It is a well-known fact the African Americans tend to have higher levels of unemployment and lower levels of education than their white counterparts. The constant debate that whether or not that happened because of the structure of laws in the United States or because black people do not have a culture of working hard. In “Revisiting the Debate on Race and Culture”, William Darity Jr. talks about how different aspects of black identity play a role in the education and wealth of an individual. Chapter five of When Affirmative Action was white the author, Ira Katznelson , talks about a bill that contributed to the disparities between the earnings and the standards of living between white Americans and Black Americans. The chapter focused on the…
Emily LeBlanc Anne R. Thomson English 102 19 July 2017 The Great Depression The Great Depression was a severe economic hardship for America that led to poverty, increased unemployment rates, worsened racial inequality, and starvation. The article, “The 1930s”, written by Bob Batchelor provides a summary of the adversities American citizens had to overcome during The Great Depression.…
Between the early 1900’s up until present day, African immigrants ventured into the U.S. as refugees, students, merchants and so many other categories. Africans were filled with optimism, and maintained hope for an opportunity, that often weren’t afforded to them within their native countries. Several Africans were here to take advantage of American capitalistic culture, and achieve financial success through knowledge of trade and networking. However, even with capitalistic gain, or being afforded advantages that their native countries lacked, they were still subjected to several structural policies implemented within the U.S. However, it is because of their own personal heritage, that they are capable of navigate within the racial and intraracial structure, that exist with the United States.…
Detroit, once a symbol of progress in the American economy, has become the failure story of 20th century America. A main factor consisted in racial discrimination towards black people, bringing consequences such as racial division on the society and class inequality. However, racial discrimination did not exclusively brought capitalism towards Black Detroiters lives, but also oligarchy played a role. In the 1940s, Detroit’s economy boomed, becoming the 4th largest industrial job market in the country, attracting not exclusively workers across the country, but the world (Sugrue 19).…
Many people in America see racial progress in the country and see that racism has become a thing of the past. However, there still remains a racial wealth gap in the United States. According to the article, Oscar Lewis’s “culture of poverty” created the idea that African American families are “caught in a tangle of pathology.” Pathology is how a typical disease behaves; therefore, he is saying that the reason the families are in such a state is because of their own doing. This ideology is called post racialism.…
Introduction The 1930’s is a decade that experienced one of the worst, if not the worst, economic conditions in the history the United States of America. This decade is the Great Depression era. Everyone, rich and poor, suffered during this time. People lost their homes and their jobs, mostly due to unemployment.…
I am reminded of a quote by inequality writer, Chuck Collins, “Imagine a ten-mile race in which contestants have different starting lines based on race, income and education. The economically privileged athletes start several hundred yards ahead of the disadvantaged runners. The race begins, and the advantaged competitors pull ahead quickly. By mid-race, an alarming gap has opened up in the field, and by the finish line, the last half of the field finishes more than two miles behind the winners”. This is indicative of the challenges African American Entrepreneurs face.…
Ever since 1787, and even before, African-Americans have struggled to gain political, legal, social, and economic equality. Although some national and state government programs were constructed to help African-Americans with this perpetual problem, it is also the same state and national government policies that expanded this problem. In fact, this is still a problem that persists today. The national and state governments definitely have gone a long way in providing African Americans with political, legal and social opportunities; however constant setbacks have lessened their effectiveness. Beginning in 1787 there was an unspoken guarantee that all states had the option to decide whether or not they wanted to be slave sates.…
Unemployment amongst blacks is higher than in whites. Educational distribution between 2006 & 2008 for blacks and whites were significantly lower for blacks versus their white counterparts. Whites are in high school and college at much higher rates than Black Americans. Asian Americans have one of the highest attendances for…
African Americans have had a long and burdened history in the United States, beginning with the institution of slavery and continuing on to the widespread racial injustice that they persevered and still endure today. As we look deep into the historical backdrop of America we cannot deny that African Americans have had a profound effect on the character of the United States of America. They helped to change the face of not just America, but of themselves. They called out for liberty and equality wherever the opportunity had arisen; battling ardently for the proclaimed equality that the Declaration of Independence decreed. This fight has been going on even before the U.S. was formed, through violent and bloody slave revolts to passionate and…
Punishment and Inequality in America by Bruce Western a former Sociology Professor at Princeton University goes into great detail on the evolution of punishment in America and its overall affects. He expands on one of the most controversial topics in America the American penal system; and how it went from a rehabilitative, self-reflecting tool in the early 19th century to a deterrent and strict form of punishment in the mid 20th century. Western also touches base on racial inequality in regards to imprisonment in the United States and the overall effect it has on one group of people. Western begins his book with a brief history of American penitentiaries, naming two famous institutions, Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia and Auburn State Prison in upstate New York.…
Tricia Rose’s “The Hip Hop Wars” commences and entitles the first chapter as “Hip Hop Causes Violence.” Before furthering on with the chapter, one may intuitively develop a bias supposition that what is titled is based on an actual fact without having any valid evidence to prove why it is the way it is. Tricia Rose, whom is an author, a scholar, and a public speaker presented an argument stating “a key aspect of much of the criticism that has been leveled at hip hop is the claim that it glorifies, encourages, and thus causes violence (Hip Hop Wars, pg.34).” Although several critics may agree that hip hop promotes violence, Tricia Rose covers the significant aspects of the controversy whether hip-hop indeed causes violence.…
Written in 1933, The Mis-Education of the Negro provided a platform of discussion in terms of the debilitating state of African-American education during the 20th century. The thesis’ author, Carter G. Woodson, relays information about the education system of his time and how that same system has propelled blacks to seek lower-level positions on the social-economic totem pole. Though, this thesis was written many decades ago, the black community is still suffering; I personally believe that many of the things affecting some black communities today can be remedied if more businesses were black owned and reinvested in their community. Now, those of you who have read The Mis-Education of the Negro know that the author discusses several factors…
There were not much job opportunities for black males because there were not dominant in society like white males. Young African American men rate of unemployment “was five times higher than” White American men. This illustrates how unemployment affected black males the most. This became problematic because black males thought they were discriminated for the lack of opportunities. Just as the film of “Nothing But A Man,” give a better understanding of how black males struggle to become a breadwinner 1960s.…
In Obama’s ‘A More Perfect Union’, he states that “A lack of economic opportunity among black men, and the shame and frustration that come for not being able to provide for one’s family, contribute to the erosion of black families...”(para 28). This stems from being a minority in America moreover the race issue. Women who would try to find jobs in spite of, fulfilling their thought of the American Dream would soon find out that they’re a lot that they just simply cannot do. Also the working women will never make more than any man that’s bringing in money and someone that’s lower class getting paid a little to zilch. By that, they may never find out what the American Dream really…