Armenian diaspora

Markus Prime: Woman in Shackles(Unknown) “Don’t touch my fucking hair” (Prime, 2016) A common response by African American women whenever a person of another race comments on or tries to touch their ethnic hair. Markus Prime is a well renowned graphic artist within the African American community. He is an activist of Black rights and often displays them in his illustrations. His main focus is usually what happens within the life of an African American woman and how society treats her. One of…

In her book Black Sexual Politics, Patricia Hill Collins states, “The growing interconnectedness of prison, street, and youth culture, with the importance given to hierarchies of masculinity, became repackaged and sold within the commoditized relations of global mass media. These ideas now permeate not only African American culture but also have become markers of a new form of authentic Blackness” (Collins, pg. 211). In my personal opinion, I agree with Patricia Hill Collins’ view on how African…

Conclusions. Financial challenges, academic difficulties and institutional reputation at a prestigious institution can have lasting effects on the experiences of Black students. Financial challenges can interfere with the ability to take advantage of certain opportunities, limit the chance to interface with more affluent classmates or cause stress that can distract them from favorable academic achievement. It can also impact decisions such as living preferences. For example, four of the…

George Phillips was a man who live in the 19th century in the United States. He was an educated man and a farmer in Lawrence New Jersey. He was married and a father of 5 children who varied in age and one died young. Some of his children were grown and helped him run his farm which was his livelihood and main source of income. Mr. Phillips kept a diary from 1850 until 1864 of his life in which he would write out his life essentially day by day. Some days he might just describe the weather often…

The Italian American Discourse Community During the past couple of weeks I have been observing the Italian discourse community, which I am apart of as my immediate family are Italian-Americans. Through the many observations, I have been able to grasp a better understanding on how distinct the Italian-American community is in comparison to the other communities around me. I examined the community Italian-American discourse community rigorously and I found many characteristics that make the…

gathered in New York with hopes of finding power and faith within themselves. This was known as the Harlem Renaissance. After the Civil Rights Movement, it was hard for African Americans to adapt to their new lifestyle. The Harlem Renaissance was the time where they found their way to becoming the citizens they are and live the life they deserved. The black culture became prosperous during the Harlem Renaissance through their music, art, and poetry and with this it caused for the black community…

AFRICAN AMERICANS WRONGLY CONVICTED 3 Why Are African Americans More Likely to Be Wrongly Convicted in the United States? Introduction Imagine, you are just minding your business walking down a street and an officer stop you to bring you to the station to question you. The next thing you know you are being charged for a crime you didn’t commit. Another scenario is that you could have just been at the wrong place at the wrong time and now you are facing a charge you have never…

The decolonization and road to independence of African countries was prominent occurence from the 1940s onwards. Key factors in the process towards independence were aspects such as the drafting of the atlantic charter which stressed the importance of self- determination, as well as the rise of an educated group of leaders by the likes of Leopold Senghor and Robert Mugabe who were inspired by Pan African ideals and Marxism. The two leaders played different roles of significance within their…

Starting with “Negro English” or “Black Speech”, these were the first denominations that African American English had. It has to do with the period of time to which they belonged, as at this time colored people would be also designated as “Negro”. It has also been labeled as “Black communication”, which makes more sense than the other two as, at least, this label is referring to the communication patterns, or the communication features, that could be found in the black speech. Also following the…

In Citizen, Claudia Rankine provides political commentary through real-life anecdotes and poems on the modern day treatment of African-Americans. We know from the text and from current events that race is a heated topic of debate, and by including both everyday instances and overarching stigmas, Rankine is able to illustrate individual African-American experiences. Rankine’s constant shift in the race of the speaker between Caucasian and African-American people greatly influences how we may…