NOTE: Todays post is different. I plan on submitting the response you’ll find at the end of the article “For the Forgotten African-American Dead”; as it is going in the New York Times. I would ask everyone to critique my response to the article“. Did I misinterpret what they said? Did I state an erroneous fact‚ misspell something? May-be you could divide your post into a critique of my response then your own comment? Thank you. There are those who make every issue racial. They use their
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African American culture in the United States refers to the cultural contributions of Americans of African descent to the culture of the United States‚ either as part of or distinct from American culture. The distinct identity of African American culture is rooted in the historical experience of the African American people. The culture is both distinct and enormously influential to American culture as a whole. African-American culture is rooted in Africa. It is a blend of chiefly sub-Saharan African
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educational policies in the United States that have resulted in intentional patterns of oppression by Protestant‚ European Americans against racial and ethnic groups. The historical context of the European American oppressor is helpful in understanding how the dominant group has manipulated the minority groups. These minority groups include Americans who are Native‚ African‚ Latin/Hispanic‚ and Asian. Techniques for deculturalization were applied in attempts to erase the oppressed groups’ previous
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African Americans can trace their religious roots back to African religions‚ Judaism‚ Islam and Christianity. Christianity for the majority of African Americans became the dominated religion because of evangelism by Europeans. Instead of keeping the enslaved Africans submissive and in line Christianity enriched and strengthened the lives of African Americans to seek their freedom. Several of the insurrection and antislavery movements were born in the African American church. From its inception the
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is quite short‚ twerking has only recently gained the attention of the public. There are speculations that twerking originated in American strip clubs‚ but the dance’s sturdiest relations lie in African culture. Vivacious and rhythmic dancing is important in African culture as well as Caribbean
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has been a major concern of African and African American authors from the beginning. In fact African American identity underwent drastic transformations between the eighteenth century and twentieth century. As Amistad‚ "Federalist No. 54"‚ The New Negro and The Souls of Black Folks shows‚ African American identity has shifted from an early tribal identity‚ to a dehumanized identity based in slavery‚ and finally to a new’ type of Negro identity based in art and African origins. These transformations
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For my cultural event I choose to go to the African-American Poetry Night hosted by MCCC writing center. I found the event insightful as it highlighted well know African-American poets such as Mayo Angelou and Langston Hughes‚ and some poets that are not as well known‚ such as Marvin X. The event was open to the public‚ and the attendees was welcome to bring a poem or a story to share. The night started out with the president of the college‚ Dr. Kojo Quartey reciting a poem written by Marvin X‚
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family structure is one of the major factors that contribute to the crime epidemic in the African American community. Family structure is the way in which the child and or children are raised. The mother and father play a significant role in the growth and development of children. Majority of Hispanic families are traditional. Meaning the family is raised by the biological parents. Compared to the African American family structure in today’s society where the families are not traditional‚ due to the
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African American “Freedom” " I think it is better to see integration as the inclusion of all citizens into the same sphere of rights‚ the same range of opportunities and possibilities that our Founding Fathers themselves enjoyed. Integration is not social engineering or group entitlements: it is a fundamental absence of arbitrary barriers to freedom” (Cozic 206-207). Cozic states this in his book‚ Civil Liberties: Opposing Viewpoints‚ this quote means that rights should be given to anyone because
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the clause required states and other public facilities to treat both racially separate buildings to be operated and services be kept equal‚ the reality showed otherwise‚ and many African-American facilities became rundown‚ were underfunded and sometimes were limited. Segregation‚ forcefully put two perspectives on American society for both white and black populations. Much of the segregation lead to lower education rates for blacks because many of them who were former slaves were not allowed to receive
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