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    I am an African-American female‚ I mostly identify with liberals and tend to usually have an open mind about a lot of things. I always try to remind myself that there are always two sides to every story‚ and always try to genuinely listen to both sides before making judgement. There is only one instance where I can recall having a “single story” view on a topic which is how I used to view Black Americans. Growing up I have always referred to myself as an African American. This is because both of

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    someone looks‚ the way someone talks and even the because of their skin color. In the years 1600’s many African-Americans were being used as slaves in Africa. Men worked as farm laborers they had to harvest the crops and plant them. The women worked in the houses of the slave owners they took care of the children‚ made food for the family and also worked on farming. However‚ none of these African-Americans were paid for what they had worked for which made their living conditions very bad. On July 19‚ 2013

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    will confront colonialism in the American continent‚ causing several countries in America to fight for independence‚ as we will see in classes number 7 to number 14. However‚ we will notice in classes number 15 to number 18 that only from the second half of the nineteenth century will there be the insertion of Latin America in the new capitalist order man with its own characteristics‚ a conservative

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    The 20th century was a time filled with much racial tension between blacks and whites in the United States. Slavery had already ended in the 1800’s by the Emancipation Proclamation‚ but blacks were still treated unfairly by their white counterparts. From 1940-1968 blacks went through much turmoil and hardship trying to fight for the many rights they had been denied‚ such as voting rights and basic civil rights. This time period was extremely difficult for blacks‚ lives were lost and many people were

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    Whether we know it or not‚ black inventors have impacted our lives drastically. From the time we wake up‚ until we go back to sleep at night‚ we use at least one thing that has been made by an African- American inventor. Whether it is something as big as a traffic light or as little as a hair brush‚ black inventors have made major contributions to our everyday lives. Many people know about the big inventions‚ but both small and big inventions have impacted America. (Lund 2008) During slavery‚ most

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    The creation of the negro baseball leagues was a big advancement for the African American culture therefore‚ helping break down racism and spread a wider acceptance in the community inside and outside of baseball. Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play major league baseball during the modern era. Before he signed to the Dodgers‚ baseball in the black community was considered just a pastime and not a career. Integration into professional baseball was unfathomable. Looking through all

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    PERCEPTIONS OF AFRICANAMERICAN WOMEN. AFRAM # 23 ESSAY #1 AND 2 By ………………….. Laney College bennethosuorji@yahoo.com Presented November 2‚ 2009 To ………………………… African American Studies Dept. Laney College This Assignment is presented in partial fulfillment of the AA Degree. Dr. Mae C. Jemison. I am taking some classes that will eventually qualify me to major in Astro - Physics‚ or Chemical engineering‚ I also want to work with NASA and train as an astronaut. It was amazing to know

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    color? This is what African-Americans had to go through until the late-1960s. These people had certain laws called “Jim Crow Laws” that they had to follow otherwise they would be punished with jail time and/or fines. Some even suffered from lynching. Lynching is murder by mob‚ often by hanging‚ but also by burning at the stake or shooting‚ in order to punish an alleged transgressor‚ or to intimidate‚ control‚ or otherwise manipulate a specific sector of a population. African-Americans were also segregated

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    is one of the main sources of media that depicts the way African Americans are represented. African Americans are continuously represented in the media in many different ways. These particular ways tend to encourage certain stereotypes about African Americans‚ some of which are negative and some are positive. Not only does television promote negative and positive stereotypes‚ but it also promotes racial stereotypes as well. African American portrayals on television‚ not only affect blacks as a whole

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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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