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North that permitted the growth and development of large plantations which supported the use of slavery. Overtime, large numbers of the Southern culture began to really hinge on the ideology behind completely relying on backs of the enslaved African American Race. With more and more individuals and groups that started to…

Second sight refers to African Americans ability, or need to see themselves not only as they are, but also as the rest of white America sees them. With this type of experience, a person becomes used to the idea that they are what white America portrays them as. A relevant example that describes second sight is the idea of a black maid working for a white family. The maid becomes contempt with being just a maid, and forms the idea that this is all she can ever be. Relating it to society today, a…

experience of an African American living in the United States and makes it more personal. However, Coates also takes the common approach to explaining life as a black American and turns it on its head. Instead of just showing how white Americans treat people with color, he speaks of how his experience as a black man has made him view them and law enforcement differently. One particularly poignant moment in the letter is when he speaks of his September 11 story. While Americans mourned their…

“new” form of racism along with it. This “new” form of racism to her is the mass incarceration of African Americans. The War on Drugs and the comparisons and differences of the old and new Jim Crow are two of her strongest arguments during the…

experience. It is scientifically proven that when a black person is killed by someone of another race especially a cop, it is felt by everyone of that culture. The reason being is the idea of fictive kin and the theory of the Ubuntu. Culturally, African Americans are more community based and interdependent, therefore, when tragedy happens the affect is felt due to the meaning of Ubuntu which means “I am what I am because of what we…

Physical Acts of Power Hollywood films often portray various American ideologies that can be seen through the nation, empire, and domesticity. These ideologies can be considered to be representations of the history of the United States or the current state. Through the examination of Andrea Smith’s “Indigeneity, Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy,” Clyde Woods’ “Les Miserables of New Orleans,” Dylan Rodriguez’s “Forced Passages,” and the film Glory, it is clear that the state maintains power…

American Horror Story is an American series of horror seasons on FX, that tell a new story season to season. The producers of the show are Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. The series is meant to reach out to a wide range of ages, I would say it mainly targets teenagers and people in their early to middle adulthood. The Asylum is the second season of the series American Horror Story. Asylum begins in the 1960’s at a mental institution named Briarclif Manor, which happens to be in the hands of a…

In 1965, James Baldwin faced William F. Buckley in a debate at the Cambridge Union Society in Cambridge University. The topic of the discussion was whether “the American Dream [was] achieved at the expense of the American Negro.” The African American Civil Rights Movement occurred at this time and Martin Luther King Jr. recently led a demonstration in Selma, Alabama. Understanding that the debate took place at the same time of the Civil Rights Movement adds more weight to the discussion as the…

Language is a system of words that humans use to communicate and get their message heard. Deborah Tannen, Scott Russel Sanders, and Langston Hughes bring mention that the greatest influence to a person’s perspective is language. In “’Bossy’ Is More Than a Word to Women”, Deborah Tannen recognizes that the word bossy is a common word used to negatively describe women; sending them the message that exercising authority deems them unlikable by various organizations. Conversely, Scott Russel Sanders…

In terms of black americans they represent anything but. They were brought here against their will and though they are no longer slaves they are chained by actions of white America. Strauss states in “From Ferguson to Baltimore: The consequences of government-sponsored segregation”…