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    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…

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    will discuss the racial demographic makeup, history (as it concerns to race and immigrants), immigration policies, and professed cultural ideologies of America, Canada, and Italy in an attempt to explain identity formation in members of the African diaspora living in these countries. Where applicable, I will explain variations that may have particularly strong effects on identity formation (e.g. the especially strong transnational communities common to Eritreans refugees and Senegalese Murids).…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    Over the course of the years that African American Studies has been a separate functioning entity, there have been different ideological and political reasons for why African American studies are needed in institutions of higher education. Scholars such as Nathan Hare, John Henrik Clark, John W. Blassingame and Devere E. Pentony have given their own varied rationales as to why they believe African American Studies is a necessity within these institutions; if it is even one at all. Each of these…

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    The Black Man Living in the United States, we can all agree that the states is like a mixture of different culture, different races and ethnicity. It is like a cocktail, sometimes it can feel like we don 't truly belong. Being African American, otherwise known as Black, whether it is African, Jamaican, or Haitian, that sense of belonging truly sometimes seize to exist. We live in a society where, the black man is till fighting to be recognized, accepted and belong. We often feel different,…

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    SHAPING THE INDIVIDUAL In his book In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio, Phillipe Bourgois presents to us several characters which will help him observe life in East Harlem and to proceed with his study. The characters which will be brought forward in this essay, are Ray, Caesar, and Primo. Bourgeois lived for several years among Puerto Ricans in East Harlem in order to render his research accurate. By bonding with the individuals he meets through his research, they open up to him…

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    Conflict Assignment For my conflict assignment, I have decided to dive into the issue of racism, specifically drawing attention to the political statement made by Beyonce during her 2016 Superbowl performance. During the halftime show where Beyonce was a featured act, she took the opportunity to make a Black Lives Matter statement that was woven into her performance amidst the costuming, song choice, formations and other aspects. Racism is the name that has been assigned to the long and slow…

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    The answer for the first question from Robert Harris Jr. describe in the “intellectual and institutional development of African American” in four stages. Page 15 to the end of the first chapter. First stage describe the early black literary from 1890 to WWII, where several documentations and examination of black history and culture developed as the work of William Edward Burghardt. Second stage from WWII to Civil Rights. It was mainly white sociological analysis, and it been considered a…

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