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    Coates addresses the issue that revolves around the black body. In America we have blacks that live in fear by treatment they receive from education, police, and society due to the color of their skin. Another factor would be how blacks are excluded and targeted from the system all over America. This is a tremendous case that is happening currently in America in which the role of the pipeline is taking its part of. Statistics demonstrate that blacks that dropout end up in jail or are victims of…

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    African Americans. Washington’s views and efforts are so prominent and respected for that era, due to the fact that he was able to accomplish a great deal as an African American. Through his achievements and belief system, he became the conduit for blacks and whites to communicate and exist together to some degree. Even though Mr. Washington has been held in high esteem among many people in regards to his ideology pertaining to the progression of African Americans; Mr. Du Bois has very…

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    “Compare the way two texts you have studied represent the same idea or same group.” Introduction: The Help and No Sugar both represent the same ideas of racism and inequality in a society with the mistreatment of African-American and Aboriginal people from white people. No Sugar is a play written by Jack Davis and is about the Millimurra family’s stand against government ‘protection’ in Australia during the 1930’s. This play portrays the inequality between aboriginals and white Australians.…

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    Years seem to pass by and the same issue just keep on occurring. The issue of the mistreatment and brutality among African Americans, especially targeting young African American men. Fruitvale Station, a movie released in 2013 viewed, once again, viewed the brutality upon African American men. Throughout history, the media has put a lens on African American Brutality, this exploration became popular to America during the Civil Rights Movement. There were many incidents of brutality before the…

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    inner cities are filled with drugs and violence. It would increase the crimes in the inner cities. The members of Project 21 said that, “paying reparations would be logistically impossible and add that such payments would not heal the ills of the black…

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    Sandra Bland Case Analysis

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    On the 13th of July 2015, Sandra Bland a 28-year-old black African American was discovered hanging in a cell. Police officials have ruled the death of Sandra Bland as a suicide. However, black citizens refuse to believe this claim. Black citizens accuse the police of racially and sexually abusing Sandra Bland. Three days prior, Sandra Bland was stopped by the police officer Brian Encinia over a minor traffic incident. Footage from the police dash cam showed the officer forcing Bland out of the…

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    freedom, and fighter of injustice, and fighter of Black Liberation. DuBois is an inspiration not only to sociology but to Black lives matter activist. He noticed the race problem and was trying to solve it and cure colored prejudice. W.E.B. DuBois was an influential leader, his experience was one of the reasons why he such an influential leader, and he made a great contribution to Black movement. In what ways didW.E.B DuBois actions help with the Black Lives Matter movement? In Modern days…

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    secession, the Emancipation Proclamation, the ratification of amendments 13 through 15, the Ku Klux Klan, the Freedman’s Bureau and Black Codes. Throughout the era of 1860-1877, the constitutional and social developments both contributed…

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    B Dubois were both activists that wanted to help elevate African Americans by challenging white supremacy, but they did have different routes they took in order to contribute to the black community. Booker T. wanted blacks to attend schools, but to enhance their agricultural skills, whereas W.E.B Dubois wanted blacks to get an education, cultivate the mind and become leaders. In the “African Americans: A Concise History”, Booker T. Washington stated, “No race can prosper till it learns that…

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    Black Boy Reflection

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    Wright dealt with terrible events through his life. He did not whatsoever let it tear him down though. I believe he dealt with and coped with those horrific events through writing, believing, and using his bright imagination. Mr. Wright’s writing not only influenced me to become a better person but others too. In his book Black Boy, he helped me empathize and sympathize with him, his family, and the black community through his writing. When Richard Wright was young he went through terrible…

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