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There are few restrictions on how Special Interest groups can operate. Their strategies and tactics mostly deals with lobbying and litigation. In addition, others also use letter writing, Internet campaigns, and stage public demonstration to gain media coverage (Thomas). In theory, pluralism conveys that there is a balance of power between interest groups because of constant competition to have their voice heard. In contrast, an elitist perspective conveys the elite interest groups who represent…

Paul Lawrence Dunbar was one of the most famous poets of his time. His poems were all different ways of expressing slavery, racism, and discrimination. He grew up in a time when black people were being separated from white people, when black people were being hung by different groups of white people, and when trouble was being pointed towards them (Williams). All of these situations he grew up with affected the people that he talks about in his poems (Williams). Even though Dunbar never…

In modern American disclosure, there has been a lot of discussion about what race connotes and denotes. One of things about race that can be contradicting is the word “Nigger” or “Nigga.” Back in the slavery days, African Americans were described as such. That one word was used to belittle black lives to be worthless and treated unfairly. As a black woman today, I know that one word alone is like the Helen of Troy, which was “the face that launch’d a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers…

Teaching your son to respect you, himself, and authority figures will play a major role in your son’s life as he enters into adulthood. There are way too many of our young men going to prison for drugs, robbery, or even murder. If your son doesn’t learn to respect you as his mother, he will certainly find it difficult to respect others in authoritative positions. I am truly disturbed when I see mothers and fathers applauding rude and disrespecting behaviors. I’ve seen parents post photos of…

Collins, in “Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender and The New Racism”, gives an in-depth analysis to the constructions of Black masculinity and femininity across socioeconomic levels and within particular notable roles (eg. the athlete, the parent). While she does pay close attention to the commodification of the sexualized Black female body by Black men, and what is referred to as “black-on-black violence” especially in her chapters “Booty Call” and “Get Your Freak On”, what she…

Washington is not a black feminist artist and does not consider herself a part of any political movement, just like Pickett, she identifies herself as black woman who is a mother and artist. Her artwork also speaks to a feminist perspective message. Washington knew earlier on in the 1960’s her artwork did not fit the mold of mainstream white galleries. Washington’s priority was not being called a black feminist it was about showing her artwork. She felt black women were being overlooked because…

Over the course of the years that African American Studies has been a separate functioning entity, there have been different ideological and political reasons for why African American studies are needed in institutions of higher education. Scholars such as Nathan Hare, John Henrik Clark, John W. Blassingame and Devere E. Pentony have given their own varied rationales as to why they believe African American Studies is a necessity within these institutions; if it is even one at all. Each of these…

Camille Cavicchio English Dr. Love 4/21/15 Flannery O’Conner Flannery O’Conner’s stories are right in imagery and symbolization. The moral of a Flannery O’Conner story is to successfully show, in the plainest way possible, the action of God’s grace. Flannery O’Conner’s most impacting story is The Artificial Nigger. Flannery O’Conner’s goal in the story is to have one character accept and identify the grace of God, which leads to a change in their actions and characteristics. The story opens…

The Black Man Living in the United States, we can all agree that the states is like a mixture of different culture, different races and ethnicity. It is like a cocktail, sometimes it can feel like we don 't truly belong. Being African American, otherwise known as Black, whether it is African, Jamaican, or Haitian, that sense of belonging truly sometimes seize to exist. We live in a society where, the black man is till fighting to be recognized, accepted and belong. We often feel different,…

Slavery was taken place almost all around the world. Once slavery was over, the people of African ancestry had to face some common struggles and they still do, today. A few common struggles are racism and lack of opportunities by treating the trauma. Treating so one can overcome those struggles. Through the film Sugar Cane Alley and in the video Post Traumatic Slave Disorder by Dr. Joy De Gruy, will demonstrate how the people of African ancestry will overpass their obstacles. One of the many…