African diaspora

later edited to “Pilots 2015: The Year of Ethnic Casting” written on March 24, 2015 by Nellie Andreeva, expresses a concern for the growing number of African American representation on televison. Andreeva suggests that the entertainment industry may be reaching a point where they will have to restrict the number of African American shows they air or African-American actors they cast due to “too much” representation. Throughout her editorial, she neglects to properly analyze the demand for this…

The Fine Line Between Culture and Stereotypes Throughout history African Americans have been portrayed by stereotypes in everyday media and literature. Sandra Hughes-Hassell speaks on the topic of diversifying literature in “Multicultural Young Adult Literature as a Form of Counter-storytelling.” In doing this Hughes-Hassell explains the significance and need for diversity now than ever in media. Hughes- Hassell also voices her opinion on counter-storytelling. Instead of depicting a minority as…

many people love, it portrays African American women in a negative light. This essay is not meant to downplay African American screenwriter Shonda…

The African American civil rights movement dates back to the 19th century, during the time the 13th and 14th Amendments were passed. This radical social movement set out to end racial segregation, and discrimination against African Americans, while also securing legal recognition and federal protection of the citizenship rights enforced in the Constitution and federal law. The movement involved major campaigns of civil resistance, and most notably during the time of 1955-1968. Acts of…

the Negro National.Black people chose this song as the National Anthem because Weldon talks about everything that was done wrong to African American Slaves and how they always had faith in god and never forgot where they came from. “Lift Every Voice and Sing”, is a song about African Americans violent past and bright future.Weldon wrote this song to shine light on African Americans and their past to show people how determined and strong we are. “Lift Every Voice and Sing”, affects the whole…

Ta-Nehisi Coates writes about the various ways that African Americans have been prevented from attaining the American dream and why there is a strong case for reparations. Coates tells the story of Clyde Ross and his journey to obtain the American Dream and the laws that stopped him from doing so. This reading hits on a lot of topics that we have touched on in class and how they relate to why this so called dream is still just out of reach for most African American in today’s society. The…

In the book, A Lesson before Dying, Gaines portrays the physiological effect of discrimination using the African Americans community. Throughout the book, there are many examples of segregation such as the living quarters of the blacks were much worse than that of the whites. Not only is their housing bad, but also the schooling for the blacks were much worse than that of the whites. There were also verbal abuse of the blacks. For example, Jefferson was called a hog and id made Jefferson feel as…

Era, lasting from the 1890s to the 1920s, African Americans expected significant improvements in their political and economic standings. However, white Americans influenced by racial ideology challenged the freedmen’s rights and restrained black involvement in politics. Playwright August Wilson illustrates the oppression imposed upon the black community in The Piano Lesson by revealing the discriminatory practices targeting black people. The…

Originating during slavery, the African American family is an institution that has encountered an abounding amount of obstacles for centuries. Yet, since the 1960s, there has been a rapid decrease in the black family. Three theorist who examined the African American family were E. Franklin Frazier, Daniel Moynihan, and H. Gutman. Frazier’s was the first to examine the black family’s characteristics and the cause for its slow decline; Moynihan echoed Frazier and provided data to support his…

Here in this statement O’Reilly demonizes the African American community by referring them as a, “violent subculture” then goes on to say that they should be “exposed” and “confronted.” (O’Reilly). The word choice he uses is very effective in evoking an emotion from the audience that there should be…