American psychologists

older white couple left with an unending financial burden from the Great Depression. Another drama, The Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, also shows the hardships that money can lead to. This drama presents the life of a lower class African American family, struggling to get through life in the late fifties. By comparing the initial financial situation of both families, how the men of the house chose to handle these situations…

The topic that will be discussed in this paper is the mass incarceration of African American males in the United States. However, before we can address the problem of the mass incarceration among African American males one needs to understand that mass incarceration is happening across the board for all groups in the United States. According to an article by Jim Webb, the US is only 5 percent of the world’s population but, this country now holds almost 25 percent of the worlds reported…

1. The African American museum is the only African American firefighter museum in the whole United States. The name of the museum challenged me to write about this unique site .I was wondering what the history of this archeological site is. Why specially the African Americans as firefighters. I decided to search more about the African American museum; so that I can briefly get an overview about the history of this place. The African American firefighter museum is located in Los Angeles County in…

the dictionary broaden his vocabulary. However, as he continued on with his studies, Malcolm gained knowledge about his people and the hardship that they faced for many years. This new founded knowledge and information lead his dislike in the white American. It, also, became an eye opener for him. He states, “ I never will forget how shocked I was when I began reading about slavery’s total horror.” (Seagull, p.282) Further, in the essay, Malcolm explains to his readers that a self education isn…

In Frankenstein and The Picture of Dorian Gray, Victor Frankenstein and Dorian Gray both want to achieve beauty. Frankenstein wants to create beauty in the form of another creature. Dorian wants to maintain his beauty, like in his portrait. It seems that both Victor and Dorian show us their view on the importance of beauty through their monsters, but it seems to show us two different consequences that occur for the pursuit of beauty. A theme that seems to run through both novels is obsession.…

doctor was not familiarized with the values, beliefs, or behaviors of a Vietnamese American, could the doctor really provide the proper etiquette to the patients? Bio-cultural Variations and Cultural…

the effects of racism on African-American males. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 70(1), 33. A synopsis of the source: When the Brown v. Board of Education did away with segregated schools, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, gave citizenship protection and equal rights to African Americans, there was a perception that all things were now equal and fair. African Americans males still feel experience spaces where they feel that they are invisible African Americans are aware of different…

I suppose everybody makes a foolish mistake at some point in their life. For me it was playing a stupid game called “Hostage”. In this game a group of people split into two teams and then two people, “The Hostages”, from each group are blindfolded and dropped off by the opposite team, somewhere outside of town. The objective is for the hostages to figure out where they are and call their teammates to come pick them up. First team back to the chosen base wins. After a long process…

The Declaration of independence was carefully drafted by Thomas Jefferson with influence from 18th century Enlightenment Philosopher, primarily the ideas of John Locke regarding government. Although many American may not be aware the United States has a political philosophy, we do; it can be found in the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence. Our political philosophy derives from, “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed, by…

During World War II Asian American were locked up even though they were citizens of the United States. There is even racial profiling within the same race, for instance, upper white class people calling lower class white people trailer trash. Lower class black people sometimes call…