American inventors

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…

another form or way to obtain the same material wealth as other people in society ().Behaviorist would say The War on Drugs doesn’t discourage young African American males from seeking illegal careers when denied employment. The illegalities of drugs keep the price and also demand high leaving drug…

a certain race. We are all aware of racism, I believe that racism has something to do with people of color not being thought as on the same level as those who are white. According to the Washington Post “The report showed that even after African Americans find work, they earn less than white men with the same level of education.”(Matre 2014) Throughout history we have always seen whites held higher than blacks. I think that our society is being conditioned to try and keep white superiority over…

Claude McKay was an influential leader of the Harlem Renaissance who also advocated against the racism that African-Americans receive. He wrote many works for this cause, among them was the poem “America” inside of the text of his book Harlem Shadows. People have many different thoughts and beliefs about the poems. James R. Keller tries to give his analysis of "America" along with McKay’s other works. Keller explains this in his article titled as “ ‘A Chafing Savage, Down the Decent Street’:…