Afro-Asian

The entire Angela Davis lecture was phenomenal. She discussed so many topics and interacted with the audience, which turned the lecture into a fun experience and not only informative but also very entertaining to listen to and watch. I would grade the lecture with an A. I love how she related everything from the past to present because in reality not much has changed when it comes to racism and slavery and the challenges we face as not only African American but also being an African American…

“Black folk have always maintained a dynamic and vibrant life of the mind. Not even slavery, Reconstruction’s failure, and the rise of state-sponsored terrorism could stamp out their creativity and scientific genius” (Gomez 2005, 183). While many things have been taken from black people, they can’t and won’t be stripped of their happiness and creativity. Throughout the Diaspora blacks have been faced with enduring the struggles of colonialism, which became the symbol for white supremacy and…

Throughout the course, we have explored the multifaceted, constantly changing concept of gender (1). Culture, religion, politics and global relations affect the manor in which gender has been shaped. There are many different theories about the possible biological and physiological influence as well as theories that utilize only social and cultural basis. One of the most complicated aspects of understanding gender is the difference between sex and gender. The definition of sex (2), the result of…

America, the great country founded upon the ideals of freedom and equality for all, sadly associates “all” only with wealthy white landowning citizens. When Reconstruction ended in 1877, the Fourteenth Amendment promised black citizens equal protection under the law. With the beginning of the Progressive 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…

Have Civil Rights Improved Since the 1960s? The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s was a mass popular movement to secure African Americans equal access to and opportunities for the basic privileges and rights of United States citizenship. (insert in-text citation) Throughout the 21st century, racial equality has been a major topic. Has racial equality improved since the Civil Rights Movement? Rosa Parks said (insert in-text citation) “Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our…

“Being Black” What is someone’s first thought when asked what “black” is? Would they think strictly of the actual color? This is probably what most people think of first. Now if they were asked what “being black” is, what comes to their mind? No one is going to think, “Well there’s no way someone can be a color.” This is because when dealing with the term “being black”, the actual color is left out and black becomes a whole different connotation. See, many people may say being black is just…

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…

When one opens up a newspaper, magazine or their favorite news channel they might not realize that each source has an agenda. I can probably make an educated guess on your political ideologies based on what sources you read on a consistent basis. Fox News, in particular has been accused by numerous of academic and political figures of having various biases in their news coverage as well as perpetuating more extensive views of a conservative bias. In Bill O’Reilly news segment, “Black Lives is…

matter the use or social setting within the bounds of music ebonics transcends the need for a social or professional setting because music is universal. According to graph A the amount of hip hop sales in country is 19% as of 2014. According to census applied to the US there ranged 317 million americans in US making us the third most populous country to date. Applying the 19% to this we find that 4,121,000 ( rounded) americans were hip hop users during this era. With this that means 4,121,000…

After learning about the different trials and tribulations that the black community as a whole had to endure in the past to provide a better future for the next generation, I would say that the twenty-first century American Negro in 2016 are strong, confident, and intelligent black men and women who used their gifts to bring about positive change within their communities. They do not need to be highly educated to achieve these gifts, but the most important thing of all is that they have to have…