The speakers of the African American Lecture Series were all alumni of the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater. The message that they presented was basically how us‚ as minority students‚ can make a difference‚ particularly in the education system. The speakers also briefly spoke about the racial conflicts that were impacting the climate of the campus. All of the speakers gave key advice on how a student‚ no matter their race‚ gender‚ sexual preference‚ could succeed and achieve their main goal
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hair states our “Black Lives Matter” movement. We‚ the black community defines our hair as a symbol of deference for our race. It’s bigger than just hair. It’s our statement! Based on my journey‚ natural hair is amazing! I started from the bottom with my big chop. It took me a lot of research and a lot of time to get my hair to where it is today! How do we‚ “the African American Women” embrace our beautiful and versatile hair? We flaunt it! We style it! We rock it! Young women today are very comfortable
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especially in business letters‚ tests‚ and reports. Nonstandard‚ or informal‚ English is used in everyday conversation at home‚ school‚ work‚ and recreation (The History of English: Origins and Uses). Nonstandard English is also utilized in personal letters and journal entries. But‚ how does an audience tell the difference between standard and nonstandard English? The first way to tell the difference between standard and nonstandard English is in sentence
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In the song Mississippi god dam “Go Slow” in reference to societal changes in the civil rights and equal treatment of African American people in the southern U.S. she indicts “going slow” as an acceptance of the atrocities that have occurred. The STEM community cannot afford to “go slow”‚ this would mean an acceptance of the current system as an acceptable one. African American and Latino students make up 59% of college students‚ while only 16 % of degrees in STEM went to these groups. “Going
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Many of the events‚ situations and circumstances of the second half of the 20th century set the stage for‚ caused and made possible‚ most of the business‚ political and interpersonal scenarios we are experiencing in this country today – good‚ bad and indifferent. According to the U.S. Census of 1900‚ ninety percent of Blacks lived in the South. Three-quarters of black households were located in rural places; only one-fifth owned their own homes and most worked as farmers or laborers. If not on
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professional sports be without all the greatest black athletes such as Michael Jordan‚ Muhammad Ali or Jackie Robinson? Today the NBA is filled with a large majority of African American players. The NBA would be nothing without those players. Muhammad Ali was a boxer‚ businessman and social activist for equal rights for all races. He wanted equal opportunities for all men‚ regardless of color‚ to be successful. Michael Jordan was considered the best basketball player of all time with five regular
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: Question 1: Utilizing specific examples from both books‚ explain how the actions of African Americans damaged the institution of slavery and ultimately led to its demise. African Americans damages the institute of slavery by escaping and participating in rebellions. On average‚ 1‚000 slaves escaped per year. They wanted freedom so bad that they took the chance of being caught and whipped by their masters. Harriet Tubman was a slave who ran away and returned to plantations several times
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Most think that cultural appropriation only happens to African Americans‚ Asians‚ or anyone that isn’t white. But that’s highly untrue. In fact‚ the LGBTQA community is often misrepresented in the media. Maybe not as often‚ but‚ they are. For example‚ this article on the Huffington Post‚ Jules Horowitz‚ a transgender himself‚ explains that transpeople need to be involved in telling trans-stories. Hollywood has only really put one famous Transperson in the centre of the media when it comes to acting
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cherish; from this day forward until death do us part.” African American superstar‚ Nick Cannon has beat the odds of being an African American men and getting married. This vow is rarely said by most of the African American males population. Over the last twenty-five years‚ marriage rates among African American males have declined dramatically. By 1994‚ the percentage of never-married men increased to 42.4 percent and only 46 percent of African American men were married (Statistical Abstract of the United
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perfect example of the effect that the American Revolution had on African American people. The American Revolution was the “Great Awakening” for African Americans‚ because it was the spark to the coming Civil War. In Lecture 10 it was said that the slaves felt “inspired to fight”‚ and who could blame them? Dunmore’s Proclamation was not only a call for slaves to join the fight‚ but it was hope for freedom. African Americans used the ideology of the American Revolution to their advantage‚ and used
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