Category: African American

Systematic racism in America hurts people of color worldwide, especially young black kids and teenagers. Our system is set for African Americans to fail. Standards are doubled, rules are broken, and stereotypes are made. Young African Americans have higher standards compared to young Caucasians. During school, blacks are expected to participate in learning white history…

In the 17th and 18th centuries, many labor market institutions and companies developed to enhance the movement of labor in reaction to the opportunities created by American factors of proportions. While some immigrant’s servants migrated on their own to America, as adventurers or African slaves. African American Slavery was introduced in West India at an…

The Historical Impact of this development, ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail’ Martin Luther King Jr, Reverend and Civil Rights Activist, the letter that he wrote was about Dr.King writing back to the eight clergymen who were criticizing him and his fellow activists. Letter from Birmingham Jail(1963) written by Martin Luther King, is the most important civil…

The U.S. has often been termed the melting pot as it is a blend of cultures. Many different people from different locations, with different cultures, different values, and different lifestyles are proud to call this country home. While many people and cultures enter this country to make a better life for themselves, sometimes new cultures…

Malcolm X was an African American minister and human rights activist in the 1950-the 60s. When he first started his road to activism, people doubted him. Whites all across America were hearing about this man who went against the norm and fought for the underprivileged blacks in America and the white population was not in…

For many decades African-Americans have had many of their right suppressed since the arrival of white settlers on American soil, much like the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders here in Australia. Many Aboriginals had their own children taken away from them to be white washed and to grow up in a white community, where they…

Generations of Americans considered the United States to be a land of opportunity, says New York University sociology professor Michael Hout. If this is so, then why are Black and Latino people in the US still less likely to feel represented in politics and pop culture? Your circumstances at birth are the biggest factors in…

In Niambi Michele Carters book American While Black, she analyzes black responses to immigration, developing a term conflicted nativism that she uses to describe black views on immigration and citizenship. This term is developed throughout the book through historical analysis and a case study approach to understand why blacks feel both sympathetic towards immigrants, but…

The African-American experience in this country has long been a source of controversy. From the pre-slavery days in Africa to the current racial climate. While racism seemed to take a backseat, and was only thought to be a belief held by backwoods rednecks, we see that is not the case. Many of us have known…

Hair plays an important part in an individuals life. For the African American culture, hair allowed them to express themselves and the roles within their community. There are many hairstyles and with those styles, many messages are conveyed. Braiding had purposes of functionality and communication. Cultures around the world share common aspects with specific hairstyles.…