Sarah Sutherland Professor Garner English 1020 7 March 2013 Social Networking and the Benefits of Being Connected Controversy with social media networking sites is not a new issue by any means. What seems to be on a lot of people’s minds is just how it is being used. There are always pro’s and con’s with any source of media being used whether it is utilizing social networking sites for professional use such as job searching‚ socially sharing information while keeping in touch with family
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African American Theater started out‚ hundreds of years ago‚ as a foundation of amusement for the black community. The theater was a place where African Americans‚ equally men and women‚ could work‚ study‚ and perfect their expertise. The beginning of African American theater set in motion back in the 1830’s‚ and it eventually became one of America’s most prevalent sources of entertainment Over the course of over one and a half decades‚ there has been an apparent transformation within
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Additionally‚ a huge contributor of White Supremacy is mainstream media such a television shows‚ movies‚ and news channels. Growing up in the 21st century‚ media broadcastings and publications were being developed at an extremely rapid rate. Everywhere I would go‚ I would always be exposed to newspapers‚ magazines‚ articles‚ and television shows that discussed trending topics‚ political affairs‚ and seemingly important topics and stories. As time continued to progress‚ media and media access became
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in their society. African American culture‚ also known as black culture‚ is considered to be a subculture of American culture. African American culture began during slavery. Slaves went through the process of ethnic cleansing. They were stripped of their identities and human rights. Within slavery‚ Africans began to create their own new culture. Parts of that culture is still taught‚ believed and used today. African American race and culture have been intertwined in American society‚ although that
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were only 4000 African American soldiers in the Army prior to World War II but during the war at least 1.2 million black soldiers served in the war. African-Americans participating in World War 2 had drastically changed the way white Americans viewed Blacks as a whole. Prior to this time Jim Crow laws dictated the way people were to act towards African Americans; these laws said they should have separate areas for whites and colored‚ and other discriminatory acts. African Americans were heavily discriminated
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In the Beginning of the 16th century‚ Africans were enslaved and brought to the United States of America. Separated from their history and language‚ African Americans somehow managed to preserve their spirit for music. The music helped to increase productivity in the daily task and reduce the feeling for sadness. The blues was created by African American communities in the deep South of the United States. It started in the 19th century and continued to make its way in the future. The blues was everywhere
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The dismissal and brushing off of injustices faced by minorities‚ more specifically African Americans‚ is a gesture of complacency and and willingness to coexist with racism within one’s society.In their day to day lives‚ people of color come face to face with a multitude of micro aggressions. Often times‚ fueled by deeply rooted racism. Thus preventing advancement of people of color’s communities. In present times‚ racism is viewed as an ideology of the past. Which gives birth to the harmful mindset
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incarceration rate for African Americans in the United States are extremely high. African Americans make up the majority of prisoners in the United States. According to American Journal of Sociology‚ “ In 2009‚ African Americans were nearly six times more likely to be in prisoned than whites.” Admittedly‚ we as 21st century Americans are starting to be reacquainted with the injustice of the law as a whole because it seems as if almost every news story is centered around an African American being wrongly accused
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self-esteem and to pass on to other generations values that conflicted with those of their masters. Slave culture drew on the heritage of Africa. African influence appeared in dance and music‚ forms of religious worship‚ and slave medicine. The end of the foreign slave trade helped foster a particularly new African-American culture‚ shaped by American and African traditions and values. The family was the center of slave community. Because of a natural increase of the slave population‚
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woman to receive a medical degree at an American
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