American Abstract Artists

When the System Fails: Reparations for Grievous Abuses of Human Rights African Americans that are alive today and were alive when our government and our citizens were perpetrating human rights crimes against their race should be paid reparations; however, the African American ancestors of those brutalized and dehumanized within the institution of slavery should not be paid reparations. To be an African American witness to crimes against your race perpetrated with impunity by a system of…

However for African Americans this is not the case. African Americans are portrayed as successful and educated on cable shows. One possible reason for this may be that the media is trying to give off the idea that racism is not an issue anymore. On the contrary, the way African Americans are represented on cable news is vastly different than how they are represented on television. African Americans are twice as likely to be shown on the news for a violent crime than White Americans. (Video) This…

address this question by defining Ghettocracy and Afristocracy, discussing how blackness is defined in the United States and whether these two social classes within the African American race nullifies blackness in America. Cosby’s attack on poor black Americans at a public event aired the dirty laundry within the African American race by clearly dividing blacks into class categories and plotting one against the other. According to Dyson (2005), his comments are not isolated, but are held by…

doesn’t want to lose him. Comparing Martin Luther King and Crito, they were both willing to break the law in order to achieve their goals. Martin Luther King had an excellent reason to break laws because the ones in Birmingham were against African Americans and he had wanted to bring awareness of this to the whole country. As a citizen to society, King wanted change for his people and will do whatever it takes to make it happen, for example doing protests or marches. On the other hand, Crito…

only makes the six o’clock news when young African American males such as Eric Gardner and Michael Brown, are left to die on a city street product of being hit by an official bullet or an official “take-down technique”. In my previous provocation, I deliberated in context about sociological “privilege”, specifically how during the chaotic and turbulent 1950s and 60s, a white student was awarded an opportunity towards success, while the African American student became the forgotten character of…

African American have been forced to deal with unequal opportuinity and poverty. Malcolm X is one of the examples that face through his whole life racism and its consequences. He is a man who changes the history of Amereica. He preached what he believed about racism, discrimination, and segregation. He wanted peace just like any other color person. He wanted to be free, and everyone to live under the same rules. He stands for justice and is a courageous advocate for the right of African…

"Mum, I HATE salad, I don 't want to eat salad!!" He says as he slams his hands down on the dining table. The youngest is hardly getting any attention because the oldest is throwing an epic tantrum over something that he hasn 't even tried yet. It 's really not uncommon in our house. I try to keep my calm. "Don 't focus on the things you don 't want to eat, focus on the things you do want to eat. Maybe start with some chicken." I say as I turn his plate so that the chicken is in his face and…

The Afro American Newspaper framed three ladies standing with nooses around their neck in protest against lynching in Georgia on January 1st, 1946. Lynching refers to death by hanging by the white mob. I chose women in protest as opposed to a violent, voyeuristic lynch mob scene because it demonstrates taking an individual stance against racial segregation and atavism. The women depicted in the picture stand outside a forest. Note the trees are blurred as the camera lens primarily focuses on the…

and actions, values are passed down generation by generation. Racism is something that can just be caused by human nature and instinct. Ferguson, Missouri is an example where inherent racism is an issue. In an area which is predominantly African American, there is so…

Over the course of time, laws and policies have been changed to conveniently to ensure it is easier for police to search and arrest African Americans. Initially, police could only search citizens with a search warrant and probable cause. However, it has become normal for people, especially those of color to be search without either. When these searches are conducted they are labeled safety searches (or what they 're most commonly referred as, "stop and frisk") and are allegedly conducted in the…