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    pregnancy was identified as a major public health issue right along with cancer and cardiovascular disease prompting public health interventions to be created. When researching teenage pregnancy in the African-American community I wanted to know were there specific things that caused African-Americans to have such a high number of teenage pregnancies compared to other races. Things like education and socio-economic status seems to come into play when it comes to the question of why there are so many

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    represents. In African American culture‚ the arts‚ literature‚ agricultural skills‚ food‚ music‚ language‚ and clothing styles have been contributed and passed down to the descendants by the first generation

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    African Americans have been oppressed in the United States since its birth. Even after hundreds of years‚ African Americans do not receive the same treatments that an average non-minority citizen would get. Although many things have changed over this remarkable period of time‚ there is still work to be done. There are differences between African American people and communities compared to the situation of Caucasians around our nation. Many African Americans have an ongoing battle with poverty‚ racism

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    Majority of the African American migrating North wrote letters to the Urban League‚ an organization that has helped many other African Americans migrate north. “Founded in New York City in 1911‚ the National Urban League (NUL) was the most important of the new social service agencies formed especially to address urban black conditions.” (Brown‚ p127) Along with the assistance from the NUL many migrants also wrote to a newspaper designed for African American readers‚ the Chicago Defender. Each migrate

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    based on the perception of physical differences in a way to classify individuals. Culture is based on how one person is raised to believe‚ think‚ and act 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

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    citizenship rights were denied to African-Americans. The Jim Crow laws kept the separation of black and white soldiers. Black and white soldiers shared different bathrooms and were trained in different military units. African-American soldiers fought two wars: one over the Axis Powers and one with domestic racial prejudice. There is no sense for America to fight for democracy if America could not have even exemplified it. There was no motive to guide an African-American

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    human nature to search for the differences within each other rather than embrace our similarities. This can be seen through many common themes today such as sexism‚ classism‚ and especially racism. Individuals have excluded others with these differences‚ sometimes going as far as to say they were less than human. This detrimental belief leaves little room for understanding and acceptance between cultures. Joseph Conrad’s novel‚ Heart of Darkness‚ tells the story of African imperialism while portraying

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    weight-loss industry‚ and a high rate of voluntary dieting‚ the prevalence of obesity in African American women continued to increase. For the most part‚ African American women are aware of the serious health risks related to obesity. Honest attempts to diet and exercise properly usually resulted in gaining of the weight loss and additional pounds in the process. A limited number of studies suggest that African American women maybe less motivated to control their weight because of culturally determined

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    The African American Culture and Traditions A Research Study and Facts That Will Take Us Into What Makes This Culture So Unique. Jeanette C. Council Dr. Jefferson Rackley COUN 504 5 May 2012 Liberty University Abstract The purpose of this research is to identify the uniqueness and diversity of people and practices of the African American culture. Each culture in life has some similarities and some differences. The similarities and differences that are present in a culture is what make the

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    of these genres is Jazz. Jazz is a type of music that was created mainly by black Americans during the early twentieth century‚ and is a combination of American and African tribal music. There are many different characteristics that set Jazz apart from every other kind of music‚ but there are three main distinctions; the first is its particular combination of rhythm‚ melody and harmony‚ second is the subtle differences that make every Jazz player almost instantly recognizable and finally is the way

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