave to Hananiah and Saphira after cheating on Him in the early church. Churches lay down laws that its congregation had to

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Renaissance has the connotation of a rebirth age after the dark age. It signifies changes, improvements, and development of a culture or a country from the chaos of the dark ages. One revolutionary cultural movement that happened in the span of 1920s is called as the Harlem Renaissance.
Harlem Renaissance was previously referred to as the New Negro Movement which is named after the anthology in 1925 by Alain Locke. The new African-American movement that included their cultural expressions all over the urban areas of the North eastern as well as the Midwestern part of the United States that

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Introduction

Simply put, popular culture also known as pop culture refers to perspectives, attitudes, ideas, images, phenomena and memes that are contained in the cultural mainstream. The advent of pop culture was most pronounced in the Western culture of the 20 the century. The same is also being accentuated in the global mainstream that has become prominent in the 20th and 21st century. Popular culture has therefore suffused mass media and is readily manifested in the day-to-day lives within the society. In most cases, popular culture may betray the perspectives or representations of race and race relations in a particular

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