African trypanosomiasis

Years seem to pass by and the same issue just keep on occurring. The issue of the mistreatment and brutality among African Americans, especially targeting young African American men. Fruitvale Station, a movie released in 2013 viewed, once again, viewed the brutality upon African American men. Throughout history, the media has put a lens on African American Brutality, this exploration became popular to America during the Civil Rights Movement. There were many incidents of brutality before the…

ideas that could hold out the reparation idea. One idea Mychal says is that, “The United States didn’t invent slavery.” It gives us the real reason why slavery was introduced that the African people themselves enslaved themselves. The other main point about the reparations is that there are already a lot of African Americans who are already rich. Mychal gives the idea that Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jorden, and Tiger Woods are billionaires. He also explains that there are many people that do not…

On the 13th of July 2015, Sandra Bland a 28-year-old black African American was discovered hanging in a cell. Police officials have ruled the death of Sandra Bland as a suicide. However, black citizens refuse to believe this claim. Black citizens accuse the police of racially and sexually abusing Sandra Bland. Three days prior, Sandra Bland was stopped by the police officer Brian Encinia over a minor traffic incident. Footage from the police dash cam showed the officer forcing Bland out of the…

Type of group affected According the Nation’s Premier Civil and Human Rights Coalition(2016), housing discrimination affects people of all races, ethnicities, national origins and religions. Women, people with disabilities and families with children may also face barriers to their fair housing rights. For many families, discrimination in housing was brought to the forefront in the 1960s. In the United States before 1968, laws were not established to protect minorities from inequality and…

William Edward Burghardt DuBois, formerly known as W.E.B. DuBois. An American sociologist, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, and leader. He was considered a defender of freedom, and fighter of injustice, and fighter of Black Liberation. DuBois is an inspiration not only to sociology but to Black lives matter activist. He noticed the race problem and was trying to solve it and cure colored prejudice. W.E.B. DuBois was an influential leader, his experience was one of the reasons why he such…

Slavery on the African Americans during the 1500s to the late 19th century was a very cruel time. The conditions that African Americans had to endure was very arduous. Most whites felt superior towards the people that they labeled as slaves. African Americans were stripped of their dignity, pride and were often put through embarrassing situations. African Americans whom were labeled as slaves felt like they had no hope and that all they were good for was to work in the fields. In 1863, the…

when seeing immoral activities he did not try to defend with weapons or force nor did he want to sit there and not take action, so he wrote. Just like Martin Luther King, James Baldwin, and Maya Angelou: They, too wrote about their experience as African Americans in The United States, helping all of us see how tremendously painful and terrifying it is to not feel safe and free in their own…

One of the most interesting part about studying historical events is being able to see the impacts still felt today, from decisions made hundreds of years ago. From the time America got its independence until today, there are still similarities in the equality gap among the population. Granted, the inequality may not be as extreme or easy to see at times, but no one can deny that it still exists. For example, the wage gap between genders, discrimination against people of color, and the defensive…

When professor mentioned that we would watch and discuss about a Broadway Musical show named ‘Memphis’, the first that came to my mind was, the actual city Memphis in the southern state of Tennessee. I was still confused as to how a city and its activities could be incorporated into a Musical show, which is assumed to be entertaining with melodramatic components, dance and music. I had an assumption that it would be academic, political, boring since it is to be watched in a classroom setting and…

of the African-American experience in matters of public policy from 1870-1920 The United States of America has for centuries registered African-Americans as a minority group. They have grieving for centuries because of being subjected to hatred and inequality. With time, they have deservedly earned their independence, rights, and respect. The cause of inequality and unfair treatment began in the 16th-17th century when African American were Slaves to the whites. However, with time,…