African American

Purple was written by prize- winning African American novelist and poet, Alice Walker. Published in 1982, Walker portrayed the love woman could have for each other, and the men who abuse them. As the main character, Celie grows and becomes more of a woman then she thought she could ever be. Alice Walker in The Color Purple uses author, historical perspective, symbolism, quotations and characters and most importantly themes to reflect on what the common African American experiences in the 1900’s…

Ku Klux Klan violence against African Americans is widely considered one of the bases of the acute racial tensions—particularly between blacks and whites—that are ever-present in American society today. This topic goes beyond simply the activities of this terrorist group and can be used to explore whether white supremacy has a “functional” role in America today, by looking at how the violent acts have been explained over time. I’ve divided my collection of sources into three categories, based…

I interviewed an African American coworker, or as it happened, was more a discussion about the current state of the inclusion of minorities in America and more specifically the inclusion of African Americans in the workforce. The coworker I interviewed is in his early 30s, an 11 year military veteran, and is currently working on his second masters, which is an MBA. As mentioned previously, he is of African American decent and the only minority working in our office, which is made up of twenty…

Before I took this class I was so ignorant about my African culture. I believe it was because I was not curious about my ancestors, nor did I learn about the culture in school. I watched television shows and still never questioned what stories they brought about Africa. The things I learned from African American women in history were memorable. My professor was able to explain and demonstrate the African American history from the beginning of 17th century till the 20th century in order to help…

the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia to aid in the production of profitable crops is where a soon to be flourishing slave trade witnesses Africans being snatched and carried to America in bondage, separating them from their families, leaving them with no sense of familiarity. Although, unfortunate, out of this state of anguish and distress came the development of a new culture. Vast generations of Africans turned African-Americans over time…

In my opinion, I consider it right for Asians to share hip-hop from the African American individuals. It becomes realistic since the majority of Asians lacks the will to operate on actual musical articulation (Sharma 2010). Most of them fail to get to a position of exactly managing and creating their hip-hop music. Therefore, in my opinion, that creates a situation for the Asians to borrow a leaf from the African Americans on how to get down to hip-hop musical engagements. It only gets better…

African Americans were treated very unfairly during the 1890s and the 1990s. What would happen if people called you disgusting names to your face, threaten to stab you, and call the police for calling them mean, just because of your skin color? That’s what happened to almost all the “Black” people in the time of segregation. The court decided that the two racial lines would be “separate but equal”, but this ended up turning into “separate but rarely equal.” Restaurants, parking lots, drinking…

Stereotype of African and Mexican Americans Stereotype of minorities has been around since the 1800’s and is still prevalent today. Both African and Mexican Americans have struggled with this very affliction throughout their lives. Many of these stereotypes are assumptions made by others based on a person ethnic background. Prejudice becomes tied into these stereotypes and a decision is made based on the color of a person’s skin. According to Schaefer (2015), “There was nothing musical about…

Britton, L. M. (2013). African American Women in Higher Education: Challenges Endures and Strategies Employed to Secure a Community College Presidency. National Louis University. Chicago, Illinois. In this study, the researcher selected four community college presidents (three were sitting presidents and one was president before immediately being appointed as chancellor). They were located in various areas: (a) urban, (b) close to multi-campus community college districts, and (c) the Midwest.…

during the slavery era. Hip-hop, originally created by African Americans has been around for many years. Not only do African Americans contribute to making Hip Hop music but other races as well. Hip Hop voices the issues that are currently happening to the African American community, such as death, racism, and police brutality. From Beyoncé singing about Black stereotypes to Macklemore, a white male, using his lyrics to stand with African Americans and crediting them. Hip Hop/Pop music has…