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    bRoberto Reynoso Professor Heinrichs African American Art 25 March 2013 Sterotypes Stereotypes have long been the barrier that kept the African American artist from developing openly in true arts. John Ott in his essay called “Labored Stereotypes” tells the story of Palmer Hayden‚ an African American artist that struggled to have his art noticed. Ott also focusses on how when Hayden did finally reach artistic acclaim it was still not how he wanted to be represented because

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    The racial discrimination I am focusing on is police encounters with citizens and police arrest. African Americans are treated differently when it comes to police encounters. There were many facts presented when reading this part of the article proving that dark skinned people are treated differently. 65% of the police population are white while the rest of the 35% are black. Police seem to focus more on the mixed racial drug market compared to the white. Black people typically deliver crack cocaine

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    relating to people on a personal level. Soulsville‚ which stands on the corner of College Street and E. McLemore Ave‚ was the connection between the frustration that African Americans felt during the 1960’s and resulted in being an escape for them. Jim Stewart did not know it at the time‚ but he created a place that would influence African American history forevermore. Because of it’s musical contributions‚ diversity‚

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    Introduction African American is a minority group which lives in America. They experienced discrimination‚ and other prejudice mostly by white people. The most pathetic discrimination happened by black men. In the past‚ People considered them as unknown people because black men were lack of identities. It did not matter if they are slaves or freeman‚ fathers or children‚ religious or not. The discriminations were happened in public places‚ medical facilities‚ education and other community services

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    Substance Abuse in the African American Community Stating the Problem      The contemporary problem that I would like to address is Substance abuse in African Americans community. Most Africain American uses Substance abuse as a stress reliever . They use religion by going to church to get strength asking for forgiviness. Adolescent are the one’s who are at risk the most . In the Hampton Roads you will see a lot of homeless people substance abuse users. Interview from a experience individual

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    in a big way when it comes to personal bias and diagnosis. In the African American community specifically mental illness is a disease that is not discussed and something that you definitely do not go to see a doctor about. African Americans are presumably more affected by mental than any other culture does to reasonings such as ongoing racial discrimination‚ high poverty‚ and constant segregation(Clifton‚ D‚ 2015).Those in the African American community tend to rely heavily on religion in hopes to

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    African-American Civil Rights Movement Your Name Course/Number Due Date Instructor Name Abstract An exploration of the Civil Rights Movement‚ as perceived by Fannie Lou Hammer‚ Lyndon B. Johnson‚ Rosa Parks‚ and Martin Luther King‚ Jr. African-American Civil Rights Movement In the early 1960s‚ leaders of the African-American political movement traveled to areas of high oppression. Their intent was to secure equal opportunities for African-Americans. These political leaders were called “African-American

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    The Challenges African Americans Have Overcome: Throughout history‚ African Americans have been faced with great adversity which they have overcome to get to the place where they are today. During the Civil Rights Movement‚ some of the most influential leaders were born; they came and paved the way for the upcoming generation. In many instances their circumstances cost them their lives. During the Civil Rights Movement‚ many events taken place to give us the freedom we deserved. On January 1

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    depictions of African American life in the United States throughout the 1900s. Through his work he portrays the sadness‚ happiness‚ and love in their culture. Hughes once said‚ “We Negro writers‚ just by being black‚ have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.” In other words‚ his and other African American writers’ work was criticized simply because of their ethnicity‚ so they had to be very careful about what and how they wrote. Most African American writers

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    Once the African Americans were freed they began to enjoy many of the simple things in life that we take for granted today‚ (Shultz. n.d.). They could go out and buy a dog if they wanted. They could hold meetings without having to worry about white people supervising them. They tried to become landowners. Many of them also moved around a lot‚ sometimes just to get away from the plantations where they once served as slaves‚ and others moved to looked for relatives and loved ones who had been sold

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