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    Film Analysis Gregory Hamlin HIST 222. African-American History Since 1877 Professor Alli Chambers American Military University October 14‚ 2012 Documentary Film Analysis Worksheet History 222 – African American History Since 1877 Instructions: • You will find the list of films you can choose from in the assignment section of the course. • Go to the list and pick your film. You must view the entire film. If you can’t access films because of deployment‚ geographic location

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    Some of the world’s strongest speakers came from the African-American community such as Frederick Douglass‚ Martin Luther King Jr.‚ and Jessie Jackson. Although their oral tradition is “widely recognized” in educational literature‚ people describe African-American youth as verbally deprived or linguistically retarded. Some African-Americans do not sound the same as to Anglo-Americans when they speak. When people from different cultures come together‚ the cultures mix and adapt. However‚ when certain

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    is an African-American portrayed as in the movies? During the 20th century‚ many films illustrated an antebellum South where African American characters‚ standing by their dominant stereotypes were portrayed as incompetent‚ criminal and childish. Movies‚ TV shows and even children’s films have contained aspects of racism and criticism towards the the African American race. They have played a major role in perpetuating this form of oppression and feeding the perception of African Americans as second-class

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    Socio-Cultural Experiences of African Americans African Americans make up 13% of the population in the United States‚ but most of these people did not migrate here on their own accord. This is where a lot of their African culture was destroyed. Most was lost through the enslavement of African people and the systems of social policy ’s in place‚ historically and today‚ that continue suppress African tradition and culture from the African Americans. Much of African American ’s African culture was lucky

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    African Americans have been victims of racism on television shows from ever since they started to show on television shows to today. When we see African Americans on television‚ they are portrayed as stupid comedians‚ murderers‚ poor‚ and uneducated. According to J. Fred MacDonald‚ the author of Black and White TV: African Americans in Television since 1948‚ “Television has been inhospitable to blacks who were not middle class and/or pejoratively stereotyped. Less visible‚ for instance‚ have been

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    The existence of African slavery has been prevailing for centuries before the infamous American slavery. Beginning in the 1500’s‚ slavery was prominent in the world. During slavery‚ in places like the West Indies‚ Jamaica and even Florida‚ enslaved Africans would rebel against slavery. The first escape occurred in 1512‚ and since then more enslaved Africans began to escape. The enslaved Africans would escape into the jungles and forests where there was no sign of humanity. Eventually‚ communities

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    Daniel Pantaleo compulsively choked Garne and killed him. He was 43 when he died. This was the first incident that had ample attention brought to it‚ but there have been many racist police encounters with African-Americans over the years. This incident also opened the issue of African-Americans targeted by police

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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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    African American directors are not highly compensated for their work because some people consider some of their movies “too afrocentric”‚ which results in them not being able to get sponsors to help pay for their movies. Many Black directors are not highly sponsored by investors. According to The Washington Post‚ “Many sponsors are white and they are not interested in their movies or in the current black experience or the black culture” (Harwell). It isn’t just the Academy that votes for who wins

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    "Black Power" was seen as a way of resurrecting "Black Pride" and African-American culture. Carmichael said in 1966: "We have to do what every group in this country did - we gotta take over the community where we outnumber people so we can have decent jobs." For years‚ the movement’s leaders said‚ blacks had been trying to aspire to white ideals of what they should be. Now it was time for blacks to set their own agenda‚ putting their needs and aspirations first. ~ http://www.historylearningsite

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