Economic Community of West African States

“enclosed” lands in Europe, lack of economic opportunities, political instability, discrimination, and the feudal system in Europe. Immigrants came to the Americas to gain economic opportunities, land, and religious freedom. The colonized portion of the Americas formed distinct regions: the sea-based New England colonies, the diverse…

Sadly, this division is very evident just by riding through town. In the town of Marks, Mississippi African Americans and Caucasians live on separate sides of the train track. The majority of Caucasian children attend the local private school while African American students attend the local public schools. Interestingly enough the division does not just show up with race. The public school district has a lot of competition…

Hip hop is a subcultural movement that originated in the early 1970’s by groups of young African-American, Latino, and Caribbean teenagers living in South Bronx, New York City. Though it made its way towards the western coast of the United States of America, Hip hop did not gain popularity until the 1980’s. It can be divided into four sub-groups. Each of these groups represent hip hop in a unique way. In terms of orality, hip hop heavily relies on rap music, which involves speech, writing, and…

the Acumen Fund, a non-profit impact investment fund that primarily focuses on serving low-income communities in developing countries primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. In her book, she writes about her journey as a young woman as she attempts to use the power of markets to achieve social transformation, primarily by providing economic opportunity to the poor and marginalized community of women residing in Africa. Jacqueline's story begins as she recounts an incident that occurred…

laws and social stigmas. It is essential that one does not stay neutral through these injustices and stand up against the oppressor. It is up to a community to engage and strive to end the oppression that silences and enables the oppressed. Through my experience at Safe Haven, I have become an ally that has become educated about the injustices the community faces and aware through…

development. From initial English settler colonialism spanning towards the American Revolution, a so called “multi-perspectival” approach must be taken when dealing with the complicated and intertwining stories each group of people represents. Various African Americans, Native Americans, and European Americans all conflicted, and aided, each other within the ebb and flow these power relations instigated. From these groups, several ultimately reaped major benefits while the remainders were simply…

religious bigotry, nationalism and essentialism; as well as pseudoscientific ‘strains’ of anthropology, biology and eugenics. The basis of a ‘scavenger ideology’ is to be adaptable and versatile by picking up, or abandoning, previous values from social, economic and political cues in society, rather than a strict set of unchanging values. These values are then implemented within the society, to the advantage of the dominant class, as the definition includes or excludes individuals…

to the West, or try to form a Traditionalist society. The most famous of these was started by Tecumseh. Tenskwatawa and Tecumseh were brothers of the Shawnee tribe who tried to unite all Native Americans. The pair did successfully unite between 2,000 to 3,000 Native Americans from a variety of tribes. It was the last point in time that Native Americans posed an existential threat to the United States, as the united peoples could possibly have enough strength to challenge the United States.…

historians agree that the cause slavery itself, however, some counterparts consider it to be westward expansion. After the Louisiana Purchase, many states were settled with the Missouri Compromise -the compromise established to momentarily calm the issues on slavery-. The Mexican-American War that gave such an extensive portion of land to the United States used to be a controversy amongst the people since some of them did not want to fight another war, as established in Document 7 and 8 on the…

Prejudice is negative thoughts towards a social group member or members that someone belongs to. In 2005 Christian S. Crandall and Ruth H. Warner in their article ‘How a Prejudice is Recognized‘ defines prejudice in modern day. They state, “...rational thought, reasonableness, and deviation from some normative values form the notion prejudice.” In the article Crandall and Warner rely on Gordon Allport’s, ‘The Nature of Prejudice’ to come up with their research. They look at the must haves to…