This article starts by listing a few triumphs that the “black” youth have had in
This article starts by listing a few triumphs that the “black” youth have had in
Taylor discusses the tensions between the old guard and the new generation. The black youth who were very much involved in the protests and marches for Brown and Ferguson, were blamed for the violence that had been the central theme on social media. Rev. Al Sharpton, declared himself as “the new national face of the civil rights establishment” (159). He arrived to Ferguson only after “young Black people had already endured two standoffs with police that had ended with tear gas and rubber bullets” (159). Sharpton wanted to stage-manage the Black Lives Matter Movement and take leadership after the Black youth has done all the “hard work”.…
Racism, unfortunately, is something that black students still struggle with at predominantly white institutions, especially when it has to do with greek life. Lawrence Ross explores racism and how administration tries to minimize the severity on college campuses in his book Blackballed. In chapter one titled, Jim Crow Greek Row, he focuses in on a particular incident that happened involving the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity chapter at the University of Oklahoma. Ross argues that white privilege influences America’s reactions to race incidents on college campuses and that black students are put into situations where they feel disconnected from the rest of the school, only belonging where they play sports. Ross successfully gets his message…
Since the Reconstruction Era many years ago, the role and place of African Americans has significantly shifted. (pg. 589, pg. 1128) After 150 years of fighting for racial equality and de-segregation, African Americans experienced a great victory with the first black president in the White House, Barack Obama.…
(173). He argues the dreadful experience suffered by African Americans’ family members and ancestors still troubles them until this day and is even more painful due to the fact blacks are still being treated differently by whites. He then mentions the successful black figures in the society that overcame racism and the negativity shown to…
Inequality in Education We live in a world with many problems that seriously need to be addressed. As a college student today, it sometimes seems that every issue is on the brink of destruction to the greater population. Today, you hear of many political, social, economic, and environmental issues that seem to be too large and complicated of a task for all of us to really come together and fix. This is mainly due to the widespread mindset of our culture and how we choose to either recognize or not recognize something that isn’t right in the world, and thus a shift in our thinking is required to make the necessary change.…
Cose, E. (2002). The Envy of the World: On Being a Black Man in America. New York: Washington Square…
February 7th, 2016 there was a stabbing in Cazenovia, a student of ethnic diversity was stabbed behind subway around 2am. On the 9th, a racially slurred, inappropriate, and hurtful Craigslist response was posted online that went viral within the community and many black people expressed they have not felt safe since. The following day, the campus held a dialogue circle to discuss race and diversity, sadly the majority of people who attended were ethnic minorities and the few white people in attendance were mostly student leaders. In class, Thursday, February 18th, we discussed civil rights, social rights, political rights, and slavery. In lieu of recent events and our class discussion on Thursday it is important to discern the difference between…
Annotated Bibliography Ahmed, Sarah. “A Phenomenology of Whiteness.” Feminist Theory. 8.2 (2007): 149-68.…
You don’t stick a knife in a man’s back nine inches, pull it out six inches and say you’re making progress.” ~ Malcolm X As the ideological father of the student led activism that Ibram Kendi notes in his book, The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, Malcolm X and his ideology are a perfect reference to decide its success. In his epilogue, Kendi argues that the BCM has pulled the “knife” out several inches since its inception, by either completely eliminating or crippling the four ideologies that made up the racial constitution of higher education: the moralized contraption, ladder altruism, standardization of exclusion, and the normalized mask of whiteness.…
Misconceptions such as lack of success. However, these misconceptions perhaps can be “vanished in the light of black achievement” (Gregory, page…
James B. Stewart essay “The Field and Functions of Black Studies” focus primarily on explaining the mandate of W.E.B. DuBois. The first thing we need to understand is that historically we appear to be repeating history, rather than making new strides in it. The obstacles that African Americans face today are different, however, the results are the same. Black Studies are truly not understood or effectively being taught if you are not attending an HBCU. W.E.B. DuBois (1933) said “…[S]tarting with present conditions and using the facts and the knowledge of the present situation of American Negroes, the Negro university expands toward the possession and the conquest of all knowledge.”…
Even after the Civil War, in which all African-Americans no longer were deemed as slaves, the life of the black person did not get easier. For generations, the struggle to come out of impoverished lifestyles had been deemed as almost impossible. Faced by segregation, no equal rights, and the KKK, the newly freed African-Americans were not able to completely submerge themselves to “freedom”. Little by little, new opportunities emerged; however, the depths of acrimony and pain prevented blacks to completely embrace them. Those who fought for the chance to make history, emerged successful, but those who let the past hold them back, continued to live in the restrictions of the past.…
Throughout the past decade, African American students have been put through the grinder to gain equality in the public school system. School is seen as a method to help young adults integrate themselves in today’s society, still til this day education has been a struggle for African American students. The lacking of potential so to speak in public schools stirs up a contraversal topic of conversation among those of the highest form of government to the lowest form poverty stricten American households. A plethora of studies have been administered to find the root and as well as rectifying the problem. So, the questions remains how can high schools better provide equity for all students, especially for African American students.…
The story, “Brokeback Mountain” by Annie Proulx presents us with a character named Ennis del Mar who is unwilling and unable to reach for his heart’s desire, a man named Jack Twist. Jack and Ennis meet when they are both young men, having grown up in almost identical situations. Both were high-school country boys with no prospects, brought up to hard work and privation, both rough- mannered, rough-spoken, inured to the stoic life. Both are real cowboys, both are also living the life expected of them including dating and having sex with women; at this point Ennis is even engaged. It is only after they begin working together on Brokeback Mountain that acknowledge that they are homosexual and fall in love with one another.…
In the academic institutions of today’s society, educating young minds on issues surrounding equity and diversity not only within education systems but also within the society we as individuals relate to, appears to be an increasing desire among educators and parents. This desire arises from the growing concern that issues involving equity and diversity must be implemented into course curriculum to alleviate concerns that young generations are not given opportunities to learn how to properly approach controversies and obstacles with these topics in their society. By incorporating materials and concepts of equity and diversity into all classrooms, including collegiate level classes, I believe that individuals will develop an improved understanding…