Armenian diaspora

the rise of state-sponsored terrorism could stamp out their creativity and scientific genius” (Gomez 2005, 183). While many things have been taken from black people, they can’t and won’t be stripped of their happiness and creativity. Throughout the Diaspora blacks have been faced with enduring the struggles of colonialism, which became the symbol for white supremacy and cultural oppression. European countries scrambled to divide Africa while exploiting the continent’s resources and their people.…

America, the great country founded upon the ideals of freedom and equality for all, sadly associates “all” only with wealthy white landowning citizens. When Reconstruction ended in 1877, the Fourteenth Amendment promised black citizens equal protection under the law. With the beginning of the Progressive Era, lasting from the 1890s to the 1920s, African Americans expected significant improvements in their political and economic standings. However, white Americans influenced by racial ideology…

“Being Black” What is someone’s first thought when asked what “black” is? Would they think strictly of the actual color? This is probably what most people think of first. Now if they were asked what “being black” is, what comes to their mind? No one is going to think, “Well there’s no way someone can be a color.” This is because when dealing with the term “being black”, the actual color is left out and black becomes a whole different connotation. See, many people may say being black is just…

Originating during slavery, the African American family is an institution that has encountered an abounding amount of obstacles for centuries. Yet, since the 1960s, there has been a rapid decrease in the black family. Three theorist who examined the African American family were E. Franklin Frazier, Daniel Moynihan, and H. Gutman. Frazier’s was the first to examine the black family’s characteristics and the cause for its slow decline; Moynihan echoed Frazier and provided data to support his…

When one opens up a newspaper, magazine or their favorite news channel they might not realize that each source has an agenda. I can probably make an educated guess on your political ideologies based on what sources you read on a consistent basis. Fox News, in particular has been accused by numerous of academic and political figures of having various biases in their news coverage as well as perpetuating more extensive views of a conservative bias. In Bill O’Reilly news segment, “Black Lives is…

Principle of Identity “ Negro was something I was never entirely comfortable with”(McBride 89).Many biracial kids struggle with forming their identity because they are unsure if they should be black or white; they fail to realize that they can be whoever they want to be. Faced with judgments of both family and friends biracial children face great difficulty in the society that they live in.Young children form an opinion about race at a very early age which affects the way they perceive…

matter the use or social setting within the bounds of music ebonics transcends the need for a social or professional setting because music is universal. According to graph A the amount of hip hop sales in country is 19% as of 2014. According to census applied to the US there ranged 317 million americans in US making us the third most populous country to date. Applying the 19% to this we find that 4,121,000 ( rounded) americans were hip hop users during this era. With this that means 4,121,000…

After learning about the different trials and tribulations that the black community as a whole had to endure in the past to provide a better future for the next generation, I would say that the twenty-first century American Negro in 2016 are strong, confident, and intelligent black men and women who used their gifts to bring about positive change within their communities. They do not need to be highly educated to achieve these gifts, but the most important thing of all is that they have to have…

To this day, oppression remains a strategic way in manipulating others. Oppression is defined as the exploitation of power over a group or an individual to accomplish domination (Bishop, 2002). There are many factors that can be used to achieve complete control. These factors include but are not limited to: separation, the establishment of a hierarchy, and the incorporation of competition into the society (Bishop, 2002). Additionally, different forms of oppression are evident in society.…

Review of the Literature A recent study conducted by Education Trust (2016) found that over the past decade, graduation rates for African American students improved by 4.4 percent compared to 5.6 percent for white students. However, because completion rates of African American students progressed at a slower and lower rate the graduation gap has grown. Of the 232 institutions studied 68.5 percent of the institutions had an African American student graduation rate increase, while 31.5 percent of…