African American Vernacular English

The list of unarmed African Americans men and women who have been discriminatorily murdered by police officers could flood far too many pages. However, of the unfortunate 10 listed below, there have only been indictments for 2 of the despicable murders, and 0 convictions. Police…

positions, changed views on parenting, and overall helped women advance in society (Malik, "4 Reason Feminism is a Threat to Black Consciousness" ). According to the Pan-African Alliance “The ‘First Wave’ of feminism began when white women banded together to demand a share of power, and the opportunity…

was cite by several other women within the African American community. Jones was very determined to change the protectives of others referring to the rights of women. For starters, she wrote a valuable essay titled, “An End to the Neglect of the Problems of the Negro Woman”. This essay presented two important things such as: an analysis of gender equality and from the Marxist prospective. Claudia had very good intentions on improving the African American community, and the way things were done…

Black males today in America have been stereotyped over and over again as being troublesome and uneducated . The stereotypes that have been used are along the lines of, “black men don’t like to work” and “black men always get kicked out of school and end up on the streets”. Those two stereotypes couldn’t be more untrue based off the simple fact that there are more black men in college than there are in prison. As time has gone by we have seen more and more men challenge this stereotypes such as,…

Education is an essential part of life. Looking at education through race is beneficial because education is not the same for all races. In Jon Spayde’s “Learning in the Key of Life” he talks about what it means to be educated. He asks the question, “What does it mean—and more important, what should it mean—to be educated?” in the beginning of his essay. This connects to Richard Wright’s “The Library Card” because he found a way to get through obstacles to become educated. To be educated…

The Harlem Renaissance was a period in American history that brought forth an “cultural, social, and artistic explosion” (PBS) centered around the African-American neighborhood, and its residence, in New York known as Harlem. Sadly, Harlem currently is becoming more gentrified as the years pass. This is something I noticed on my many visits to New York over the past few years. However, Harlem became famous during this period bringing Iconic establishments still respected today such as the Apollo…

From reading an article about African Americans, it states that Malcom X argues that “The single greatest mistake of the African American organization and their leaders is that they have failed to establish direct brother/sisterhood lines of communication between the independent nations of African American people.” I, myself believe that it is true. People portray us, African Americans, as uncivilized and not worthy of equivalence to other races. Ironically…

In order to be an effective Social Worker, I have to understand my past and use my experiences to my advantage. This Critical Autobiography serves to not only help me understand my past but to also understand why I make certain decisions or have certain emotions. Obtaining my Master of Social Work has been an emotional, revealing journey but I am starting to appreciate the process because I can not help others if I can not help myself. Childhood In my culture, children are to be seen and not…

the end of the movie, the police murder an African American teenager, who protests against a “racist” pizzeria, and as a result a group of African American citizens retaliate by tearing apart the pizzeria (McGowan 2014). Then the movie ends by quoting two…

The 1920’s were a time when American culture exploded and ultimately transformed America from a young country to a world power. The American values of individualism and democracy were neither completely enhanced or diminished by modernity because while many strides were made to improve these qualities, the pre-World War I sentiment of reform was destroyed. All of the destruction caused by World War I scared the American people enough to halt the era of reformation and actually did diminish…