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we would think not only twice but rather three or four times before we went on in speaking our minds. The United States of America symbolizes freedom; the statue of liberty located in the city of New York, is a good representation of what we as Americans are guaranteed. Freedom of speech, the right to follow any religion, and the right to love and marry whoever we want are among the very few. Though these are rights granted to us by our constitution, there is a dark shadow that many minorities…

African culture is discernible in every culture – through black people’s suffering and discrimination, they were able to create different types of art all over the world. Since the time of slavery, African Americans created music with hidden messages in them, longing for the freedom and opportunities every human being should have. Through these songs, black people instilled a hopeful feeling in themselves and their children, passing it on to the present day generation. Black artists of today,…

“Hairitage” What is the relevance of Black Women and their hair? “I am not my hair, I am not this skin, I am not your expectations, no I am not my hair, I am not this skin ,I am a soul that lives within.” All women can relate, when it comes to hair, it doesn’t matter your race or ethnicity; every woman has a battle with her hair. These battles can range from deciding on a color or cringing at the thought of just getting a trim. Visually, Black women’s hair is thicker, curlier, and frizzier…

Sometimes, these Black girls negate their own safety by choosing not to speak out against the person who has violated their personal safety and security. As Patricia Hill Collins Asserts, “African American women grapple with the long-standing sanctions within their communities that urge them to protect African American men at all costs, including keeping “family secrets” by remaining silent about male abuse” (Black Sexual Politics 226). This commonality is flagrant throughout the black community…

By intentionally removing knowledge, both in the educational sense and in the sense of one’s internal understanding, it was much easier for those in power to define specifically where they themselves were comfortable having black Americans fall within the social spectrum. This, therefore, allowed a system to exist that couldn’t really be tackled in any large amount until the Civil Rights Movement, over a century after the abolition of slavery in the United States. To understand the…

“The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes compares the history and the soul of black communities to four great rivers around the world. The poem takes the reader on a historical journey through different places and times. It links black history with the birth of civilization and the creation of the world: “I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.” Hughes conception of the black experience and rich ancient existence in “The Negro Speaks…

Privilege and white privilege is there a difference? The text states that White privilege is “a set of advantaged and or immunities that white people benefit from on a daily basis beyond those common to all others” (Avakian, 2003). As I searched privilege and read different terms I understood it as, a special right like an advantage, something granted to a particular person or group of people. Though there is a difference between the two I can see why the term Privilege is attached to “White”.…

imminent danger to society, no matter the age. It is a constant idea that black men are absent from a child’s life, a constant idea that people questioned my life with. My father is involved in my life, and my father is not absent, or a threat to American society, something that should not have to be said but I will most likely have to say until his demise. In modern media today it is typical to see a black male absent from a child’s life, to see the black males on the streets, or black males…

America’s inability to understand African Americans is echoed in Claudia Rankine’s essay, “The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning”. Rankine recounts the deaths of African Americans by the hands of the police, she expresses the fear that she and her friends have for their children, and she interprets the intentions of Black Lives Matter. Using recent black deaths as examples, Rankine reveals that “though the white…

Nikki Giovanni not like any other writer is a strong, independent, African American woman. Although, her childhood wasn’t the brightest, it pushed her to strive and become one of the best female poets in literary history. Her books and her poems zoom in on the struggles of many African Americans and her own personal experiences. Not many people can say that they succeeded in their life and are satisfied at where they are now. Not only can Nikki Giovanni say she succeeded and made a better life…