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Constitution, which we still live by in the present. Almost 175 years later in 1962, a student activist group stated a political manifesto that started a new movement of the American Left. Tom Hayden, a member of the student activist group known as Students for a Democratic Society, wrote the manifesto criticizing the American society for: racial injustice,…

unfairness had been inflicted upon them by the white man. Also while he was incarcerated, several siblings who had adopted the Nation of Islam as their religion visited him. The Nation of Islam is a group of African Americans who embrace the concept of Black Nationalism, which is the idea that blacks should have their own separate state from whites. The group believes that this would better secure the freedom, equality, and human rights of African Americans. These visitors had a profound impact…

I found that the characteristics described in this unit were consistent with my experience or perception of African American culture. There does appear to be some legitimacy regarding the African American’s way of life and its’ tie to crime. It resembles the domino effect as it begins with the lack of education, which leads to decreased employment opportunities, which leads to raising a family, or being raised, in a low-income housing community. Add all the factors together and the end result is…

African Americans were not even seen as people. They were seen as animals, disposable, and property; something that you can buy, sell, and trade. One specific example of slavery is Olaudah Equiano’s story. At the age of 11, Equiano and his sister were taken and traded into slavery. Unlike many stories we have heard about slavery, he spent most of his time on British ships working for the military. While his master on the ship, Henry Pascal, was not a bad slave owner, he was still below the white…

Rights Movements are examples of how it succeeded in doing so. Race has been used as tool to demean and degrade people of color from in U.S. society; the only time when a person’s race is used in a positive light is when referring to people who are white. It can be reasonably stated that race does in fact determine inclusion, exclusion, and segregation in U.S. society. This is demonstrated through scientific…

situations. The national graduation rate for black males was 59 percent, 65 percent for Latinos, and 80 percent for white males annually for the 2012-13 school year (4). It is apparent that the world is not perfect and all children do not have an equal chance to obtain a quality education. There is a plethora of problems that tie into creating this gap and making it so wide. African American children are already at a disadvantage because of stipulations with their race, and then socioeconomic…

general campus climate (GCC). African American students had a more negative perception than any of the other minority students. However, white students differed from these reports. Their GCC was more on the positive side. They did not report negative perceptions of their academic climate and racial climate. Students of color reported that they felt more racially profiled than white students. African Americans felt more singled out than Latinos and Asian Americans. They reported that they…

The class was assigned to view the Project Implicit which psychologist developed in order to explain the concept “unwilling-unable distinction”. People tend to reflect on what their thinking because they are reluctant or inadequate to do so. For example, if an employee notices a person who gambles at the particular casino everyday and they happened to ask if they have been coming their everyday. The gambler could completely avoids the question all together because they fear being judged and the…

record of immigration to the United States. Most of my relatives come from Germany and immigrated to the United States a long time ago. With the possible exception of my great-great-great-grandmother Annie, all my family members would be defined as white today. My mother’s side of the family has significantly more information on our immigration to the United States. The Brewer family emigrated from Germany sometime in the early nineteenth century. Although unclear, my…

Depression Treatment among Ethnic and Racial Minority Groups Alain Ricoh Flores Contra Costa College  Abstract A study that includes the focus in the ethnic-racial minorities with a sample of 561 participants in the United States such as the African American group is primary subject of the research. The study portrayed the premature discontinuation of psychiatric treatment among ethnic-racial minorities is a persistent concern. But the previous researches that was focused on identifying the…