Black people

The Stand-Your-Ground law allows a person to protect their embodied castle whenever or wherever feeling threatened. However, the law created a social-cultural climate where the destruction and death of black bodies is allowed. The Stand-Your-Ground culture permits racial violence against young black bodies, and there is no persecution made to defend the injustice of these…

effect on the black community and they were local and state segregation laws. These laws were passed to separate blacks and whites. They made these laws to supposedly have equal accommodation for both races, but as many may know blacks were often getting treated as second class citizens. Blacks were separated from many things such as restaurants, public restrooms, schools, and basic stuff such as water fountains in both Northern and Southern states. Discrimination deprived southern blacks of…

The black lives matter movement is an international activist movement, originating in the African American community that campaigns against violence toward black people. The movement organizes protest and holds rallies and marches around the deaths of black people in the killings by police officers. They also protest against other issues such as racial profiling, racial inequality, and police brutality. The movement was established in 2012 following the murder of Trayvon Martin. The movement was…

glorification of Black Death. (Death of reputation, mental, emotional, physical) i.e. Love is a death of emotion. Civic Engagement Throughout our history we the fascination that America has with Black deaths as entertainment. The most popular TV shows and movies easily dictate the ways in which people view Black lives. The majority of TV dramas and other entertainment programs about Blacks brainwashed America into affirming these are true reflections of African-American lives. People are so…

Crime in Society Crime has a big impact and can affect peoples daily lives. People see crime happen all of the time. When people turn on the news, there is usually a crime segment advertising all of the crime that is happening in the world or just in the area it is broadcasting from. There are many different types of crimes, such as street crime and white collar crime. One of the more common crimes in the United States is street crime. Street crime is usually associated with poverty, gangs,…

stereotypes about black people. For many years the media has been shown hundred of thousands of blacks triumphantly playing sports, and very few performing successfully in school. These negative stereotypes have caused been showing more blacks playing sports than in school. People choose to do this in the media because they think that black athletes don't have the ability to be smart when it comes to academics. These degrading stereotypes have affected the black community because people…

ideas that had a great influence on both Blacks and Whites. Also, it was by literature where the Blacks expressed themselves greatly. Many of the writers during the Harlem Renaissance showed what the Blacks are capable of, and how great the Blacks can be if given the opportunity. Although it was considered to be difficult to portray a positive image for the Negro during this period, the Harlem Renaissance succeeded in changing how the Whites view the Blacks (Rhodes, nd). Harlem Renaissance is…

badly of it. For example a boy named Jamal explains “When I hang out with my black friends, I got to watch what they do” (p.232) Jamal says this to explain how he has to set the example when his friends are doing foolish things. He encourages them to stop acting this way and pushes them to behave correctly. “..I have something to prove, to show since I do have so many white people around me, show them that not every black person is like what they see on TV.” ( Jamal, pg.231) This quote is an…

interference. Black Lives Matter is an activist movement demanding freedom, justice and equality in the United States for African Americans. The manner in which citizens form opinions is an extensive process including environmental factors, psychological factors, socialization agents, and development processes. The Black Lives Matter movement is a well developed and evolved activist movement that is the initiation of the modernized, revamped, Black Liberation Movement. According to “Black Lives…

Civic Engagement A theme in American history reveals the fascination America has with Black deaths as entertainment. The most popular TV shows and movies easily dictate the ways in which people view Black lives. Countless entertainment programs promote Americans to believe the lives of African-Americans are accurately reflected on television. The constant barrages of negative stereotypes involving Black people in the entertainment industry desensitize audiences from understanding the values of…