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Segregation , slavery, abuse what more else can we go through? . Black African Americans often feel like the worst race in the world. We are more than what you see. We are not just ignorant , loud, ghetto and dimensional people. We go through and have been through a lot since the black police killings, and hard livings. We are more than athletics who can jump real high or run really fast. We are more than what you see. The struggles of being black is that the news always makes us look like…

white, oppressive, and privileged (Collins, 1999, p. 26). According to Collins (1999), they have continued to exist as significant because U.S. black women are still constituted as an oppressed group (p. 22). According to Black Feminism (2014), African American women are doubly discriminated against – one for being female, and another for being black - with a double burden on their shoulder for equality. The strain…

In memory of the Father Allah aka, Clarence 13X Smith; all praise due to Allah the beneficent the merciful and to the culture of the Gods and Earths Nation, the Suns of almighty God Allah and his 5%. The FOA represents-Fruit of Allah, which significantly means “Fighting in the name of Allah,” and the FOA has been since the beginning of time, especially through his Sons, Prophets and Messengers. However, never has it been so intense the struggle and battle for his people, than the fight for…

the articles they want in an attempt to make everyone equal, but that will not make it so. The front line in a combat situation is one place where women just do not belong. Society would like us to believe that the only difference between African Americans and Caucasians is skin color, but if you go to any park in America and observe a game of pickup basketball, you will quickly notice that the two races are very different, both socially and physically. The two races have different…

of Blacks in Higher Education does not disclose how the four scholarly authors where chosen. The four scholarly authors are: • Rhett S. Jones, professor of history and Afro-American studies at Brown University, now directs the university’s Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America. He chaired Brown’s Afro-American studies program from 1972 to 1984. • Alexander W. Astin, professor and director of the Higher Education Research institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. •…

Andrea Burns book From Store Front to Monument: Tracing the Public History of the Black Museum Movement is a fascinating interpretation of the development of the African- American Museums. Her argument that in order to understand the development of African- American Museums it is important to first look at where these museums were built and the goals in which the embodied; “Understanding the origins of this evolution helps us contextualize and historicize black public history, from its modest…

By 1895, African Americans in the South had been liberated for about thirty years. Yet, their situation had hardly improved. Economically, a few had been able to obtain land of their own and most continued to work for white proprietors under various forms of labor arrangements. Thus, “legal” segregation came about in the form of Jim Crow laws throughout the South. During this time violence, intimidation, and lynching were common. The situations blacks faced in the years after Reconstruction were…

of African American women for women's suffrage (Gilmore, Gender and Jim Crow). African American women had taken the active role of teaching their community about American citizenship, and the pride of their race. African American women saw the women's suffrage as another step of pushing the racial divide (Goodstein, A Rare Alliance). While most white suffragists didn't see gaining the support of African American women the same way, white suffragists realized that they needed African American…

Sherell Thompson Classism in the African American Community SOC3349 University of Houston How are African Americans categorized by classism in the Houston area? Class Action defines classism as “differential treatment based on social class or perceived social class. Classism is the systematic oppression of a subordinated class group to an advantage and strengthens the dominant class groups. It’s the systematic assignment of characteristics of worth and ability based on social class.”…

This is a prevalent problem, particularly in African American women. They are much more likely by 40% to die of the illness than their Caucasian counterparts (McCartney et al., 2015). However, a diagnosis does not necessarily equate to a death sentence. This paper will analyze the prevalence of breast cancer in African American adult women, along with its significance, treatment, and support programs. Compared to Caucasian women, African American women face many disadvantages. From a health…