Blackwood Nj Research Paper
Final Project: Race and Your Community
Kathaleen Johnson
University of Phoenix (Axia College)
Thesis Statement: Blackwood, NJ is a melting pot of: culture, race and religion. I currently live in Blackwood New Jersey. This is a small town in New Jersey with a population of 4547 people in 2010. The community is composed of many cultures, races and religions. I find this to be one of the perks of living here is being accepted for my customs and race. I am African American, and even though my race only makes up a small percentage. The majority of the town is Caucasian, but African Americans make up the largest minority. Members of my close community look similar to me. There are a lot of mixed race people also in my close community. The …show more content…
The main reason was that there were only three minority teachers out of 18 main teachers; this did not include the aids and other staff. There was also no other heritage celebrated except for the traditional celebrations. Most of the African American students I met had not been born and raised in Blackwood, and those who did, did not know much about our heritage. I previously lived in Camden, NJ. I was use to having elaborate African American history Month activities, and I was use to learning about my culture during class. Here this was not the case. My eight grade class established the first Black history Month celebration. The textbooks in Blackwood schools had very little to deal with the African American experience in this country. The only time that anything close to our history was addressed was during February, for black History Month. Our local news stations are based in Philadelphia, PA. Unfortunately because of the criminal activity in Philadelphia, PA, and Camden, NJ, African Americans are not very well represented. The new mostly runs stories about the bad things that has happened, shooting, robberies, rapes, the usual discriminating stories. I do not understand why it is necessary for the public to only portray the negative things going on in the communities where minorities are represented. There are plenty of us doing good and trying to change our communities for the
Kathaleen Johnson
University of Phoenix (Axia College)
Thesis Statement: Blackwood, NJ is a melting pot of: culture, race and religion. I currently live in Blackwood New Jersey. This is a small town in New Jersey with a population of 4547 people in 2010. The community is composed of many cultures, races and religions. I find this to be one of the perks of living here is being accepted for my customs and race. I am African American, and even though my race only makes up a small percentage. The majority of the town is Caucasian, but African Americans make up the largest minority. Members of my close community look similar to me. There are a lot of mixed race people also in my close community. The …show more content…
The main reason was that there were only three minority teachers out of 18 main teachers; this did not include the aids and other staff. There was also no other heritage celebrated except for the traditional celebrations. Most of the African American students I met had not been born and raised in Blackwood, and those who did, did not know much about our heritage. I previously lived in Camden, NJ. I was use to having elaborate African American history Month activities, and I was use to learning about my culture during class. Here this was not the case. My eight grade class established the first Black history Month celebration. The textbooks in Blackwood schools had very little to deal with the African American experience in this country. The only time that anything close to our history was addressed was during February, for black History Month. Our local news stations are based in Philadelphia, PA. Unfortunately because of the criminal activity in Philadelphia, PA, and Camden, NJ, African Americans are not very well represented. The new mostly runs stories about the bad things that has happened, shooting, robberies, rapes, the usual discriminating stories. I do not understand why it is necessary for the public to only portray the negative things going on in the communities where minorities are represented. There are plenty of us doing good and trying to change our communities for the