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that terrorized urban inner-city communities all over America. The American crack epidemic or " Crack Era", as it is known by swept through predominately poor, African American neighborhoods resulting in a number of drug affiliated arrest. The U.S government launched a highly advertised and publicized project they named "War on Drugs", which was originally set in place to prohibit the abuse and selling of illegal drugs in American communities. Since the "War on Drugs" campaign commenced,…

been rooted in the fact that Asian-Americans were regarded as a “model-minority,” which often was used to subjugate the progress of African-Americans. Although largely credited as a myth by scholars, the large representation of Asian-owned stores in African-American neighborhoods helped introduce fears to African-Americans that there was an impending economic takeover of their neighborhoods. For the L.A riots, Sumi K. Cho notes how “the portrayal of Asian Americans as the paragons of…

The Use of Media and the African American Culture A rhetorical trend is emerging in cases of police violence and corruption. Across the country, police are arresting, assaulting, and killing women and men without cause. Police officers take advantage of how much power they have over citizens, specifically African Americans. In other words, it is determined that police are committing serious offenses, but because of an unjust application of the law, they are completely let off. Families are let…

biased to African Americans people. As it says in the last paragraph of the Heather Mac Donald article says “black prison rates result from crime not racism.”. The other side says that the justice system is biased to African Americans, they say “black Americans are more likely to serve longer sentences than white Americans for the same crime. Black American are also more likely to have their cars searched I believe that the Justice system does not look at race when in a case. Africans…

University Commencement Ceremony, she claims that for African Americans education requires sacrifice and obligations to encourage others to get educated. She begins her speech by saying that during slavery African Americans were unable to get an education. When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed a school was founded so that African Americans could educate themselves and others. However, many people refuse to accept freedom for African Americans and they faced constant threats. Ruby…

The article, “Obama welcomes relatives of 1936 African-American Olympians,” by Stephen Whyno, discusses President Obama’s ceremony focused on recognizing the accomplishments of Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, and the other sixteen 1936 Black Olympiads whose feats were not fully recognized and appreciated at the time. During the ceremony, President Obama stated many times that they set the foundation for black rights and equality. Barack Obama praised the 1936 Olympians for making a statement in…

to positions of extravagance and luxury. The classic “rags-to-riches” story takes many forms, with an assortment of characters, yet it is still inspires and warms the hearts of all that hear it. Although not as time honored, the condition of African-Americans in the United States is no less inspirational. From the day the first Black men and women set foot upon this continent, they were at a tremendous disadvantage. To simply state that the odds were stacked against them would disrespect the…

taken on a new form through imprisonment. During this century, the prison populations in the United States has risen to 2,306,200, and the prisons in the U.S alone contains 25% of the whole population worldwide. 40% of these people however, are African-Americans. Many of these people spend years of their lives stuck in boxes, isolated away from society for merely small crimes such as drug possession. Denied rehabilitation, they are then used for basically free labor for big corporations while…

for high incarceration rates of minority ethnic groups, particularly African Americans. Drug war is a significant factor in the high incarceration rates of African Americans. There are many reasons for police acting they way they do. Police misconduct is illegal actions done by police officers. According to the NAACP African Americans makeup nearly one million of the total 2.3 million that are incarcerated. African Americans represent 12% of the total drug users but 38% are arrested for drug…

what it means and whom it affects. Colorism is the prejudice or discrimination against individuals with dark skin tone, typically among people of the same ethnic or racial group. When researching colorism and discrimination and how it affects African Americans there has to be a division between their perception and the reality of the situation. In some situations many people mix the understanding of the two together there is also making sure the target of people being questioned is well…