White Hispanic and Latino Americans

What is the American Dream? As Weber explains it’s the “basic belief that hard work and ability will pay off with personal success” (Weber 146). The American Dream, however, doesn’t acknowledge the years of inequality in our society. It makes it acceptable that even in one of the world’s most industrialized nations, that children still die from malnutrition. Only in America, can you drive ten minutes from a wealthy neighborhood to a poor community. Only in America is it acceptable to help other…

The topic that will be discussed in this paper is the mass incarceration of African American males in the United States. However, before we can address the problem of the mass incarceration among African American males one needs to understand that mass incarceration is happening across the board for all groups in the United States. According to an article by Jim Webb, the US is only 5 percent of the world’s population but, this country now holds almost 25 percent of the worlds reported…

How many times have we been given those few opportunities in hosting cultural productions (as it relates to our race/ethnicity) only when it appeals to the white/Western gaze? Why is it that mental health and abuse services promote universalized and de-politicized ideas about the roots of our problems, as if they are not entrenched in institutions and power relations? How come the labor force values only those…

Growing up in a perdonmintally white community the African American culture was not seen very often. The things that I had always heard growing up were "blacks" were lazy, violent, very athletic and forbidden to date. In fifth grade I became best friends with a girl that was African American and it allowed me to see a glimpse into the African American culture. The opinions of others were no longer true and I seen a culture that was rich in family history, work ethic, athletic ability and a…

The Invisible Man and African American lifestyle. In 1952 Ralph Ellison wrote The Invisible Man, which is today considered one of the most compelling pieces of literature that portray African American society in the twentieth century. Ralph Ellison relates the story of an African American student from the south who then moves and works in New York. Being the narrator the protagonist of the story, he explains his experiences as an African American and describes his life as an “invisible man.”…

To gain a better understanding of the African American family, one must study the African philosophy and cosmology. By learning about the philosophies origins and its five themes, the black family will be able to harmonize itself and begin to see what is wrong with research done by people like E. Franklin Frazier and Daniel Moynihan. Once this is accomplished the black family can free itself from western conceptual incarceration. There are five central themes in African philosophy and cosmology…

To be an American in the 20th Century meant that you were in pursuit of the American Dream, or, “the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative”. The finish line shown in our mural represents the American Dream, with each character seeing a different goal for themselves at the end of it. The four different lanes represent the different paths the characters had to take to achieve their dream. This…

mistreatment of African Americans, and its shows a huge divide between Caucasians and African American’s, the Caucasians thought of being superior and African American’s thought to be inferior, the context of this movie gives you some insight on the cultural perspective of African American’s, it lets you see the traditions and customs and also, borrowed customs, the need for African American’s to wear wigs and straight hair to be more presentable to their white owners and the white owners…

A Caucasian privileged person, who was born in the United States, is considered a stereotypical “American”. If a person looks tan and has black hair then “Americans” assume they are immigrants and because they are not the stereotypical white person than they automatically assume they are not an “American”. The stereotypical white person is someone that is tall, blond, has money, blue eyed individual that strongly believe in the second amendment of the United States Constitution. In America, we…

The Heart of Racial Justice Review: The purpose of chapter six in The Heart of Racial Justice is to discuss the importance of embracing our true selves. Without being our true selves we will not be able to serve Christ fully. As Christians we have been taught that our cultural heritage and ethnic identity are unimportant to our Christian faith. Two important concepts are self-acceptance and self-hatred. Self-acceptance is the recognition you were created by God while self-hatred is rejection…