Black Bottom

officer to perceive the unarmed Black man as threatening, even if he wasn’t. If it were possible for cops to exclusively use bottom-up processing, then the cops would process the reaction to an unarmed Black man using only their sensor receptors, and would therefore only see him as an unarmed Black man, and nothing more. Emotions and motivation can top-down influence perceptions. Angry people are more likely to perceive objects as guns, so in the case of the unarmed Black man, if a cop is angry…

violence towards black lives increase gun control, save lives, and promote equality amongst the races. Strict gun control law reform needs to take place in order to prevent unnecessary killings of black lives. According to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health, it was found that “fatal police shootings were about half as common in states whose gun laws place them in the top 25% of stringency than they were in states where such restrictions ranked in the bottom 24%” (Healy,…

Africans, America wouldn’t have flourished to the country it is today. If slaves had control over their own profit then they would have something to pass down to future generations. But since this wasn’t the case, former slaves had to start from the bottom up and grow from…

In “Straight outta Compton,” directed by F. Gary Gray, some undiscovered artists from Compton want to make money and become rappers while living in very poor conditions. During the movie, the transformation from these undiscovered artists to famous rappers slowly begins to change they way these rapper were viewed as people. What once were best friends begin to think of each other as enemies because of the money made and the power gained from rapping and being famous. Race, Setting, and the…

his piece, “Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism” he talks about how slavery and its long lasting effect has left the black population in a bad position.…

is a racial scandal or something. Racism, bigotry these are just such hot button issues and the media loves it.” In other words, John What Rocker meant by this is that today’s media tend to write articles that deal with a white policeman shooting a black unharmed man because of a crime but the media makes it look as if it was an act of racism. Many people say that the media are doing this just to get money from the articles, but the main reason why the media does this is to show that they want…

make it from the bottom to the top MVP. Not many poets or writers are expected to be remembered in the future but Nikki Giovanni’s name will carry on for centuries. At first when Nikki started of in Fisk many would think she would not make it anywhere but she never stopped fighting and now she is one of the most famous talked about poets. She isn 't like a typical poet she really cares about her readers. Nikki Giovanni truly wants the best for everyone. She is strong independent black woman who…

As the United States black power movement of the 1960’s and 70’s gained momentum, African American artists seized the scene and created pieces that reflected their history of oppression and embraced the progress towards attaining equality. Focusing on two works in particular, Betye Saar’s iconic The Liberation of Aunt Jemima (1972), and Richard Hunt’s sculpture the Outgrown Pyramid #1 (1973), will help uncover the plight of African American’s at that time. These artists both demonstrate a keen…

Black women have been oversexualized throughout their existence. Since black women were taken from their homeland of African and brought to this country of America, there has been a constant oppression of black women through the stereotypes that have been created. Stereotypes with different meanings and connotations have been designed to explain and justify the behavior of black women. This ideology of oversexulization falls under the stereotype of the “Jezebel complex” which is the modern-day…

they always had. Leontia had black hair that was frizzy and had a strong face. Also, Leontia was very skinny except for the fat belly because she was pregnant.She was a peasant so she did not get a lot of food and clean water like the rich people did.She was a brave woman and was not scared to speak up.She would have told the government that we should have equal rights but her husband said,”you know what they will do to you” Caduceus was also a skinny man and had black frizzy hair just like…