The Black Death was one of the worst pandemics in human history. In the 14th century‚ at least 75 million people on three continents perished due to the painful‚ highly contagious disease. Originating from fleas on rodents in China‚ the “Great Pestilence” spread westward and spared few regions. In Europe’s cities‚ hundreds died daily and their bodies were usually thrown into mass graves. The plague devastated towns‚ rural communities‚ families‚ and religious institutions. Following centuries of a
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The Hands of the Blacks By Luis Bernardo Honwana I can‘t remember now how we got onto the subject‚ but one day Teacher said that the palms of the black‘s Hands were much lighter than the rest of their bodies because only few centuries ago they walked around on all fours‚ like wild animals‚ so their palms Weren’t exposed to the sun‚ which made the rest of their bodies darker and darker. I thought of this when Father Cristiano told us after cathechism that we were absolutely hopeless‚ and that even
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WGST 300—BLACK CINEMA Option A: Select two or more films from this course and compare and/or contrast them‚ using one or more of the above criteria (shared themes‚ etc.). SUPERFLY and DUTCHMAN “Lights‚ camera‚ and action!!” A popular phrase noted throughout the film and cinematic industry‚ but to directors‚ actors‚ and viewers of African American or Black Cinema this famous phrase helped jumpstart a movement throughout the black culture. Starting with radical movies that explained racial undertones
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Black Masculinity: Behaviors‚ Boundaries and Biology What is an ethnic group? An ethnic group is a human population whose members identify with each other‚ usually on the basis of a presumed common genealogy or ancestry . These ethnic groups are usually united by shared cultural values‚ common fields of communication‚ or religious practices. So perhaps the theory of Black masculinity can be considered an ethnic group. There is the obvious factors of being ‘Black’ and ‘male’ that connects these members
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Black Aesthetics The word “aesthetics” can be defined as a branch of philosophy that critically reflects on art‚ culture‚ and nature. It is a view‚ opinion‚ or an attitude toward what is considered offensive or acceptable. It is more scientifically defined as a critical judgment of the sensory emotional values that exude from the nature of beauty‚ art‚ and taste. Aesthetics as it pertains to the black community or simply “black aesthetics” refers to ideologies and perspectives of art that centers
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Jaisha Andrews Mrs. Considine English 101‚ Section 506 7 August 2012 The Negative Effects of Being a Black Male in a “Post-Racial” Society The University of Tennessee has 28‚000 students‚ in which 7.59% of that total is African Americans. Of that 7.59% of African Americans‚ only 998.8 of them are African American males. Once these black males graduate‚ they will begin to search for the desired career that they have academically and socially prepared for at the University of Tennessee. Every
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could be looked at as vulgar‚ it is extremely true and has been shown throughout time. Black culture has almost always been the most popular in American society. It quite possibly may be the most popular culture in the world. Many of the things we see around today in pop culture have come from some part of black culture. Just about every TV show‚ commercial‚ advertisement‚ song‚ etc. has some attribute of black culture in it. Whether it is the music‚ slang‚ or even simple mannerisms‚ they are all
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The Black Death In Fourteenth Century Europe‚ there was a network of roads and sea routes were linked to create international trade. These trading ships were docked at a Port in Sicily (Italy) after a long journey through the Black Sea from Asia. This was a major trade route where Italian merchants traded for silks and spices to be brought to Europe. Apparently‚ Asian black rats carried fleas with the plague that somehow burrowed into the ship’s grain sacks. This is the theory of what caused the
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The Black Madonna by Muriel Spark Brief summary Lou and Raymond Parker are a Catholic working-class couple with middle-class aspirations (D.: Bestrebungen) . They flaunt /display (D.: zur Schau stellen) their progressiveness and tolerance by befriending two newly arrived Jamaicans‚ Henry Pierce and Oxford St.John and they also introduce them to their friends. As Lou is jealous of her neighbours` and her sister`s children‚ Lou prays to the newly installed and consecrated Black Madonna – a
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Life of Black “Liberating Christ” is a critique of Langston Hughes‚ “On the Road” by Carolyn P. Walker. Hughes uses barely over 1000 words to narrate his story. His great skills of using metaphor‚ symbolism and imagery are some of few techniques of his great work. Hughes uses nature to express Sargeant’s refusal to participate in life. In Liberating Christ‚ Walker’s says Hughes has done serious criticism of racial discrimination. There were few other points we will be looking into oppression
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