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    ethnography‚ Blue-Chip Black: Race‚ Class‚ and Status in the New Black Middle Class‚ aims to reveal “how different groups of middle-class blacks make their identity choices.” In examining the process of identity construction for middle-class suburban blacks‚ she incorporates spatial analysis and the intersection of race and class in order to highlight intragroup divisions. In doing so‚ Lacy argues that the intersection of race and class influences the identity construction of the black middle-class in terms

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    Annotated Bibliography Hugh Pearson Pearson‚ Hugh. The Shadow of the Panther: Huey Newton and the Price of Black Power in America. Reading‚ MA: Addison-Wesley Pub.‚ 1994. Print. Pearson’s analysis of Huey P. Newton and the Black Panther Party. The book was one of the first comprehensive studies of the party done by an African American historian. The analysis explores the character of Huey Newton. Pearson describes Huey Newton as the driving force of the party. The book concludes that the

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    In the book “Being Black and Middle Class”‚ author Steele mainly focuses on her central theses which is the unequal treatment in race and class. Throughout the book she is argues continuously on the perception of discrimination. The author believes that usage of racial discrimination is a big burden for the Black race. According to the authors insights‚ the white class or group sees the black class as targets to comfort their guilty ethics‚ whereas the black people make an effort to make their status

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    While listening to the Black Art by Amari Baraka its so much emotion behind what he is saying and its transferred to the listener/ readers as well. The open tells a story of the hardships that the African American communitties though during these times. Its also reminiscent of early stages of rap music because when the thought of rap music pops in an individuals brain you hear a story being told and its music to back it up and sets a tone or the listener. That’s what this poem portrays as well. Also

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    In Black Like Who?‚ Rinaldo Walcott addresses the erasure of the Black body in national historical narratives to the extent that “many people continue to believe that any black presence in Canada is a recent and urban one spawned by black Caribbean‚ and now continental African‚ migration (43).” As a matter of fact‚ as exemplified by Myriam Chancy‚ Canada is widely considered as a harbor‚ as a place of tolerance and diversity for people seeking refuge “differentiating it from the United States and

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    The following essay If Black English Isn’t a Language‚ Then Tell Me‚ What Is? Written by American Novelist (1979) James Baldwin addresses the debate about Black English. Baldwin’s piece first appeared in the New York Times during an era when Americans fueled over the validity of Black English. In his piece‚ Baldwin argues that white Americans opposition towards Black English‚ a birthed language‚ is due to their lack of understanding the language and failure to realize its reality. White Americans

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    In the essay “If Black English Isn’t a Language‚ Then Tell Me‚ What Is?”‚ James Baldwin argues that languages evolve based on the environments in which they are spoken. Baldwin claims that‚ “people evolve a language in order to describe and thus control their circumstances [...] [People from different regions] are not saying‚ and cannot be saying‚ the same things: They each have very different realities to articulate” (1). Essentially‚ people’s environments play a large role in the way they speak

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    In the autobiography‚ Black Boy‚ written by Richard Wright takes the readers back into the deep south of Jackson‚ Mississippi‚ where whites attempted to tame blacks into submission by hard discipline. It seemed that the more Wright had gained in life‚ the more he was hurt. Wright was alienated from his environment. Even though he tried to distance himself from the prejudice all around him‚ the white people still tried to turn him into the stereotypical southern black person. Wright was born after

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    The title of this poem is " The Black Walnut Tree" by Mary Oliver. The reason why I choose this poem is that I can relate to it because it’s about family heritage and how we grow apart by allowing are foolish decisions gets the best of us. In this poem it was based upon betrayal‚ sadness and they were also faced with financial difficulties. Let me give you the insider of the poem‚ the tree symbolize hope and life the branches represent the family and how its structure. The walnut is the fruit that

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    The recent article that I have read sheds‚ more than enough‚ light on a situation that many people consider not being relevant. “Celie’s Revenge: Hip Hop’s Betrayal of Black Women” written by Jennifer McLune relates to the feelings of many women in today’s society. Being referred to as bitches and hoes in the music that we hear every day‚ on the radio‚ TV‚ etc.‚ is a disgrace to all whether they feel so or not. This article is a response to Kevin Powell’s article “Notes of a Hip Hop Head”. In his

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