Lebanese diaspora

Noteworthy Documentaries about Black History you Need to Watch If you enjoy learning about history then watching documentaries is perhaps one of the best ways to get to know your past. Thanks to filmmakers, you now have the option to watch history unfold and not just rely on reading text-heavy books. While some still prefer to learn history through reading, others are more visually stimulated by documentary films. For some people, watching films help them remember details more. Here are some…

“Over the past 35 years in America, an estimate of 324,000 blacks have been killed at the hands of fellow blacks, proving “racist” white cops are the least of their worries” - Pete Herakles. 2013 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…

There are seven billion people in the world. Five hundred, twenty-eight million people live in North America. Three hundred and twenty million live in the United States. Three million people live in Kansas. With this many people living in the world, there is going to be someone who is almost the complete opposite. Does this make that other person weird or strange? According to an online dictionary, the definition of strange is as follows: “unusual or surprising in a way that is unsettling or…

A teenager in this society sees the hurt and drama that goes on every day in this world. There is a lot of tension between Blacks and Whites as we know of today. Before in the olden days, blacks had less rights than whites yes, but they were still devoted to their culture and traditions. Today, people are stereotyped to African Americans. Bill Cosby, a comedian, writer and producer argues how african americans today are not how they were when he was a little kid. His purpose is to show examples…

Psychological trauma is not a tangible damage, it is a damage of the mind, and one that can persist throughout short to extended periods of time. Trauma can affect at different levels, at an individual of course, but also at a widespread socio-cultural one, a trauma that resides in the collective consciousness of a people, as exemplified by the effects on the Irish people due to the great famine. Significant trauma can cause a great degree of mental anguish, distress, fear and general hardship…

The Transcendence of the Silhouette The Death of the Last Black Man in The Whole Entire World, a play by Suzan-Lori Parks, explores the intricacies of race in a nonlinear, disjoint, and unconventional manner. The conjunction of precise characters and language, though seemingly haphazard, signify in the perpetuation of racism and the history of African American subjugation. The first scene in the story places the audience in the middle of a disconcerting image. In this scene, Park presents a…

The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Dubois and Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates both speak of the difficulties of being an African-American in the United States. Both works address the inequalities and hypocrisy of the American Government with its treatment of black people. Although the two authors have slight contrasting upbringings they share similarities in the topic of African American struggle and the journey towards progress. Both authors agree that education is the path to…

A) ABSTRACT OR THESIS SUMMARY – This film was made due to supposably slavery abolition, and shows what happens afterwards. The American dream was something the blacks have been waiting for, all they ever wanted was to be free from all the slave holders. They wanted to be independent from white owners. They suffered a lot in hands of white owners, lost family, were abused, and some couldn’t resist that they just die. They were treated like prisoners, although I think the enslaved were treated…

“A heritage beyond St. Louis”, a line from the sentimental recollection of memories of Colleen McElroy’s poem “For My Children”. Fascinatingly, McElroy was born just right across the river/40 minute drive from our very own house, on October 30, 1935 (Reid). Although born in St. Louis, Missouri she took up the studies and writing with a distinct African tone in her work. Colleen McElroy’s poem “For My Children” incorporates her African American heritage as well as African language and dialect,…

Poetic Justice Being black in America is an onerous task, and author Ta-Nehisi Coates understands. Coates writes an evocative letter to his son as well as the world with the book, Between the World and Me. This letter guides the reader through a pathway of Coates’ self-discovery as a black man, a black activist and a black writer. Coates provides insightful revelations on his own personal struggle for his body as well as the struggles of those around him through childhood anecdotes and memories…