Diaspora

Alvin Ailey is such a great contributor to the dance world and his dance pieces are phenomenal. The purpose of Alvin Ailey 's dance pieces is to show the history of African American and the cultural heritage of African Americans. The history of African Americans and cultural heritage of African Americans is portrayed throughout Alvin Ailey 's amazing dances. Alvin Ailey’s “Revelations” portrays the hardship of slavery, christianity, baptism, and the reconstruction era. The lighting, music and…

The United States of America is a country built off of the hard work of immigrates for become a place of undeniable rights and equality to all people regardless of race, religion, or gender. However, since the beginning years of this nation, African American woman’s rights have been either nonexistent or modified because of the color of their skin. The pigmentation of African American women skin has restricted them to exercise their God-given rights and opportunities presumed by even African…

According to Messner & Rosenfeld (as cited in Miller, Schreck & Tewksbury (2011), believed that the American dream placed great strain on material and money success and little importance on being a good person. Today, when it come to the American dream, we pass on from generation to generation what we have learned from society. For example, we teach our children to desire expensive cars, the size of a TV, designer shoes and clothes to show their status in life. Miller et al. (2011) agree due…

There are few restrictions on how Special Interest groups can operate. Their strategies and tactics mostly deals with lobbying and litigation. In addition, others also use letter writing, Internet campaigns, and stage public demonstration to gain media coverage (Thomas). In theory, pluralism conveys that there is a balance of power between interest groups because of constant competition to have their voice heard. In contrast, an elitist perspective conveys the elite interest groups who represent…

Paul Lawrence Dunbar was one of the most famous poets of his time. His poems were all different ways of expressing slavery, racism, and discrimination. He grew up in a time when black people were being separated from white people, when black people were being hung by different groups of white people, and when trouble was being pointed towards them (Williams). All of these situations he grew up with affected the people that he talks about in his poems (Williams). Even though Dunbar never…

Introduction Racism against African Americans has a long and complicated history, all stemming from a need for power and privilege. While race is continually changing in society, the concepts of racism are not. And racism, as a means to inhibit a minority, has long been at play within the education system towards African American youth. Education maintains a heavy hand in the ways that people are treated after school and without certain degrees of education, students are left with little to no…

Collins, in “Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender and The New Racism”, gives an in-depth analysis to the constructions of Black masculinity and femininity across socioeconomic levels and within particular notable roles (eg. the athlete, the parent). While she does pay close attention to the commodification of the sexualized Black female body by Black men, and what is referred to as “black-on-black violence” especially in her chapters “Booty Call” and “Get Your Freak On”, what she…

World War II was a very difficult time for almost everyone living in either the Allies’ or Axis’ countries, especially for people of Japanese descent living in Canada. The Japanese-Canadian internment is a defining moment in Canada because it shows how poorly the Canadian governments, politicians, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), and labour unions treated Japanese-Canadians. They had no freedom; were incarcerated in internment, road, or prisoners-of-war camps; and lastly, were unequal…

Washington is not a black feminist artist and does not consider herself a part of any political movement, just like Pickett, she identifies herself as black woman who is a mother and artist. Her artwork also speaks to a feminist perspective message. Washington knew earlier on in the 1960’s her artwork did not fit the mold of mainstream white galleries. Washington’s priority was not being called a black feminist it was about showing her artwork. She felt black women were being overlooked because…

During the Civil War times, New York was full of many slums, including Five Points in Manhattan. It was full of gangs, crimes and several bars. It was full of many Irish immigrants trying to escape the Great Famine in Ireland. Five Points was considered one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in New York. This paper will tell you all about the neighborhood of Five Points. Five Points was completely made up of immigrants. Irish people came to escape the Great Famine, and many of them also lived…