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    African American IAT

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    5-8-13 African American-European American IAT. The version of the IAT‚ that I chose to take is the African American – European American IAT. There were a few steps in order to complete the test; the first step was to fill out information about myself. The questions that I answered were related to my age my educational status‚ nationality‚ religious beliefs and my current state of employment. The next step of the test was to choose either ‘E‚” or ‘I‚” to indicate my choice of African American for

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    ”/Remember‚ Christians‚ Negroes‚ black as Cain‚/ May be refin’d‚ and join th’ angelic train)‚ in On being brought from Africa to America‚ Stewart announced to African Americans in 1831: “Many think‚ because your skins are tinged with a sable hue‚ that you are an inferior race of beings; but God does not consider you as such.” By

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    African Americans and Discrimination Originally from Sub-Sahara Africa‚ thousands of African Americans were kidnapped and brought over to and sold in the United States during the Atlantic Slavery Trade. By 1860‚ before the Civil War‚ 3.5 million African Americans lived as slaves‚ mostly in the Southern United States. More than 500‚000 lived as free persons in 33 states across the United States (2008). Today‚ many African Americans believed to have come from European American or Native

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    of how the African American people are being portrayed in the media? It seems as if the media constantly displays African Americans in a negative light‚ including films‚ shows‚ and especially on social media. It seems that it is less often that African Americans are being shown from a positive standpoint. The media often portrays all black males are violent‚ and also African American women are misinterpreted‚ but also the depiction of African American people as a whole. African American males are

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    Keona Turner David Agum African American Studies 1 October‚ 2010 Oppression of African Americans In the documentary Ethnic Notions directed by Marlon Riggs‚ illustrates the oppression African Americans have faced during the time of slavery up until the present day. The same forms of oppression blacks faced during slavery is the same type of oppression they faced today‚ decades after slavery was abolished. These forms of oppression still seen today are evidence that

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    African American Immigration Victoria L. Knight Axia College of University of Phoenix CRT 125 Cultural Diversity Ms. Sandra Collins April 12‚ 2007 African American Migration New Societies‚ new people‚ and new communities usually originate as a result of migration. People decide to move from one place to another for better opportunities‚ better lives‚ and new challenges. This remains true for the African American race as well. It has been believed that the original migration took place

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    African American Beliefs

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    Running head: HEALTH BELIEFS AND SCREENING IN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN Health Beliefs and Breast Cancer Screening in African American Women Linda M. Frazier‚ RN‚ MSN‚ FNP-C Medical College of Georgia School of Graduate Studies Health Beliefs and Breast Cancer Screening in African American Women Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second leading cause of death among women in the United States. More than 211‚ 000 U.S. women were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005‚ and at least

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    African American Hardships

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    During pre-colonial African kinship and inheritance‚ it provided the bases of organization of many African American communities. African American men were recognized for the purpose of inheritance. They also inherited their clan names based on their accomplishments‚ as well as other things when one decease. Land was not owned in many parts of Africa during the pre-colonial period. It was yet held and distributed by African American men. Access to the land by women depended on their obligations or

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    African American Theatre

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    Over the course of approximately one-hundred years there has been a discernible metamorphosis within the realm of African-American cinema. African-Americans have overcome the heavy weight of oppression in forms such as of politics‚ citizenship and most importantly equal human rights. One of the most evident forms that were withheld from African-Americans came in the structure of the performing arts; specifically film. The common population did not allow blacks to drink from the same water fountain

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    African-American Equality

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    The Native-American and African-American communities in the united states have undergone countless adversities since before the birth of America. The South held a stronghold on the institution of slavery‚ while American colonists robbed the indigenous people of their land and culture. After the civil war‚ however‚ the conditions of both groups changed dramatically. The residual tribes were driven to reservations and the slaves were freed. In the years immediately succeeding the war‚ blacks‚ due to

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