“We ain’t thugs for the sake of bein’ thugs. Nobody do that where we grew up at nigga‚ duh! The poverty line we not above. So I come in the mask and gloves ‘cause we ain’t feelin’ the love. We ain’t doin’ crime for the sake of doin’ crimes. We movin’ dimes ‘cause we ain’t doin’ fine. One out of three of us is locked up doin’ time. You know what this could do to a Nigga’s mind? My mind on my money‚ money on my mind. If you owe me ten dollars‚ you ain’t givin’ me nine! Yall ain’t give me
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The game I chose to play was Call of Duty: Black Ops 3. After playing this game for a short while‚ I realized that there is a lot of racial issues in it. The first thing I noticed was that there were no minority choices when picking your player. I found this to be weird and surprising. The game is so popular‚ so you would think the creators would include different types of races. There was a choice for gender‚ but that was all. All the players‚ no matter what gender‚ were white. The other in this
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Mi Truong Professor Shuler AFA 2000 20 January 2013 The Importance and Struggles of the Black Studies Movement The development of African American Studies or Black Studies provides an interesting and significant aspect to the history of the struggles of black men and women. As a multidisciplinary academic concentration‚ it serves to analyze the history‚ politics‚ and culture of African-based societies and communities. This relatively new study has encountered an assortment of challenges within
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Krisjian Sabala ENG 846 9/19/12 Essay 1 Finding Our Purpose In "Losing my Cool" Williams uses the hip-hop culture as a motivation to find his purpose in life. “Yo‚ nigga‚yoooo‚ nigaa‚ yoooo-oooo‚ niiiiga…” (2) is what Williams repeated under his breath. In "Losing My Cool" Williams is fiercely motivated by the hip-hop culture introduced to him. The hip-hop culture gave Thomas the purpose to keep it real among his black peers and make some type of status for himself. Beyond what the hip-hop
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Poetry Analysis Tupac Amuru Shakur or better known by his stage name 2Pac was an American rapper and actor who came to fame in the 80’s-90’s era. Both Tupac’s mother and father were active members of the “Black Panthers”. Shakur’s parents were very outspoken and tenacious individuals‚ although they divorced during Tupac’s younger years both of their qualities can be seen through Tupac’s words and actions. From an early age Shakur was surrounded by struggle and relatives who were imprisoned‚ this
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Unit 2 assessment Task 2 – REYITA The personal is political Reyita made many important decisions in her life‚ she made both decisions for herself and her family‚ but she sometimes had to compromise to please society. I’ve chosen to write around why Reyita decided to marry a black man. Reyita grew up in Cuba and was the darkest coloured child of a mixed race woman. Reyita suffered discrimination in many ways‚ because she was poor‚ black and also just because she was a woman. Reyita retells and
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Their were many great un-heard of leaders that had a greater impact on society than te most known ones. The Little Rock 9 were a group of nine kids who integrated Central High school n the 1950-60’s. Also they overcame a lot of the racist people without being violent. They made our race look like a superior to some white people even though they were thought as a inferior race. During the integration of Little Rock Central High School the media both illuminated events‚ and painted an inaccurate or
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The book Banjo describes a vision of black culture. The theme of black culture is described by a story without a plot. The culture targets whites and blacks‚ restrain and spontaneity‚ bitterness and joy‚ civilization and naturalness. During this time in America‚ the White used to go to listen to Jazz music as they watched the black people dancing. They moved from their homes to a place known as Harlem to meet the black intellectuals. The book‚ Banjo‚ questions the difference between the blacks
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Slave Culture and the Harlem Renaissance: Finding a Home in Modernism For years scholars have noted the importance in history of the African- Americans from the time of the Atlantic slave trade‚ even up to current culture and entertainment. As prominent as the slave trade is taught within the schools and the education systems‚ there has been little noted in the history classes about the art and literature of that time period for African-Americans. However‚ in spite of the little we know of the
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Many celebrities choose to stay away from speaking on social issues merely because they do not want to offend a group of people. On the other hand‚ Jermaine Cole‚ who goes by‚ J. Cole‚ does the opposite. His willingness to tell the story of issues that many people are living is evident throughout his music. Regardless of how controversial an issue is‚ Cole takes it on. He challenges racial issues‚ mental health‚ and the media’s influence of one’s perception of themself. Cole speaks on the oppression
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