American psychologists

of our evolutionary history, that is, it developed early on as a survival mechanism and later was used to obtain safety, material goods and status (Bartol & Bartol, 2011). A definitive definition of aggression is difficult to come by but most psychologists state that, for the most part, aggression is the intent or attempt to harm someone physically or socially or to destroy an object (Bartol & Bartol, 2011).…

Similarly, the Paradise Jesus had promised for his people have been intentionally sabotaged for African Americans where their lavish lifestyle was traded for injustice, hardship, and bondage by Europeans and White Americans. That’s not paradise; it is called slavery. Slavery has created a dysfunctional relationship between whites and African Americans. In today 's society, many African Americans are living with the curse of slavery, where white supremacy underscores…

continued to face hardships while building schools and finding educators. Aside from the undeniable physical pain slaves had to suffer through, mental and psychological pain also stuck with many, years after freedom. Despite all of this, many African Americans were able to fend for themselves after freedom, some even writing autobiographies. Solomon Northup is an example of one of…

normal in America has become a hindrance for African American women to express their unique beauty in today’s society. The ideal image that has been pushed through media is the Eurocentric beauty, causing Native American, Hispanics and African Americans to conform to look more American. African Americans have been working hard to mold themselves to what they feel is most acceptable in society for years now. Since post emancipation, the African American culture has two methods to “fix” their…

Whether or not “biological race” exists has been a topic of controversy over the span of many years. American anthropologist Michael L Blakey (1999), who specializes in the study of African Americans, defines biological race as “a population that differs from others in the frequency of one or more biological traits”. However, while it is wonted to say that biological race is merely a fixation upon cultural connotations (and often the two are confused), anthropologists have questioned the true…

African Americans. The early 1900s were a time when Jim Crows laws dictated where blacks went, ate, slept, and learned. It banned them from specific facilities and what they can and can't do. The Jim Crows laws enforced racial segregation in the Southern States. “We must not eat with them, must not shake hands with them, seek to talk to them or to meet with them outside the requirements of military service. We must not commend too highly these troops, especially in front of white Americans” -…

disease by the American Psychiatric Association and removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders(Vider). Nonetheless, although homosexuality isn 't considered a disease anymore, the treatment, SOCE therapy, is still in full effect today.Now this is a perfectly fine fact for consenting adults who wish to engage in unnecessary psychoanalytic treatment, yet should a child…

way to the new world, now known as North & South America, the Columbian Exchange affected the Native Americans severely; with the exchange of foods, goods, and livestock, it also brought European diseases in America (The Americans 28-29). As a result, the decreasing Native American population influenced the Europeans to replace the Natives for African slaves. They brought ten million African American slaves into America; twenty percent of the slaves died from diseases, suicide, or whippings…

the U.S. mainly stems from immigrants, individuals who have migrated from another country. With any change there is struggle, especially when it comes to adapting to the culture of a new country. Amongst many immigrants who struggle to adapt to the American culture are those in the Latino Community. According to the U.S Census Bureau (2010), about 52 million Latinos /Hispanics live in the United States, which makes them the largest ethnic minority group living in the United States. The Census…

Pictures, is a movie based on a true story of an African-American man named Chris Gardner, a multi-millionaire investor and a motivational speaker. Gardner is not only a persistent, hard-working, assertive and confident man, but also a responsible father, who played both roles as a single parent. Thus, he is a clear example to prove that the negative perspectives about African-American men are wrong. As people think, most of African-American masculinity is egotistical and weak. To be more…