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    healthcare racial inequalities of African Americans. Cultural differences, and racial conscious and unconscious are factors that contribute to the gap in African American health. Therefore, collecting only medical data and physician behaviors towards certain diagnosis, is not enough to determine or conclude that there aren’t any deep rooted unforeseen components that play into racialist thinking by physicians. Despite the alarming writings of African Americans dying of heart disease, strokes,…

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    African American Hair

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    Good hair… What exactly is “good hair”? Kinky, twisty, wavy, or straight—African- American (AA) hair comes in many ways. There is so much spectacle surrounding AA hair. There are hair shows surrounding it, special hair care products, books, and movies that place the spotlight on this unique curly hair. To conduct research on the spectacle of African American hair, I first went and saw the movie “Good Hair” featuring Chris Rock. The movie was created because of Chris Rock’s daughter crying to him…

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    African American Education

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    to have in today’s society, especially because of what it has taken for African-Americans to have the right to attend school or even learn how to read and write for that matter. Many persons sacrificed their lives for those who are able to go to integrated schools today and be given the same opportunities as any other student regardless of skin color. Being able to achieve a higher education is a great deal for African-Americans. Black men and women coming together to get a decent education to…

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    African American Equality

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    speeches: Maria W. Stewart advocates for the education of African-American women, Mary Church Terrell’s “The Progress of Colored Women”, and Congresswoman Barbara Jordan’s “Who, Then, Will Speak for the Common Good” show the increasing amount of equality and opportunities black women in the United States obtained and the United States’ progressing tolerance for them. Maria W. Stewart, born as a free black woman, delivered a speech to the African American Female Intelligence Society,…

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    in the case of gaining civil rights for colored people in the U.S., many people who believed that the white race was the supreme race hindered the obtainment of full freedom for African Americans. While the fourteenth amendment, which ratified full rights for African Americans, came out in the year 1868, African Americans were segregated and had poorer quality services than whites under the ruling “separate but equal.” It was not as late as 1957 that black people were able to get the…

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    intended to link African-Americans and our supporters to combat anti-black racism, to stimulate communication with African-Americans, and to inspire shared action and engagement in the community (About the Black Lives Matter Network, 2016). Addressing the problem, it seems more like excessive police force. Philando Castile, a 32-year-old African-American was killed by a police officer on a routine traffic stop in front of his family (Excessive Police Force Again in Question Across U.S. after…

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    “African Americans are incarcerated in state prisons across the country at more than five times the rate of whites, and at least ten times the rate in five states.” (Nellis, 2016) Although there have been promising reforms put in place to reduce the prison populations, racial and ethnic disparities within the prison system continue to cripple the idea of justice in America. African Americans have been incarcerated in state prisons 5.1 times the rate for whites. In the states of Iowa, Minnesota,…

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    African American Dream

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    Have you ever had a dream? If so, how far would you go to make it come true? The play this essay is about is,”A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry. This play is about an African American family trying to live a better life with the insurance money they got when the father of the family died. All the family has different ideas on what to do with the money but to me, the most important dream is Walter Lee’s. With all the different dreams from each family member, it was very hard to decide…

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    African American Theatre

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    types of theatre, including African American, Latino, and Feminist Theatre, originated during the civil rights movement. Each group felt as if the original form of theatre was not diverse and that their own cultures and beliefs were being excluded from the productions. Because of this, they each decided to form their own theatre regarding the lives and difficulties they faced. One of the main goals of the American Negro Theatre was to accurately depict African Americans lives and the political…

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    succeed in improving their economic conditions without the benefit of advanced education; as such entrepreneurs as Alan Sugar came from a poor household with no college education but obtained fabulous wealth through his business ventures. Notable African Americans have also become rich as sports-stars or rap-singers. Most individuals, however, do not become come entrepreneurs, athletes, or entertainers, and most white-collar professions require post-secondary education, access to which a large…

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