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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…

portrayal of African Americans in the film industry is pretty different from what they were in the past. Compared to our society, the portrayals of African Americans in the past were negative. Since one of Hollywood’s main goals as time progressed was to make films that are more relatable, the films had to follow the specific trend that was going on in that time. Many films followed the lifestyles of individuals living in antebellum South. The only roles available for African Americans in film…

Today’s society has made it impossible for women, African American women especially to love the skin they’re in. Either you’re praised for having the flattest stomachs, and the biggest butts in the media world; or you’re frowned upon for it in the “white business world.” African American women have been known to be have rather wide hips and plumped bottoms. In today’s age all of our celebrity role models have had some work done. It seems like you have to enlarge your body parts to flourish in…

Abstract The present study attempts to analyses selected works of the two eminent American authors on whom very little research work seems to have been undertaken through the angle of Black aesthetics. Richard Wright and Toni Morrison novelists are an effort to bring out the central theme of the Black American experience in an unjust society like America. Compare and contrast the ways that these two American writers have conceived the relationship between racial oppression (black) and the…

achievements, and the opportunities they have created for others through their willingness to jump racial hurdles in the pursuit to express themselves wholly. By properly educating the masses on the important contributions that these brilliant minds made to American culture and society in its entirety, I posit that America could come to not only love black people as it loves Black culture, but to further understand and appreciate both. The artists Tate dissects whose contributions most…

Before the Ghetto: Black Detroit in the Nineteenth Century David Katzman’s Before the Ghetto: Black Detroit in the Nineteenth Century is known as one of the first volumes to explore in depth an urban black Detroit community in the nineteenth century. David Katzman researched and carefully examined the history of Detroit’s black community up until 1870; which allowed him to provide a detailed historic overview. Katzman devotes each chapter to important structural factors of black Detroit.…

is an African American woman whose artistic abilities are showcased through her published novels, essays, and poems. One of Walker’s essays written in 1974, exemplifies her search for the origin of her creativity as well as the struggle for freedom of expression that women of color have experienced throughout history. In Alice Walker’s essay titled, “In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens”, the author effectively utilizes ethos, logos, and pathos to convince her female African American audience that…

in explicit racism even if it’s not their intention. African Americans, but black men specifically have a large-scale of unfavorable stereotypes, including: gangsters, lazy, poor, feels less pain, jailbirds, etc. It’s common for black men to be followed in stores, imagine walking into a jewelry store just to have the owner lock the glasses at your presence. Now let’s look at the stereotypes of police officers specifically Native Americans. While an officer role in society is to protect and serve…