Dilday, K.A. “ Go back to Black.” New York Times Publishing, 2008: 515-516. Dilday suggests that it is time for us to retire the term “ African- American”, and consider everyone who is Black as family. Dilday gives examples of those who consider themselves African American like those who are caribbean, moroccan and uses Barack obama as an example to show how they all are one and not inclusive. Dildays purpose is to show how the term African American should be replaced as Black, in order to show that everyone who was derived as Black is welcome and not just “ African Americans”. Go back to Black contains tremendous commentary, which introduces the idea to those of color that African American is just a term that set boundaries for those of particular descendent, yet saying Black would classify them all as descending from one common ancestor.
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“ To be young and Black in America: Always considered a threat.” The Nation issue, May 31, 2013: 517-518. Mychal Smith argues that there is only one race of young men ( Black ) that can posses a threat to a cop with whatever action he is partaking in at that time. Smith gives an example, one of a 14 year old who possessed a threat when he was asked where was his mother and decided to answer the question by physically showing them, yet he was choked and restrained while the officer stated that he was resisting arrest and presenting a dehumanizing stare. Smith reviews how the headlines identified him and the incident was a huge controversy via social media. Smith’s purpose was to show how racism is predictable in order to understand what it means to be Black in America. The intended audience is for young Black men to understand how easily they are threats and how easily they can be paying for it without even committing a crime because their
“ To be young and Black in America: Always considered a threat.” The Nation issue, May 31, 2013: 517-518. Mychal Smith argues that there is only one race of young men ( Black ) that can posses a threat to a cop with whatever action he is partaking in at that time. Smith gives an example, one of a 14 year old who possessed a threat when he was asked where was his mother and decided to answer the question by physically showing them, yet he was choked and restrained while the officer stated that he was resisting arrest and presenting a dehumanizing stare. Smith reviews how the headlines identified him and the incident was a huge controversy via social media. Smith’s purpose was to show how racism is predictable in order to understand what it means to be Black in America. The intended audience is for young Black men to understand how easily they are threats and how easily they can be paying for it without even committing a crime because their