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disproportionate effects for the Black community. Black people have unfortunately been subjected to criminalization, and overwhelmingly represent a large percentage of those under the criminal justice system. One of the controversies that have arisen between the criminal justice system and the Black community, is the excessive amount of policing that has led to police brutality. Not only is over policing problematic, but it is the type of policing that has led to the myth of black criminality.…

even after the Civil Rights Act, Black women still being sexually oppressed, now, by Black men as well. Afro-American women do not live their lives negatively impacted by sexism alone. The Women’s Movement does not reflect the most pressing needs of the majority black women and minority-ethnic women. Understanding the connections between racism and sexism, it is understanding the meaning of multiple oppressions, prospecting a new class of minority. The result is a Black women group without…

The Mystery of Black Holes with Scientific Understanding If the sun were to suddenly becoming a black hole, what would happen to us here on Earth? To many people’s surprise the factor that would kill our life forms on earth would be the loss of heat and light and not from getting sucked into the black hole. There is not complete evidence to support that black holes exist but there are many signs and scientific theories that support there existence. Black holes can be a mysterious subject but…

Ma Rainey’s character is actually based on the famous singer. As previously mentioned, black entertainers were viewed as property. The characters Sturdyvant and Irvin “become wealthy exploiting Ma’s recordings, providing a strong example of black victimization by societal racism.” (Gantt 7). This exploitation is not a fictional aspect the plot. Black entertainers were actually treated this way. These entertainers put up with the exploitation because of the importance…

“The Black Elk Speaks” is a book on the life of Black Elk. The narrator John Neihardt, tells the story of Black Elk’s life, which is translated by Black Elk’s son Ben. Neihardt shares the journey of Black Elk, which includes his early life as an autobiography, spiritual revelation, and about the history of his tribal life and religious believes and customs. In the beginning chapters Black Elk as he is saying his story, he tells the audience that this is not his story alone, this story is about…

Black history is a commemoration of the impotrtant African American leaders and activists. Many people have dispute about the month of February, others are in agreement of this celebrtion and many others disregard it. There is an innimerable amount of reasons of why, “we the people,” should celebrate in this influential month. Black History Month started out as “Negro History Week.” it has appreciably expande into 4 months, one month. Celebrating back history honors the historic African…

Research Paper: An Updated Autobiography of a Black Boy Richard Wright was born after the Civil War but before the Civil Rights Movement. If Wright were writing an autobiography titled Black Boy about a black boy growing up in the United States, he would write about the increasing racial pay gap, the success of Obama’s presidency, and the rise in police brutality. Throughout his life, Wright struggles with money to move to the North, lacks a good role model, and doesn't have faith in authority.…

The Black Death was a major epidemic of the bubonic plague that killed over one third of Eurasia’s population in the 1350s. Last year, I travelled to China, Italy, and England to find out how the Black Death impacted Eurasia during the 1300s. Throughout my journey, I investigated the Silk Road in China, the Orsanmichele church in Italy, and the Museum of London in England for clues that would help me discover the factors that made the Black Death one of the most devastating epidemics in human…

Driving while black has an effect on many people whether they are young or old and any race other than white. Driving while black is racial profiling and this is a big problem in the black community and it needs to be fixed. The definition of racial profiling according to ACLU it is “the discriminatory practice of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual’s race, ethnicity, religion or national origin.” This means that someone discriminates solely because they are…

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…