African American rappers

“City services like trash collection, street lighting, and emergency response were less adequate than in white neighborhoods. African Americans paid higher rents than whites” were just some of the few injustices that the African American communities faced.(20) The lack of trash collection, street lights and emergency response shows a lack of care for the lives of these humans. Trash collection is something that promotes public health…

all great leaders who fight and stand up for themselves. The context of the fight and thought was long engrossed in his thinking because of the racial criticism he faced all his life because of his color.The black Americans and natives had long been living side by side with the Americans and for decades they had been subject to oppressions and cruelty along with hatred by the whites in America. King was greatly influenced by the factors that…

For blacks in America there has been little improvement when it comes to discrimination. Black men may have it the worst. Even an uneducated person knows the inequalities and false labels placed on black males. Being a black man in America is equivalent to being a criminal. It was never innocent until proven guilty; it has always been guilty until proven innocent to a certain degree. Kasa’vea Greenslade, 19 years of age, resident of York, Pennsylvania has faced some difficulties as a black man…

“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…

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…

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…

The Harlem Renaissance was a movement that started in New York City during World War I and continued into the 1930’s. It was an African American movement, which was also known as the “New Negro Movement”. Many African American’s were sick and tired of the way they were being treated by white Americans and used many forms of art to express and represent who they were and what was happening in their culture. The Jim Crow laws and white supremacy were becoming too much for many to handle, which is…

and injustice caused by racism in Birmingham. It is also intended directly for the eight clergymen who criticized his actions in Birmingham. It was there where Martin Luther King was arrested for protesting the mistreatment and segregation of African Americans within the community. While in jail he expressed his passion for change and defended his actions of non-violent protesting by writing “Letter From Birmingham Jail”. In this letter Martin Luther King, Jr. uses emotion, ethical and logical…

Barack Obama Barack Obama became president on November 4th, 2008 which was shocking worldwide. He is the first ever black man to run in office. This was shocking to a lot of people because there had been 43 men before him and none of them were African American. This was not only exciting but it also gave the people hope that things would change for the better. When the president got voted into office more people felt like they could relate to him. He didn’t just stand up for black people, he…

The American decline in discriminatory activity towards African-Americans As American policy and public opinion has shifted into a more racially tolerant culture, many neglect that discriminatory opinions and behavior have drastically decreased throughout the duration of the United States of America’s existence. Racial tension will likely remain in the political culture of a nation that possesses a disgraceful history in regard to the rights of many “second class” such as indigenous people,…