Black

effects the future.  Borst, Julia. “‘To Be Black in a ‘White’ Country’— On the Ambivalence of the Diasporic Experience in César A. Mba Abogo’s El Porteador De Marlow. Canción Negra Sin Color.” University of Bremen, 2007, pp. 33–55. “To Be Black in a ‘White’ Country”— On the Ambivalence of the Diasporic Experience in César A. Mba Abogo’s El porteador de Marlow. Canción negra sin color focuses on the contradictory ideas of the ostracized experience of Black folk. Reflection on the…

The Black Death I had just finished burying my husband when I noticed the sharp pain in my armpit followed by an ache in my groin I knew this was how it began. When I got home I went to check on the children. Timothy had dark spots starting to appear from the bleeding under the skin. Mary started coughing violently spraying a mist of blood with every cough, at least she would not be in agony much longer. It began as a painful pus-filled growth in the armpit, groin, or neck area that…

The Black Death was one of the biggest diseases that had spread all throughout Medieval Europe. There was no cure for this disease so it got worse and worse. I will be telling you what all the Black Death also called the Black Plaque had done to this country and the types of medicine they had. This all happened during the 1350s all across Europe. In the 1300’s Europe had discovered one of the worst diseases ever in the world. This disease is called The Black Plague or The Black Death. This…

Sad, angry, deceived, and hopeful are some of the emotions I felt when reading “The Black Codes.” The reading, referred to the partial abolishment of slavery in the 1850’s and 1900’s when new systems of oppression emerged. One of the widely known systems used to enslave free African Americans became known as the Black Codes, a series of laws that unjustly incarcerated them into labor contracts. The action of the Black Codes to segregate an ethnic group and proclaim them as criminals and their…

I am not a stranger to the constant comparison of black and white culture— the kind that infers that white culture is superior to all that don’t embody it. What’s astounding, is that it is not just white people who are forcing this agenda upon black victims. No, it is black people who readily accept that black culture is not a legitimate analogy to white culture. Intelligence and the correct use of the English language is seen as something that is only truly manifested through white culture,…

Unpacking: Black in America For the cultural event I attended a seminar at the African American resource center at Cal State Fullerton. The seminar focused on “Unpacking: Black in America” gathered African American students from CSUF to speak upon how they felt as a minority in this country. They also shared out their personal stories and experiences on being African American. Gwendolyn Alexis is a faculty liaison for the African American Resource Center who facilitated the event. Professor…

which often leads to a sense of animosity. This idea further develops Riedel’s picture as well as Howell’s idea about the factors that affect police perception in a new and insightful way. The unequal balance of law enforcement between whites and blacks, a form of discrimination in itself, is given context through Weitzer’s ideas and is shown to be true in Riedel’s picture of…

completely different individuals, cultural variations will jeopardize those friendships if the two cultures conflict, and one friend decides their culture is a lot of “important”, “correct” or “sound” rather than respecting each. The theme in “No black magic for Sale” is everywhere in every sentence in the story. Each character within the entire story was certain to a precise culture. Teddy, Mr. and Mrs. Farquar, their neighbors, and also the someone or the “Big Baas”, all follow what will…

Florida Moving Systems, we are just as excited as you are to see shoppers bustling with the excitement of good deals. And speaking of good deals, make sure you check out our website to see some of ours! But have you ever wondered what the history of Black Friday is? How did it receive that title? And what influenced the most gratitude-filled holiday of the year to…

By the early 1340’s it had already struck China, India, Persia, Syria, and Egypt. The plague was brought from Sicily to England in 1347 along the Asian trade routes (Silk Road) which imported silk, spices, ceramics, and wealth. The Black Death first infected the Black Sea port of Kaffa which then spread to Scotland, Scandinavia, and Ukraine. The plague…