Substance Abuse in the African American Community Stating the Problem The contemporary problem that I would like to address is Substance abuse in African Americans community. Most Africain American uses Substance abuse as a stress reliever . They use religion by going to church to get strength asking for forgiviness. Adolescent are the one’s who are at risk the most . In the Hampton Roads you will see a lot of homeless people substance abuse users. Interview from a experience individual
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In general‚ the Great Depression brought mass suffering to everyone and was especially hard for the African Americans. The National debt income had drop to 50% and unemployment has risen up to 25% of the total labor force (U.S. History‚ n.d. para 1). Therefore‚ America’s had twenty million Americans receiving public assistance to survive. The blacks faced the harshest conditions because employers starting using racist hiring and firing procedures as the “Last Hired and the First Fired” from employment
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Death of an African-American Teenage Male With the recent not guilty verdict in on the case of the murder of 17 year old Trayvon Martin‚ many people in America are wondering what is going on. Just over a week ago a jury concluded that George Zimmerman was not guilty of the murder of the unarmed African-American teen Trayvon. This has caused quite the controversy once again within this country over the matter of race. Many believe that George Zimmerman racially profiled Trayvon
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DBQ Reconstruction had a large impact on African Americans. It was a gateway period for African Americans into American society as equals. Many changes were made that helped them gain rights and acceptance‚ but it wasn’t an easy change. In the early years of reconstruction‚ black codes restricted African Americans greatly (Document D)‚ but as reconstruction went on‚ various acts were passed to help African Americans gain passage into every day society (Document A). From 1865-1866‚ the Southern
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Overcoming African American Poverty and Suffering African Americans go through political‚ social‚ and economic struggle every day. They strive to have the same education‚ jobs‚ and pay other ethnic groups have. They are suffering. They are suffering from lack of a quality education‚ suffering from subpar housing‚ and suffering from unequal pay. They are suffering and it is time to put an end to it. In order to put an end to the suffering of African Americans‚ to overcome the stated hardships imposing
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Once the African Americans were freed they began to enjoy many of the simple things in life that we take for granted today‚ (Shultz. n.d.). They could go out and buy a dog if they wanted. They could hold meetings without having to worry about white people supervising them. They tried to become landowners. Many of them also moved around a lot‚ sometimes just to get away from the plantations where they once served as slaves‚ and others moved to looked for relatives and loved ones who had been sold
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changed since the Reconstruction Era. African Americans were still getting beaten‚ murdered‚ and ostracized from society. They were still getting
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of the slave trade‚ African Americans were viewed as inferior individuals by the American people. Segregation only brought a deeper barrier between the races. “White” people thought that people of color were not opt to be in a position as high as them. African americans were targeted and they suffered with poor treatment until their equality became true. They were the main targets because they were afraid of the old customs making a return. Slavery had made to African American people very defenseless
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Imagine being famous living the American dream. Imagine being famous for the wrong reason. Imagine starting an organization to help the good of the African- American people‚ but then that organization becomes one of the biggest target in the eyes of police‚ and white America. Imagine having to take on the hatred of millions‚ with havoc and disaster being sparked out of the organization created for the good of the people. What was asked to be imagined has already happened right here in America. The
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outlook on African- Americans during the time: “The Negroe was born in depression so the Great American Depression didn’t mean too much to him. The best he could be was a porter or shoe shine boy. It only became official when it happened to the white man‚” (71). Blacks in the Depression had an existence many would describe as unfair at best and inhumane at worst. Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ accurately depicts multiple aspects of their paltry lifestyle. African-Americans in Lee’s story
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