”(Coates, 105). This was a major point of questioning for myself. Do I subconsciously enjoy the fact that there are people below me in the world, because it makes me feel more secure? While I have always had black friends, and even family members, they are all financially well off, and do not experience the same reality that most lower class black people are forced to live with. Have I presumed that the killings of these black teens has something to do with their actions as opposed to just their skin color?…
These ideals leaves African American people in a hard place and this also divides African American people. Some African American people have accepted these images such as the middle class. Usually the poor African Americans still want to be seen as being authentic so they reject these ideals. These cause extreme fear in the white since it goes against what they are trying to set up. They really think these types of people really belong in a place where their aggressiveness can be contained such as a prison.…
The fight against inequality is a fight that the black community has fought for several years and has still failed to win. Hearing that the number of black men under the control of the criminal justice system today is greater than the number of captive slaves in the year 1850 angers me. To know that the black community is constantly targeted by the society which is supposed to be set out to help them is only focused on destroying them scares me. I trust that we must expose the injustice set out before us by the criminal justice system in hopes of one day being able to truly advance. There are more black men that are felons than any other race which limits them to crappy housing, lack of education, and poor paying jobs.…
In “The case for Reparations”, the writer, Ta-Nehisi Coates writes about the various ways that African Americans have been prevented from attaining the American dream and why there is a strong case for reparations. Coates tells the story of Clyde Ross and his journey to obtain the American Dream and the laws that stopped him from doing so. This reading hits on a lot of topics that we have touched on in class and how they relate to why this so called dream is still just out of reach for most African American in today’s society. The reading however assumes that everyone has the same definition for the American Dream. The American Dream can mean different things for different groups of people.…
While African Americans have faced many hardships, they do possess, to some degree, equal protection under the law. There are instances in which an African American individual is afforded the same opportunity as a White American and does not seize that opportunity. They might argue that it is the job of an individual to ensure that they do not get into trouble that win land them in prison. People may even state that African Americans are not targeted solely based upon race. However, society does not realize that racism is deeply rooted in American history, as it is what this country was found on: the enslavement and oppression of others for the progression of…
This is due to the flawed justice system because they use the Stand Your Ground law against black people who try to exercise Their rights, but innocent black citizens get persecuted or killed every day. In addition, the Stand Your law is a dangerous for African Americans because some people think they look “suspicious” for walking home late at night. Furthermore, the stand your ground law may help citizens who are not being oppressed or who are in true danger, but for the citizens who are being oppressed, they get picked off one by one by the people who are “ standing their ground.” Even though standing your ground can save your life, many citizens can abuse their power and hurt any citizen they see as guilty of doing a crime. People don’t look at the good , they look for the bad to have a reason to kill young African…
Why is Mississippi Delta still underdeveloped place? Throughout the America, cities and towns are booming yet the Delta stays the same. People are moving to the Southwest for jobs and opportunities to have a better life. Why not be the for Mississippi? The simple reason why the Delta is still in poverty because of after effects of slavery.…
However, most black Americans, even those who worked, remained in a cycle of poverty due to the unfair conditions that kept them from getting out of debt and the Jim Crow laws that were designed to keep them…
Definitions- Reparation- : according to Meriam Webster- something that is done or given as a way of correcting a mistake that you have made or a bad situation that you have caused Argument 1 - America ended slavery over 150 years ago and there is minimal information to link slavery to the reason why the majority of African Americans are in economic trouble as of today. Even if the African Americans had it the worst, the fact that many other races that were mistreated or enslaved have jumped back up to a good economic condition. In WW2, the Italian and the Japanese were forced into internment camps and had, many pieces of their property confiscated and sold by the Americans in WW2.…
Do not vex your spirit at me for speaking the truth! The tragedy is that unhealthy Black Folks do not take their health serious until there is a dreaded life threatening disease that overwhelms them and it is too late--and it will be in the public as a hospital prayer request for recovery or funeral notice. Again, as the Honorable Elijah Muhammad said over sixty years ago (he stopped me from eating the enslavement pig food for 45-years ago)—Eat To Live! Good Health is your Greatest Wealth.…
Throughout history, life as an African American was always laboursome and painful. Since the early years of slavery to the later years of segregation under Jim Crow laws, blacks had been pushed around by basically anyone who was not black or by those who viewed themselves higher than everybody else. African Americans have struggled to make a living because they had great difficulty in locating a job, let alone one that paid them a decent profit. Because of the racism that corrupted Americans , blacks were not considered part of society.…
In terms of helping or solving solutions to problems blacks feel in capable. Many would ask the question, but why? Because blacks were socialized to feel and think that way. Where on the other hand whites facilitate their development as superiors to do things black men feel they are incapable of doing. It all then relates to these jobless black men that cannot contribute to their household and here is where the family structure vanishes.…
In order to understand the #BlackLivesMatter movement, it is important to look back at the centuries of racism African Americans faced in the United States. From enslavement to the mass incarceration system of today, black people have been oppressed, neglected, and treated like second class citizens. Although they have been a vital part of the shaping of the United States, their contributions have often been overlooked and discredited. While there were a few short periods of positive achievement in the black community, the majority of African American history is filled with eras of racism, violence, and injustice. The effects of these eras are still felt today as they have led up to the #BlackLivesMatter movement.…
It does not invest back into them or give them a second chance. Through this and the police and vigilante killings they are should that they cannot afford mistakes because they will pay with their lives or their opportunities. This tell African Americans that they should listen to how they are told to behave or…
“The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman,” (Malcolm X). Black people in America have been treated with disrespect and have not been given equal opportunities to their white counterparts.…