American Abstract Artists

become a universal pastime for many Americans. Popularity of college sports has peaked with the 2014 inaugural college football playoffs, becoming “[t]he two most-watched broadcasts in cable TV history,” with a combined total of 56.5 million viewers between the two semifinal games according to CNN (Pallotta). Young men playing college sports are exciting as it brings back the college atmosphere that many older individuals crave. However, some question if African-American players in football and…

The answer can be represented by the image chosen for my essay. The image depicts various scenes from the Hip-Hop culture. This culture popular mostly within the African American Race is what I refer to as “Black Cool”. Hip-Hop culture is not only toxic but degrading to the image, minds, lifestyle, and growth of African Americans. I intend to prove this in the following paragraphs. The “N” word is used immensely in Hip-Hop culture. It can be heard on the radio, in movies, restaurants, schools,…

August Wilson’s play Fences depicts the life of an average African American family during the late 1950’s. Discrimination towards African American people still played a role in society during that time. In an interview with the New York Times, Hansberry stated the purpose of the play was to “show the many gradations of even one Negro family, the clash of the old and the new, but most of all the unbelievable courage of the Negro people”. August Wilson’s plays provide the same intent as Hansberry…

within society. Franklin a man of many talents and expertise who had trouble fitting into the identity that society had for him but rather wanted his own identity and saw himself almost above society at the time. Douglass a self-educated African American man who also struggled with the stereotypes portrait on him by society, who would not conform to society at the time but rather diverge and become a very well respected social reformer and abolitionist. Society at the time of Douglass which is…

Every culture throughout the world has a different perception of what beauty. Some cultures, such as the African American culture for example, express beauty by showing off wealth and expensive features. In an image captured by C.E. Gomes, there is a Swahili woman posing gracefully with several extravagant accessories, such as multiple necklaces around the neck of the woman, along with a bracelet on each of the woman’s wrists. The clothing style of the Swahili woman is very elegant, with…

urban crisis in post WWII Detroit. Sugrue found that Detroits situation was not predetermined (Capeci 1718). Instead, it was the decisions of individuals, white middle class families, and organizations that dictated the lives of thousands of African Americans. Only after deep research and a series of case studies was Sugrue able to determine that Detroit suffered through an urban crisis due to corrupt public…

Systemic racism is a real thing that affects minorities in the United States, especially black Americans. Its effects create inequality and oppression. “Systemic racism includes the complex array of anti-black practices, the unjustly gained political- economic power of whites, the continuing economic and other resource inequalities along racial lines, and the white racist ideologies and attitudes created to maintain and rationalize white privilege and power.” (Cole, 2015) Because of its presence…

Across the board, Asian Americans outperform all other ethnic groups in education. They also choose to enroll themselves into upper level math courses when offered more often the other ethnic groups, as well as, do twice the amount of homework when compared to other ethnic groups. Asian Americans represent just roughly two percent of the nation’s population. However, the number of Asian Americans that are freshman enrolled at universities and institutions across the nation have a much stronger…

Sal has a pizzeria which has been around for over 25 years without any problems. The people around the neighborhood loved him until Buggin out questions his wall of only Italian American and no Black celebrities. He started a riot and this lead to a huge scene in which Radio Raheem was choked to death by police officers. This is an issue that still exists today, such as the Eric Garner case which he was strangled to death from a…

Wasalu Muhammad Jaco (Lupe Fiasco) and Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. are one of the best influential hip moguls of our generation. Both artists are from Chicago, Illinois and share similar back-stories in their lives, which was able to propel them from the stereotypical rappers that only talk about drugs money and sex. Common who made his debut in the 90’s talks about keeping Hip Hop from falling into the loop that mainstream rapping is turning into and with that his song “Dooinit” Which talks about a…