Diaspora politics

Since the arrival of Africans in America the image in America for the African American people has been majority negative. Although the African American males today has risen up to some of the highest positions in America such as the US president being black, and other top job positions being held by an African American male or female. The people as a whole still have that negative outlook on them as a whole since the beginning of their time here. However black males are the ones who are…

Project 1 For this project, I decided to do research on American sociologist, W.E.B Dubois, and American teacher of Latino studies, Julian Samora. I chose W.E.B Dubois because he was one of the first to influence sociology by performing exploratory research in African American communities during the time period of the civil rights movement. I also choose to write about Julian Samora because I found the topics of his research on Mexican Americans interesting. William Edward Burghardt Dubois was…

Racial profiling is an expanding issue all through the country. Brent Staples explains in “Black Men and Public Space” people are prejudiced towards others of different races, especially black males. Staples is a dark skin man who has faced racial challenges. He has been noticed by others as being a criminal, various people feared Staples. People would take a look in his direction and see danger just by the way he walked, and dressed around the city. Brent Staples was viewed as the victim during…

Black Studies in history have been undeniably a product of activism in education throughout the 1960 to the late 1980s. Those decades contributed to an important time in American history that has impacted the modern education of African-Americans today. During this period of time, there were studies showing various social movements that challenged the western society ideology and opened the doors for the movements to break down generations of inaccurate history that has supported the racist…

Experiencing African Arts Festival African Art Festival is a St. Louis tradition in the city. It’s sponsored by Washington University, Saint Louis Zoo, Saint Louis Art Museum, Office of Minority Health, and Recycling on the Go organization. The festival was located in Forest Park in St. Louis. Over half of the park was filled with African artists, vendors, and african musicians and dancers. The festival was a three day long event. May 28th - until May 30th. Each day the event started at 10 and…

During World War II a movement began. This movement was largely known as the Double Victory or Double V movement. It was used by the African American community who had been downtrodden to gain equal rights. In hopes of gaining equal rights blacks joined the war effort in any way that they could. May that be supply transport or flying a plane, they gave what they had to America through the war. During their enlistment Blacks faced intense discrimination, arguably worse there than back home. Black…

Throughout life, there will always be obstacles standing in the way of your dreams. People will try to push you down, and prevent you from succeeding. Whenever you are facing struggles in life, remember to always look for the light in the darkness. Black Boy, written by Richard Wright, follows Richard through his life, as he tries to overcome the daily struggles of racism. As Richard grows up, he must face the difficulties of not only growing up, but growing up as a Black boy. With the…

Opening scene police siren in the background streaks of blood crawl across the street, next to a cold lifeless body full of bullet holes. The body was a young African American teenager who had just been shot. The camera pans around the crime scene to reveal a unidentified hand picking up a bullet casing. The camera then turns to a group of African American girls no more than ten years old outside, at god knows what time witnessing I am sure a traumatizing event. After that you here a voice from…

Her father was studying law in Tokyo, Japan. A young and ambitious man, at the age of 25, he sailed to the United States with hope of making enough money to continuing his education, and becoming an American Lawyer. Her father, young and naive, would soon learn that the land of opportunities, was hard and racist. He would find himself working many different type of jobs, to include: laying ties for the railroad, field work in eastern Washington, working on ships as a cook, and laboring in a…

difficult circumstances by use of strong rhythms, symbols and dance, similar to affliction cults. Sonny was purified as he was initiated and healed. In Turner’s final state of reincorporation Sonny finds a sense of “coolness,” a key element of African diaspora. He finds a harmonious life with himself as well as others through his musical performance. The narrator explains his healing by saying, “Freedom lurked around us and I understood, at last, that he could help us be free if we would…