Black Tuesday Essay

be the national poverty rate by race. According to the The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, based on the Census Bureau’s March 2014 Current Population Survey, in the United States 10% of the white population are in poverty compared to 27% of the black community (“Poverty Rate”). That fact would have added extra support and may even lead some to believe that the African-American college athletes should be paid…

popular mostly within the African American Race is what I refer to as “Black Cool”. Hip-Hop culture is not only toxic but degrading to the image, minds, lifestyle, and growth of African Americans. I intend to prove this in the following paragraphs. The “N” word is used immensely in Hip-Hop culture. It can be heard on the radio, in movies, restaurants, schools, and other various…

Wilson told the story of three generations of strong black males. Wilson provided viewers with the struggles that came along with generational differences. The oppression of black males caused tension in the homes, black men had to be headstrong and the head of the house. The cycles continued among the family when the boys would become men. As a man they wanted to be better than their fathers, he gave an example of black families sticking together. Even though the relationships of these…

adult. The first two children who are white ask Santa Claus for toys and to be a star in the sky. The last character is black and asks Santa to bring an end to conflict and to be able to live in peace. Aside from the commercial having only male figures it also represents the importance of race at the time the commercial was produced. I believe it was to outline the hardships black people were still facing after many years of fighting for equality in America. To further analyze this advertising…

Every culture throughout the world has a different perception of what beauty. Some cultures, such as the African American culture for example, express beauty by showing off wealth and expensive features. In an image captured by C.E. Gomes, there is a Swahili woman posing gracefully with several extravagant accessories, such as multiple necklaces around the neck of the woman, along with a bracelet on each of the woman’s wrists. The clothing style of the Swahili woman is very elegant, with…

As black families moved into the suburbs that were previously all white, they faced violent attacks, picketing, and racism. Community organizations, supposedly used to better neighborhoods, actively resisted integration. They would gather for emergency meeting when it was discovered that a black family had moved in nearby. During meetings the members would decide how to respond to their situation…

Systemic racism is a real thing that affects minorities in the United States, especially black Americans. Its effects create inequality and oppression. “Systemic racism includes the complex array of anti-black practices, the unjustly gained political- economic power of whites, the continuing economic and other resource inequalities along racial lines, and the white racist ideologies and attitudes created to maintain and rationalize white privilege and power.” (Cole, 2015) Because of its presence…

In Chapter 1, the lives of the Mexica caught my attention. The Mexica were people whose empire stretched from coast to coast across central Mexico and who numbered as many as 2 million. “By the 1490s the Mexica ruled an empire that covered more land than Spain and Portugal combined (Roark, 19)”. They were considered the strong arm in the neighborhood. The Mexica were hired out as mercenaries by the much richer and more settled tribes. It’s amazing to know that a small nobility of Mexican…

(Peavler 1). The schools that the black children attended were exceptionally…

We see this now with all the crime against African American men and the starting of the “Black Lives Matter” movement. The last lyric is called “Delivery” which is peace of man. Violence is still the struggle in Chicago while justice isn’t getting done with deliverymen not coming to slum neighborhoods or certain houses because of the features…