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    Around the world today a lot has been going on with African American male’s lives being taking. It’s getting to the point where I have to think. Will African American males be able to walk down the street or go somewhere without someone having to go with them. They shouldn’t have to live their lives like this. Each and every one might do wrong in a time in their lives but you can’t hold that against them. Everyone make mistake in their life time. These are people children that are being taking away

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    answers to these questions intensified. Additionally‚ in conjunction with these questions‚ I also began to experience gradually increasing anger towards my race‚ and began denying and stripping myself of my African-American culture‚ background‚ and traditions. I didn’t allow the African-American and black racial stereotypes to be applicable towards me; therefore‚ I initiated a process unofficially known as “white-washing”‚ a term used to describe a minority assimilating with Western culture; however

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    1) What are the major educational issues facing the African Americans today? Use documented examples. Some of the issues facing African Americans today in matters of education are inadequate education due to structural and institutional racism. Another issue is the lack of funding provided to institutions that educate African Americans. The problems facing African Americans in matters of education According to Schaefer‚ R. (2015) “1. Reductions in financial aid and more reliance on loans than on

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    This paper presents the life experience of two African-Americans as slaves during the nineteenth century. Henry Bibb was the author of his own narrative‚ which he published in 1849 with the assistance of Lucius Matlack. The second source was the narrative of W. L. Bost‚ a slave from North Carolina. He was interviewed as many other enslaved African-Americans by the members of the Federal Writer’s Project around the 1930s. The purpose of these narratives was to describe to the public what it meant to be

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    patriarchal society’s standards of beauty in order to be accepted. Now let’s look at this transition in a young female’s life through the eyes of an African-American girl who grows up being told to wear this and to do her hair like this in order to look pretty. At such a young age‚ she may not have been affected by the demands and expectations of beauty that was put upon her‚ but as she grows and develops a deeper understanding of the images around her‚ she will realize that the images of beauty presented

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    latifah‚ the image that they put off would be very positive towards other younger women. However‚ some typical stereotypes that people give black women such as the loud‚ smart mouthed‚ neck-rolling food stamps mother is very popular. Even Michelle Obama was subject to this. Back then the news reported her as power hungry and aggressive‚ when obviously we all know that’s not true. These constant stereotypes created a shift in the way black women saw themselves. Most became selfless and started caring about

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    American history is made up of countless events that are important‚ and these events have led America to where it is today. More specifically‚ Black History Month is celebrated in February annually. February is the month in which the achievements of important African Americans are acknowledged. On December 8‚ two of the most famous African Americans in the 1900s‚ entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. and comedian Flip Wilson‚ were born. Sammy Davis Jr. was born December 8‚ 1925 in New York‚ New York. Davis

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    The African American Achievement Gap: Why is it There and What Can be Done Are Black Americans Dumber than White Americans? Can it unequivocally be stated that European Americans hold more intelligence then African Americans? Are African Americans genetically wired to have a lesser mental capacity then European Americans? For a long time this was the explanation to a burning problem. African Americans score lower than White Americans on vocabulary‚ reading‚ and mathematics tests‚ as well as on

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    races based on countries anymore‚ everyone was seen as white. They all realized that they had something in common; they were white and they were patriots. Blacks in America still didn’t have many rights and advocated for themselves immensely‚ but in the North they were also seen as patriots. After the Boston Massacre‚ there was an image in the newspaper of four coffins of the people killed. They included an African American’s coffin that died as well. This was significant because it didn’t label blacks

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    Africa was a generally underdeveloped continent with weak‚ decentralized political structures that could be easily conquered by western militaries‚ who wanted to colonize there to use the raw materials and human labor to improve their economy. While Belgians who were imperializing the Congo in the 19th century believed and justified their actions by saying they were helping the conquered peoples to advance and “catch up” to the West technologically and culturally‚ in reality

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