Black people

“dark skin is not valued by one’s peers, community or society” generally, the youth can “develops feelings of low self-esteem and question their self-worth” (Nittle). As a result, of having a diminished sense of worth, “over fifty-five percent of Black girls and boys (aged nine to seventeen years old) engage in using skin bleaching products such as whitenicious, white-glow, etc (Hunter). The ingredients in “skin lightening products such as these have been linked to skin cancer”(Williams).…

Negative stereotypes depicted of black people for entertainment date back to the blackface minstrel shows in mid-19th century. The stereotypes presented on television and film have evolved, most relating or being the stereotypes in the minstrel shows. As well, rap music and the rap music industry emphasizes negative stereotypes of African-Americans. The rap industry and music promote negative stereotypes of black people as it fuels negative stereotypes such as black men being thugs, hypersexual,…

African-Americans have dealt with the strains of finding and becoming comfortable with their own identity in America. The reason for this is because from the time of slaves being brought into this country there has been two Americas; a “white” America and a “black” America. Both are the same country but divided by different means. The Americas are divided by the majority and minority groups. With African-Americans being the minority they are pressured into feeling as though they have to change…

movie. I did not know what to expect from watching this movie, but I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. This was a scary movie because it showed the social construct in society, how wealthy people get what they want while others get hurt in the process. The movie is about a successful, talented black photographer name Chris. Chris and his white girlfriend (Rose) travels to her hometown to visit her parents. Chris and his friend(Rod) had already spoke and joked about his girlfriend…

intolerance in the USA in the years 1919 – 1930? After the war the nations had been left suffering in high debt and poverty. However after a short post war depression the American economy started to grow rapidly in the 1920s. Americans were the richest people in the world and the standard of living in USA…

SLAVERY ENDED AFTER CIVIL WAR Life as African American people has dramatically changed since the civil war. Before the civil war, the owner of Southern plantations owned lots of slaves. Most slaves worked long hours on their daily bases. They never got paid for their hard work. They were abused all the time by their owners, and they lived in bad conditions. Conversely to the South, the black people in the North were free men. Many of them were educated in school and joined the army in helped…

all while under the guise of keeping people 'safe '. Social movements have always existed, especially in response to the corruption within the police force,…

Lamar song TBTB: ideologies of black identity and the law enforcement discriminating black individuals. The next section will selectively code by breaking down the finding of each theme and connect the political and social oppression found within them. Theme one is the ideologies of black identity. Immediately, before even analyzing the song, the title itself present a hidden message about black identity “The Blacker the Berry”, the original phrase is “ the black the berry, the sweeter the…

The people are our teachers. People who have struggled to support themselves and large families, people who have survived in Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi, have learned something we need to know. There is a fantastic poetry in the lives of the people who have survived with strength and nobility. One of the interesting developments in the South is there was new movements for the revival of true Black American folk music and other old cultural forms, such as dance and story. The moving force…

perpetrated against the black community, as well as increased access to media, the United States has become increasingly polarized, creating a black community that feels betrayed and dejected. Subsequently, hip-hop artists have turned to the microphones to take a stand. Jasari X, and Mick Jenkins, both exemplify the ongoing and systemic oppression perpetrated against black people by demonstrating the tremendous affect prejudice and discriminatory violence has on a group of people. In recent…