American Black Bear

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo suffered a fractured bone in his back as he tired to make a play against the Seattle Seahawks in Week 3 of the preseason. Reportedly, the injury could keep him out for six to 10 weeks of the regular season. In an interview on KRLD-FM 105.3 The Fan in Dallas on Tuesday, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones stated that Romo would remain on the active roster when they open the season against the New York Giants this Sunday. Jones added that he was “not really” interested…

“It is not our differences that divide us, it is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences,” said Audre Lorde, a Caribbean-American writer, and civil rights activist. In this quote she is saying that if we just agreed that we are different, and we won’t alway get along, then the world would be a more peaceful place. Even in today’s society people are pulled apart from others because of their differences. Even so the society today is better than it was during times…

believe that racism is restricted to blacks and whites only. This cannot be further from the truth. Racism affects other minority races in the country, including the Asians, Hispanics, Africans, among other non-white groupings. For example, Nicole Chung in the article, “What Goes Through Your Mind: On Nice Parties and Casual Racism” explores the racial treatment of Asians by non-Asians. Similarly, Larry Lehna talks about the distinct differences between whites and blacks in law enforcement.…

presented was when Maya pointed out her mother’s beauty, and that although she was colored, she still considered her to be beautiful. She always fantasized about having her beauty and confidence, which was a nice thing for her to point out about her black mother. Race also was a big lesson for Margaret to learn, because she figured out that she was different from the other people in her community. She thought this was a bad thing at the time but looking back now, she’s probably grateful for…

supposed to be free, but were treated otherwise. So did African Americans really gain their freedom during the era of Reconstruction? No, they did not. There are many examples of how slaves did not gain their freedom during the era of Reconstruction. One example of this is Black Codes. Black Codes were restrictions put on African Americans. Every area had different Black Codes, but some of the commonly used ones were African Americans couldn’t marry white men or women, couldn’t come within…

also illustrating how the great American hypocrisy affects this transition. A great example of this comes from two paragraphs discussing her father’s first job at a blood bank. The job is temporary, as he’s trying to get official certification to be a doctor in the United States, but he encounters difficulties. One woman is xenophobic to him, “[requesting] to see an “American” doctor” (Balcita 2006, 1) when he comes to her aid. While this is a prime example of American hypocrisy as I explained…

are gray. And my skin is fair. Look at my hand; whiter than yours’” (Chopin 904). Attempting to convince her husband that she is white, Desiree tries to do everything in her power to make her husband believe her because being black would have changed her life. If she was black, she would not be accepted,…

In “Early African American Muslim Movements and the Qur’an,” Herbert Berg seeks to evaluate the usefulness of the Qur’an in the Moorish Science Temple of America and the Nation of Islam movements, both having different interpretations of what it means to be a black Muslim. Berg argues that the Qur’an was used in these early African American Muslim organizations because of its independence from Christianity and “its ability to confer Islamic legitimacy on their movements and thus authority on…

interference. Black Lives Matter is an activist movement demanding freedom, justice and equality in the United States for African Americans. The manner in which citizens form opinions is an extensive process including environmental factors, psychological factors, socialization agents, and development processes. The Black Lives Matter movement is a well developed and evolved activist movement that is the initiation of the modernized, revamped, Black Liberation Movement. According to “Black Lives…

Values, Culture, and Socialization at the Mall Our group was assigned to take a trip to the Crossroads Mall in Portage, Michigan to observe others and keep track of twenty American values along with keeping a low profile and not making everything so noticeable. We did not ask for help and we made sure to stay communicating between our group. Even if we were approached by a greeting employee, we would just ensure them that we were just taking a look around the store. Values, Culture, and…