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experiences become the “norm” while black, female, and homosexual experiences become “deviant,” and this status quo is kept in balance with the stigmatization of deviant experiences (Collins 96-97). The sexual practices of Black people, and the sexual practices of homosexuals are stigmatized so that white heterosexuality becomes the ideal. These stigmas translate over so that Black people are seen as promiscuous or afflicted with excessive…

class but gave little insight on what the class would be about. When I read the title and description of the class I believed that we would be a simple Black history class, but after taking this class, I learned that it was so much more. Before, I thought I had Blackness figured out seeing that I am a Black woman, but after taking Introduction to the Black Experience, I have learned that there is so much history and ideology I have yet to learn or hear about. More than anything, this class gave…

“ To ignore evil is to become accomplice to is” - Martin Luther King Jr. it was these words said during a dark time in American history, it was a time of separation and hatred called segregation. Segregation was when blacks were separated from whites and they had to attend different schools,use different bathrooms, and use different water fountains. Segregation broke the 14th amendment and a lot of the stuff was not equal also segregation caused lot of racism, but some may argue that it was…

8000 of their coffee shops across America in order to give all their employees a lesson on biased racism. Recently a video showing of the store manager calling the police on two black men for trespassing. The video shocked the world and Kim 2 because of protests, Starbucks decided to take action for what has happened. Blacks believe that the company is only doing this because wants to regain it’s business and not because of moral rights. They believe that if there hadn’t been exposed so much,…

different perspective of what is to be Black in a society that neglected African-Americans. African-Americans have been in the middle of a battlefield of discrimination, success, and opportunity among whites. Demonstrated in Literature African-Americans have used the idea of blackness and whiteness to show that African American still suffered racial discrimination after the Civil War. Exclusively, in authors who have suffered discrimination skin deep the idea of black over white is remarkable…

Seat at the Table, which was released in 2015. The video has a vintage look laced with diverse black hairstyles, eclectic fashion and interpretative dance moves. There are various scenes and camera angles used which include a simulated basketball game, a church choir, women at a swimming pool and dancing inside and outside an observatory. The song and video is about black women and their hair. A black woman’s hair is an extension of her identity. This is defined by how the artist equates her…

Lives Matter vs. Black Lives Matter Paul Farmer once said that “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all is wrong with the world.” This simply justifies what has been continuing in the United States which is Racial Discrimination. Knowing that racial discrimination is still persistent in America, African Americans have been one group that is constantly targeted. "Racism has always been America 's Achilles heel in intentional relations.” (HERNDON, LISA.) “Black Americans have…

and acts were passed to give black people the rights they deserve, but they were not always followed through. Although slaves were legally freed by the 13th Amendment, black people throughout the country were not treated as such, and, even though some progress was made, many measures were taken to ensure that they would not be. The 14th and 15th Amendments were two big steps taken towards racial equality in America. Both amendments passed during…

The concept of “black rage” was originally propositioned as part of a legal defense for mass murderer Colin Ferguson, in which long term exposure to anti-black racism was cited as a main factor in the plaintiff's psychosis. Though the defense was did not manage to save Ferguson from life in prison, it sparked a conversation that still persists to this day: “What are the long term effects of racism on the African American psyche?” In some cases, it seems as if “black rage” is simply a term used…

issues is causing people to kill themselves because they feel as though the aren’t good enough for others and they are always getting talked about (McGill ). It causes them to gain weight about feel more low because it makes them go through a depression stage in life. Most of it causes them to have low self esteem and they feel like they are ugly then eventually they want to kill themselves. Low self esteem causes depression, insecurities, anxiety ( The effect of Stereotypes). People like just…