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    Effects and Developments of the Forced Migration of Africans Europe and the New World: Though the effect on Africa due to the slave trade was very negative‚ in the Americas it was the exact opposite. As population decreased in Africa‚ it increased in the Americas. Even today‚ approximately one tenth of our population can trace its roots back to an imported slave. The demographic effects of the slave trade varied on the area. In the British West Indies‚ for example‚ the proportion of people descendent

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    educational policies in the United States that have resulted in intentional patterns of oppression by Protestant‚ European Americans against racial and ethnic groups. The historical context of the European American oppressor is helpful in understanding how the dominant group has manipulated the minority groups. These minority groups include Americans who are Native‚ African‚ Latin/Hispanic‚ and Asian. Techniques for deculturalization were applied in attempts to erase the oppressed groups’ previous

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    African American Studies arose from necessity because of the biases in the American education system. To respond to and attempt to rectify these biases‚ African American Studies became an educational field in which students could examine history through a new lens; a lens that allowed for closer examination of the experience of African Americans in the United States‚ a subject which had previously been miniscule. The tendency to examine the achievements of Europeans while disregarding the achievements

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    today in the world. They believe that these rituals have the power to bind or tear people from their culture. Victor Turner is a famous anthropologist who made many contributions to culture religion and its rituals. In the text from Essentials of Cultural Anthropology‚ anthropologists define religion as 3 basic characteristic which are‚ beliefs in relation to supernatural powers‚ teachings and traditions of those supernatural powers

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    It’s estimated that the American-Mexican actress Lupe Ontiveros played the role as a maid almost 150 times! The second stereotype is the Latin Lover. For years Hispanic men have been portrayed as the suave‚ sexy‚ and smooth talking lover. Spanish actor Antonio Banderas is one of the faces of this stereotype appearing in Original Sin. Contra el Viento‚ and Of Love and Shadows‚ as the “Latin Lover.” The opposite of this stereotype is the Sexpot

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    family structure is one of the major factors that contribute to the crime epidemic in the African American community. Family structure is the way in which the child and or children are raised. The mother and father play a significant role in the growth and development of children. Majority of Hispanic families are traditional. Meaning the family is raised by the biological parents. Compared to the African American family structure in today’s society where the families are not traditional‚ due to the

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    Step is common in today’s society. It was dance that originated in Africa by gold miners who were not allowed to speak to one another and had to use their hands and feet as means of communication. Africans came to America and formed the first African American fraternity. These fraternities are the ones that created todays’ “stepping” and based it on the traditional gumboot dances. The dancers endured a lot of suffering through their journey and brought something great to America that is now a crazed

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    because it keeps changing its influence among black Americans. From the book by Debra Rosenthal‚ she defines rap music as an art that is well connected to the African American literature (Rosenthal 661). Rhythm and rhyme are emphasized in the music. On the other hand‚ melody and harmony are not given much of a priority. From the article‚ one can get the point that she hates on the music because she states that rap keeps changing the African American slang and refers it as rituals and figures to the

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    answers to these questions intensified. Additionally‚ in conjunction with these questions‚ I also began to experience gradually increasing anger towards my race‚ and began denying and stripping myself of my African-American culture‚ background‚ and traditions. I didn’t allow the African-American and black racial stereotypes to be applicable towards me; therefore‚ I initiated a process unofficially known as “white-washing”‚ a term used to describe a minority assimilating with Western culture; however

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    African Americans: The Role of Race Abstract The Following Essay defines and integrates the role race plays on the African American culture in their family values and politics in comparison to the Anglo American Culture. The United States has become increasingly diverse in the last century. While African American families share many features with other U.S. families‚ the African American family has some distinctive features relating to the timing and approaches to marriage and family formation

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