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    Part A Task 1 I found the text “The day I became black” very interesting. The text is about Willem Reerink and how one day his life changed. The day when everyone found out that he was African American. I think that the interesting thing about this text is how his life changed, how people reacted to it and how differently they treated him, like he was a completely different person. Willem’s skin was not black, he just had a deep tan. This mad people question and he actually had to prove…

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    African American Culture

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    and online research I have expanded my knowledge of customs, traditions, and practices unfamiliar to me. My partner and I decided to choose the African American Culture. Although the African American culture is not new; it is a huge identity group that is still struggling in society today amongst the community, as a minority. The African American culture has a long history that dates back to the 17th century. Several practices such as preparing food are traditions that are still…

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    Depiction of Black Women in Works of Fiction. The history of the black race in America has been a contentious one up to today. This is particularly manifested by their discriminatory treatment in many avenues where the rest of the nationals look upon them with scorn (Harris 15). Special mention can be given to women who are on the receiving end of diverse discriminatory treatments in addition to their wrangles. Most literature mirror the society and this is why Nella Larsen' s ‘Passing’ and…

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    the media shows african americans choose to play sports rather that going to college therefore; the media should show more minority races in schools. African Americans are treated unfairly in the media because the media want to show only how blacks can only succeed in sport and not other opportunities. African Americans are hardly acknowledged on the media, when they are doing positive things around the community. The media tries to tell…

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    about African American culture. One of the reasons why I decided to take this class was because of my aunt, She is half black and Vietnamese. She told me that her father is from Nigeria and her mother is from the south vietnam, but she didn’t get the chance to learn or get to know her culture on her dad's side because he had passed away when she was a little girl. When she told me about her story I was hooked, then I decided that I should take a class that deals with African American history.…

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    history of black people that are worth watching. The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross This documentary series is highly recognized and was awarded an Emmy which is why it comes first on our list. The series covers the progress of the African American people in the US. It also…

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    of Black folk in America dates back to the 16th century when the first black slaves set foot on American soil. Ever since then, black people have become central to the growth and development of the United States of America. The labor of the African-American slave was one of the most important contributory factors in shaping America into the world super power it is today. The journey of African American workers from the slavery era up until now has not been auspicious. Exploitation,…

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    statics show that Caucasians killed 409 blacks, meanwhile 2,245 blacks were killed by their own race. “Black lives matter” coming from African Americans is an erroneous statement. Over the past years we’ve been running from the wrong people, to put it briefly by “we” I mean the highly discriminated against, furthermore immensely strong minded dominate African Americans. In all aspects of life blacks are very vigorous, over all vacuously we can be very ignorant toward certain things due to our…

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    As Americans, various individuals may believe that all Latin American countries are the same as they do not have experience in their separate cultures. Although this is untrue, the average person living there often feels that they are not unique. Pablo Neruda is a famous Latin American poet and his poems “We Are Many” and “Too Many Names” show this feeling through just their titles. One theme that is pervasive in Latin American literature is the lack of individuality. A lack of individuality…

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    complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country 's representatives can figure out what is going on.” This was released by Trump’s campaign on June 28th of 2016—he is now the president-elect of the United States. Since 9/11, Americans have been taught to embrace islamophobia by big media outlets attempting to profit off injecting fear into the general public’s mind, spreading the bigoted owner’s bigoted views. These views have so widely caught on in our society that…

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