Afro-Eurasia

Racial profiling is an expanding issue all through the country. Brent Staples explains in “Black Men and Public Space” people are prejudiced towards others of different races, especially black males. Staples is a dark skin man who has faced racial challenges. He has been noticed by others as being a criminal, various people feared Staples. People would take a look in his direction and see danger just by the way he walked, and dressed around the city. Brent Staples was viewed as the victim during…

In the minds of many American’s Malcolm X is a great example when it come to evolution. Most particularly all race can relate to him until this day because of his empowerment. In the early life of Malcolm his father was murdered by the Ku-Klux-Klan, known as a supremacist cult. After the death of his father his mother was sent to a mental hospital which it effected Malcolm, he felt powerless to change his condition. When Malcolm x went to prison it had amazing impact in his life, he read every…

Late 19th and early 20th century, the history of African Americans in the critical moment, WEB DuBois and Booker T. Washington have each put forward a revitalization of black nationalism to win equal rights program, which led to a serious cause of black ideological circles controversy. In fact, the goal of DuBois and Booker T. Washington is consistent, that is, blacks are no longer subjected to discrimination and stigmatization, enjoy constitutional civil rights and genuine freedom and equality.…

Sojouner Truth, “Aren’t I a Woman” which holds the powerful, strong-minded, gave a speech that gives African American a sense of relief that they are well longing for. At the same time, they are presented on the knowledge of how African American women are faced with discrimination and inequality in America. I will discuss Sojouner Truth’s use of personal experiences to educate the emotional response from her response, the repetition in to build her arguments of the inequality amongst African…

During World War II a movement began. This movement was largely known as the Double Victory or Double V movement. It was used by the African American community who had been downtrodden to gain equal rights. In hopes of gaining equal rights blacks joined the war effort in any way that they could. May that be supply transport or flying a plane, they gave what they had to America through the war. During their enlistment Blacks faced intense discrimination, arguably worse there than back home. Black…

Throughout life, there will always be obstacles standing in the way of your dreams. People will try to push you down, and prevent you from succeeding. Whenever you are facing struggles in life, remember to always look for the light in the darkness. Black Boy, written by Richard Wright, follows Richard through his life, as he tries to overcome the daily struggles of racism. As Richard grows up, he must face the difficulties of not only growing up, but growing up as a Black boy. With the…

Opening scene police siren in the background streaks of blood crawl across the street, next to a cold lifeless body full of bullet holes. The body was a young African American teenager who had just been shot. The camera pans around the crime scene to reveal a unidentified hand picking up a bullet casing. The camera then turns to a group of African American girls no more than ten years old outside, at god knows what time witnessing I am sure a traumatizing event. After that you here a voice from…

The 2013 Ryan Coogler directed movie, Fruitvale Station, was a drama movie in which detailed the life of Oscar Grant. An African American man who was gunned down by police on New Year’s in 2009. Grant, along with friends, were at the center of an incident in which law enforcement was called to Fruitvale Station, a subway station in Oakland, California. Many people recorded the shooting, which also shown Grant lying face down, already arrested, and unarmed. The resulting outcome was series of…

This last essay aims to shed some light on the issue of rioting and urban violence in American cities and the role it played in shaping the public opinion on race relations. This essay will use the discussion from class and the article by Melissa Hickman Barlow to achieve soundness while addressing the issue of urban violence. Rioting and urban violence are ways for individuals to show their opposition to government policies or practices. During the Civil Right Movement in America, there were…

be celebrated, loved and accepted. Wangechi Mulu: “… Part of my challenge…is to envision, not so much blackness as a race, but the existence of African elements in culture in the future and how is that possible.”, she will continue to inspire other Afro-futurists and continue to blossom…