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According to the American Heritage dictionary a community is: A group of people living in the same locality and under the same government. I have lived in two distinct communities which are the African community and the United States Southern community. What I do admire most about them are hospitality, manners, sense of community, respect, and the desire for learning. However, I will love to improve on my African community the disregard for female education and in my American Southern community…

Simultaneously, Gaines provides an African American perspective on the south. He is good at applying traditional African American storytelling to his fictions, which diversifies the Southern literature tradition. Oral tradition is conveyed through dialogues, questions that wait to be answered. The uniqueness in the form of storytelling seems to tell readers that it is impossible to deny traditions, principles and values of Africans that were used as labor force or even regarded as slaves in…

Black Twitter Black twitter as a discourse community sounds bizarre right? I know, butt it really isn’t. So what is black twitter? For those who don’t know Black Twitter is a cultural identity on Twitter focused on issues of interest to the black community which consist of a subset of users who discuss Black politics and culture. I became a member of twitter like most to share my outrage and disappointment about the current state of our country and the to my surprise I found I was instantly…

In the movie, Dark Girls, it focused a lot on why dark women think the way they do in society. There are a variety of factors why and how it affects women phsycially, psychologically, emotionally, and socially. There have been reasons why Black women have been oppressed for centuries. It all began when Black women in particular were brought into the United States of America as indentured servants, which then turned into slavery. With slavery, the Black race was not seen as human beings and had…

Yasla Ngoma In class Essay Ms.Russo 10.12.2016 A Raisin in the Sun takes place during the mid-sixties, during a time period which was hard for African Americans and even worse for black women because of racism and gender discrimination. African American women didn’t really go out of their way to do something big with their life because there weren’t a lot of opportunities for black women. Mama and Ruth are examples of how limited black women were. Both women grew up in worse situations than…

arduous life of African-Americans in the 20th century may be summed up in the quote:“Never was anything great achieved without danger” (Niccolo Machiavelli, 15th C). Alice Walker underscores this concept in both of her works in Everyday Use and The Color Purple. By creating fictional characters with enough confidence that they can stand bravely for themselves against discrimination and their lack of self-confidence, Walker portrays two pictures of female African-Americans in the twentieth…

by art and created and consumed by African-Americans. In his childhood, he watched Blaxploitation films like Shaft, Mandingo, and his personal favorite Foxy Brown; he also enjoyed Soul Train and the 70s music African-Americans were playing at that time. Growing up in a dominant African American culture has helped sculpture Tarantino taste in music, characters, and stories he installs in his movies. One would expect that his depiction of African-Americans in his movies would be based of his…

A name is a designation of importance, whether that is positive or negative. When a discovery of new land is made a new name typically goes along with it. When a child is born they receive a name as a symbol of their parents commitment and love. Like a contract, a name seals the connection between the person who gives it and the person or place that is the recipient of it. Names can also be classifications which can elevate a person's status or take that status away. In Toni Morrison's novels…

African American people and creates work to show her political and culture beliefs. Ringgold’s future artwork was greatly affected by the people and culture she was exposed to in her childhood, as well as the racism, sexism, and segregation she dealt with in her everyday life. She continued to be active in expressing her culture to others and participated in a lot of Women and Black Feminist organizations. She was one of the first women to organize and fight to get the works of…

tribulations African American women go through. Symbolism and characterization is used to make the women in the play transparent. Shange’s theme of self-awareness and inner strength encourages black women to accept themselves- flaws and all. Ntozake Shange’s use of literary elements in the choreopoem “For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf” not only depicts the daily struggles of an African American woman, but also encourages African American women. Ntozake…