The sources that I worked with for my research were all books. Mary McLeod Bethune and Black Women’s Political Activism by Joyce A. Hanson used two levels of activism and made it appear that Bethune’s choices were contradictory. He added a substantial dimension to the historical discussion of African-American women’s organizations. Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters was an easy read because it is considered a juvenile book. Pinkney used little detail in his work, but it was enough for the reader to get an idea. The South Carolina Roots of African American Thought was my favorite source. The editors did such a respectable job in describing why Bethune is so vital in history and they had a powerful word choice. All of the information…
I have learned how Equiano and Phillis Wheatley were, that they were slaves for most of their lives and that they were treated horribly. I learned about the diversity of religion and how religion changed. Another thing I learned about diversity was that a new nation was a diverse nation. If they were black and slaves which was most blacks, then they were treated horrible. I don’t think that slavery should have ever happed, just because the color of their skin is different doesn’t make them different. I also do not think that you should have been punished for your religion. I believe in God I am a Christian and I’m not afraid to say that, if I did back then though it could have got me killed. Now in 2016 you still get judged for having your…
The death rate has increased in a specific group of people poor uneducated white women, in “What’s Killing Poor White Women?” by Monica Potts. Scientists have known that dropouts are unlikely to live as long as people that completed their education but that does not explain the 5 year drop in life expectancy within 18 years, but they do not know what caused such a drastic drop. One study conducted by Jennifer Karas Montez found that having a job is as important as healthy habits, another shows that location is key and that impoverished women work the most but are not acknowledge. The case that is analysed throughout this article is Crystal Wilson died in her bed at age 38 and dropped out of school to marry and have a child but a cycle of marrying…
This quoted sentence shows the racial prejudices were prevailed in the white dominant society and how much African Americans have suffered from it. The selected sentence emphasizes the inequalities the colored women faced and disadvantages they had to embrace in the white dominant community. The author uses literary devices not only to describe but also signify the cruelty of the prevailed racial prejudices and biases in the society. This passage is initially brought by a rhetorical question, “What does a victorious or defeated black woman’s body in a historically white space look like?” vividly through the usage of the literary devices.…
How does Susan Hill create tension and unease in the first 3 chapters of the novel,…
Young women in rural America are dying. More specifically, poor Southern white women in rural America are dying. An impotence surrounds the mystery of this phenomenon. Researchers and analysts cannot explain it.…
Our Organization is involved with multiple projects for the benefit of women of color. The organization is working to bring Reproductive racism into awareness. We strive to gain back the civil liberties, “basic/constitutional rights preventing the government from infringing on the rights and liberties of citizens” (Racial Justice lecture), taken away from women of color. This group fights for equal wages and opportunities for people of color. This will help the individuals in the community gain access to jobs with better pay. Our goal is to build a healthcare service by organizing and collecting donations. This healthcare service will provide reproductive health access and will include an addiction rehab department. The awareness program will…
1,000 White Women by Jim Fergus is a historical fiction novel about the Northern Cheyenne Indian request in the 1800s for 1,000 white brides to bring peace between the two differing cultures. The request is secretly approved by the U.S. government to send women volunteers from unsatisfied lives. Their journey west is described by May Dodd, an educated, spirited, high-society woman released from an asylum where she was unjustly locked up by her family. As seen in 1,000 White Women, adapting to a new culture is challenging and exhausting. The acculturation process individuals go through to fully assimilate and adapt to a cultures takes genuine effort. In the acculturation process, the most important keys to adaptation are communication, attitude,…
In the movie _Diary of a Mad Black _Woman, one is shown events that happen in a person’s everyday life. Throughout this movie one would see behavior with both positive and negative principals. Helen, for example,is a Christian with godly values. For the duration of the movie she demonstrates morals that would resemble that of Christ. One would find that even as Charles is shot and almost killed, Helen stills cares for her deceptive husband. While his Mistress, Brenda, is without concern for Charles’ wellbeing, Helen still has compassion. She is the one who cares for Charles in his time of need even after she has been betrayed. This shows a concern for one’s fellow man, demonstrating civic consciousness.…
The director of Diary of a Mad Black Woman is Tyler Perry and he specializes in comedy-drama movies. The movie Diary of a Mad black woman is considered a comedy because though the plot is very serious it emphasizes humor. Unlike most dramas the director is trying to make the audience laugh through the delight and exaggeration of the different characters for humor. Comedies very often have happy endings. Diary of a Mad Black Woman fits this description because the plot of this movie is set around a wealthy couple. The wife finds out her husband wants to divorce her after 18 long years of marriage to be with another woman. The wife’s grandmother Madea who is a hilarious character helps coach her grandbaby in getting back into the swing of life…
Support or refute the contention that Booker T. Washington refuses to verify slavery as a brutal and evil institution.…
African-American women continue to be sorely in need of an anti-rape to have this matter changed. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, 13.6% of the population self-identified as African-American (Rastogi, Johnson, Hoeffel, & Drewery, 2011). African-American women reported substantial rates of criminal and sexual victimization, including rape and violence. Specifically, 18.8% of African-American women in the National Violence Against Women Survey and 22% of African-American women in the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey reported a lifetime rape (Rastogi, Johnson, Hoeffel, & Drewery, 2011). These prevalence rates translate to an estimated 3.1 million African-American rape victims.…
Hey Harsh! I am currently taking a course on African American History and I have a lot of useful information for your play. The book American Slavery by Heather Andrea Williams, states that the only relationship slave traders respected was between newborns and breastfeeding mothers. For the most part all African families were broken after capture. Thus, slave boats carried captives from different parts of Africa not families. In fact, very few slaves spoke the same language which made communication difficult between them. If I were you, I’d switch the story to where Tessa is separated from her family and is forced to go onboard by herself. Historians report that black women during the slave trade had much liberty than the men. This could have…
For the majority of my life, I’ve never worried about being oppressed. I’ve been lucky enough to be raised in a middle class, white family. I may not feel directly oppressed as a result of my gender and sexuality, however there are people that do and they shouldn’t be denounced as a result of my experiences.…
Lorna Simpson was born in Brooklyn, New York in the 1960s. She studied and graduated from the University of San Diego and the school of visual arts in New York. Simpson creates images that make the audience view the important stereotypes of black women in a new and improved way. Lorna presents us with provocative and life-changing images because she sees black female identity as an overlooked culture. In her images, she expresses her thoughts on the representation that the black woman has in our culture, she also points out that because of our society black women aren't able to embrace themselves as who they are because they are influenced by other cultures. Simpson portrays empowerment gender, identity, and culture in her…