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The country as we know it may be dividing, a civil war based on race is closer than we think. The numerous protest rallies, routine traffic stops and riots are the end result of cops violently killing innocent blacks, creating a nationwide issue that hasn’t been solved.The police department and numerous others are in a sense targeting suspicious criminal based off skin color, this stereotypical false judgment is resulting in numerous violent altercations instead of peaceful interactions. The…

Why is it important to document hidden histories? Before viewing Slavery by Another Name (2012), I was not fully aware of the atrocities committed against African Americans after slavery had been abolished. I knew that newly freed slaves had a hard time adjusting to freedom, but I never fathomed the oppression and torment they were subjected to as free Americans. My history classes throughout my education never included information regarding involuntary servitude and laws that were created to…

Fredrick Douglas was a man that literally started from the bottom, as a slave, and rose up to be a respected public speaker. His speech " What to the slave is Fourth of July?" discusses just what the Fourth of July actually means to those who are not free. Douglas starts by applauding the revolutionaries for the Revolutionary war. He commends them for realizing that English parliament is treating them unjustly and deciding that they were going to form a new and improved government on their own.…

sentenced to longer prison terms than a woman for the exact same crime.” If a person does the same crime as someone else, they should get the same sentence regardless of gender, race, or the amount of money they may have which also seems to alter the amount of time they spend after a wrongdoing. This is a problem because race, economic status, and fame should not get someone any special treatment. Why is the justice system like this and what can the system do to change this? A way this can…

nt Exploration Worksheet #1 Watch: “A Class Divided” Parts 1-5. Find it at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/etc/view.html 1. What was the most surprising thing you learned or saw in this documentary? Nothing about this documentary was very shocking for me. The most surprising thing to me, was how little people, especially the adults, were willing to push back and stand up for themselves when they were in discriminated group. I would have assumed a group of grown…

current times is critical that we are able to see all parts of the tapestry as equal, and how they interrelate to maintain the integrity of society. In this critical analysis, I will utilize Paolo Freire’s critical consciousness theory, the critical race theory and several of Janet Helms, “White racial identity formation,” to analyze the film and deconstruct the ways…

For example, The big day when Some examples of criticism by race are being called a “terrorist” or “nigger”. You might think that some people take this as a joke, and they do, but others take this very offensively. I used to take it as a joke, but the more it happened, I felt more anger throughout my life. This…

Yes the nation knows that the black-on-black crime is bad, but there is also white-on-white. Most murders are between our own races. Black Lives Matter focuses on the crime problem too. But it does not show that black people are more violent or dangerous than any other race. Most of it is because blacks are prone to be poorer, a lot more likely to go to a non-affluent school in a bad area, and is more attracted by police ("11 Major Misconceptions…

Police brutality, especially against African-Americans, has an extensive history in America. It’s a recurring problem and its effects on society are often brushed off by those it does not affect. Police brutality continues to have a major impact on our society and through a series of events, leads to several outcomes. For instance, one of the major reactions to police brutality is social movements that are created to both protest and bring attention to the racial profiling and the unnecessary,…

Blacks have been stereotyped to be criminals since the slavery era. The stereotypes of blacks being criminals led to justifying keeping black slaves and other types of discrimination (Kennedy, 1998, pg 13). After slavery, blacks were believed to have a tendency to commit horrendous crimes. This led to the justification for their lynchings and policies to control blacks (Kennedy, 1998, pg 13). Politicians and the media have also supported the stereotype of blacks and their involvement in crime…