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Black Minstrel shows, Ethiopian Minstrelsy were a form of popular musical entertainment of the 1830’s-1940’s. The Black minstrel shows presented negative stereotypes of African Americans and southern plantation culture. Many stereotypes of African Americans were portrayed in these Black Minstrel shows such as African Americans were considered to be lazy, ignorant, sexual promiscuity, and have a lack of respect for time. Minstrel show characters were the mammy who portrayed to be heavyset and…

The Black Death was a pandemic that spread all throughout the world taking the lives of innocent people. We could have never predicted the effect it would have on our countries and villages. We could have never imagined that our family members would suffer so much, or how we were silently praying that the next victim wouldn’t be us. I still remember when the rumors started. No one knew what was killing their loved ones ,or how to treat it because they had never experienced something like this…

was even more difficult for women of color because not only were we dealing with issues of sexism, but also racism. Many movements have helped us black women during the past centuries to overcome sexism, racism, and adversities that were set against us. But although these movements helped the black woman it did not abolish the racism altogether. Black women have come a long way since the 1800s. In today 's society, women have a voice and are being heard. We have more rights and opportunities now…

Black Intellectuals have always been caught between the preverbal rock and hard place. They have constantly had the dilemma of establishing their existence not only in the white world, which seeks to diminish and minimize them as mere cases of either affirmative action or charity, but also the Black one as well, who has no conception of the work and the toil that these individuals face day in and day out in their intellectual inquiry into the political, social, and economic workings of our…

The phrase “walking while black” is the idea that a black person walking down the street is subject to committing a crim, even though they could be simply walking to the store. Stop and frisks are practiced by many police officers targeting young men of color. A person of color could be walking…

Movement, it was evident that, although voting rights and some legislative support for Black people had been established, social inequality in terms of race was still a rampant issue. Growing impatient with the method of peaceful protesting and weary of being stomped under the premise of white supremacy, the emergence of Black nationalism surged. These Black Nationalist movements promoted the empowerment of the Black race and fought against the racist ideologies which had served to suppress…

The black death. Wiping out nearly 50% of the population but also leaving the surviving townspeople with a much easier life. Doesn’t sound so bad does it? The plague, also known as the black death was a disease spread due to rats, fleas and infected people from not around bringing the awful disease to Europe by traveling overseas to deliver valuable goods. Unfortunately, valuable goods were not the only thing being transported to these two very unlucky continents. Fortunately, the outbreak of…

Black Boy Research Paper Richard Wright was born after the Civil War, but before the Civil Rights Movement. Wright spoke out about the problems that he and other black people faced through his writing. Black Boy, his autobiography, was about the hardships he faced growing up as a black boy in America what happened to the people around him. If he were to write a novel titled Black Boy today, he would write about police brutality towards black people, how white people treat white privilege, and…

roommates were saying all along. Out of curiosity, I asked her, “Why don’t you like Black guys?” She replied, “They are all thugs, can’t hold down a job, and they all are womanizers.” She left me speechless and it was clear that these girls did not identify with their black identity. They fell in pattern B of the nigrescence lifespan, as African Americans who were not socialized toward blackness or had not formed a healthy black identity (Cross, 1991). I suspect they had Low-Race-Salience and…

The Black Death was ‘one of the worst disasters in history’, killing a third of Europe’s population. In the 14th century the plague hit Asia and Europe, lasting from 1346 till 1352. The Black Death was an epidemic plague in the 1300’s, which spread rapidly throughout Asia and Europe. The causes of the Black Death weren’t just animals and fleas, humans played a great part in the spreading of the plague throughout Europe. Many symptoms were shown at early stages of the plague such as headaches,…