African American And Inhumane Research Paper

Regardless of race or ethnicity, it is my belief that people in general, will stand up for their rights no matter what they have to do in order to get their rights recognized, they will do it. In this case, African Americans had to fight to mold the country and freedom that they desired. When a group of people become oppressed they will learn to band together to mold their future and the future of their children. I would like to look into this from the point of view that even though we are referring to people of African American descent, other races would have done the same. I hope to touch on topics and keywords that will reflect that in a literary sense.

The years 1820s through 1840s saw slavery develop and advance in various ways. However, with the advancement of slavery came reformists whose efforts were faced with a number of challenges. The primary objective of this essay is to take a stand on slavery. The essayist will focuss on a number of questions. These include: What stereotypes do these documents promote about African-Americans? How do these men justify slavery? Or what points do they make about the need to abolish slavery? Should the emancipated slaves remain "on-soil," that is, in the United States? How do these men envision civilized society and slavery's place in it? What remarks do the abolitionists make about the conditions under which the slaves worked and lived? The pro-slavery

Founded in 1909, the NAACP (the National Association for the Advancement of White people) strived for the abolishment of segregation, the protection of blacks from lynching, and the destruction of the black codes. Lynching (lynch [verb]: to put to death (as by hanging) without legal sanction. Source) had been a common threat to black life after slavery was abolished in 1865. Usually carried out by a mob of whites, a person could be lynched for no reason, though the most common reason for a black to be lynched was a false accusation of murder or rape. And Blacks were not the only people who could be lynched. Any white during this time that sympathised with a black ran the risk of being lynched themselves. Between 1882 and 1962, approximately

After reading Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, it is clear to see the true horrors behind the entirety of slavery. It is one thing to learn about it from a textbook or to sit through a lecture, but it is a completely different experience to get an account of how grossly inhumane, frightening, and appalling slavery really was from someone who experienced the terrors first-hand. Reading this narrative provided extremely descriptive details of how slaves truly were treated. Douglass recounted the time where he had often:

The kind of racism going on in the United States right now makes it nearly impossible to call it out because of the smoke screen created. Racism entrenched in the law can continue unabated because the public and the world will not have a reason to speak against the act of injustice. After all, one committed a crime and was justly punished for it. As this goes on, African American men continue to become a frustrated lot. The police unleash unnecessary brutality on them, invade their privacy in the name of applying the law and downright trample on their constitutional rights. Black children grow up with the mentality that they are not good enough like their white counterparts. In effect, they drop out of school and end up doing odd jobs or engage

Chapter two discusses the inequality, brutality, and disfranchisement done to African Americans. This chapter also displayed the change African Americans made when they realized enough was enough. Ella Ree Jones was a student at Alabama State Teachers College in Montgomery, AL, who acted in the same way Rosa Parks made famous 13 years later. Jones was feeling confined that day but was told to give her seat up for a white man. She refused and argued she was already halfway on the bus where blacks were assigned. The bus driver called the police and they took Jones to City Hall. When they arrived at City Hall the officers beat her with a pipe, kicked her repeatedly, one officer took her head and propelled it into a brick wall, and then pushed her into her cell. Jones was fined and was still obscure on what she had done wrong.

We live in a Nation that has the highest incarceration rate in the entire world, standing at about 700 for every 100,000 people are incarcerated. To put that into perspective that's about 1.6 to 2 million people of the 315 million people in the U.S. With about 40% of them being African American. 40% may not sound very high but, the surprising fact around all of these statistics, is only 13% of the entire population is African American. You may ask yourself how is this possible? Well let’s talk about that. The three major factors that contribute to high black incarceration rates are due to broken black communities/growth roots, the recidivism cycle and prejudice among police forces.

Caramel, mocha, chocolate, dark chocolate, butterscotch, brownie, honey. Terms of endearment for the Black race can sound so inviting and sensually stimulating; why then, was I not welcomed with a loving embrace into my own community? An understated problem within the Black community today is that of internalized racism. Should a Black person stray from the status quo and main stream perception of American citizens from African descent as having violent-tendencies and being intemperate, then we are marginalized, and what is worse, we marginalize one another. I have first-hand experience with such marginalization from my peers. I have spent the preponderance of my academic career in a predominantly white community, which has greatly swayed my

African Americans in the US have been through some of the worst situations. They have been dehumanized by white supremacy and systematic oppression. For example, from being slaves, to Jim Crow laws, to segregation, to oppression by being trapped in public housing and high crime rate inner-cities. The main focus of this paper is the problem of mass incarceration in the US. There are currently 2 million people in prison, most are African American men. There needs to be prison reform in order to decrease the number of inmates in prison and help former inmates lead a more productive life after serving time.

“Be quick in the race for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a Garden (paradise) whose width is that of the heavens and of the earth, prepared for the righteous – Those who spend (freely), whether in prosperity or in adversity, who restrain (their) anger and pardon (all) men – for God loves those who do good.” Qur’an:3:133-134

From 1865 to 1967, more than four hundred laws, ordinances, and amendments were passed in the United States legalizing discrimination. These pieces of legislation regulated discrimination in everything from education to health care to marriage rights. Though these laws were more endemic in the South, many occurred in the North as well. This time period, often known as the Jim Crow Period, and its encouragement of racial segregation affected individuals’ lifestyles socially, economically, and politically, and created a divide of rights, freedoms, and understanding within society.

The oath of a police official is to primarily serve and protect the people. Their jobs are to protect my civil liberties, ensure safety, and provide stability to fellow communities and neighborhoods. An officer of the law should never deceive their badge, reliability, character, and should also hold themselves accountable for their engagements. Should my protector be the man who kills me because I appear to be threat? Should my fellow protector be one who is so easy to kill? Should my protector be someone who has turned away from the oath that he or she has taken? Why is it that my protector betrays their duties, not ensure safety, and fail to give my country stability?

The right way is considered to be law-abiding, to simply follow the laws set by government. But what if the government makes it somewhat difficult for people or makes it unfair for some to succeed, then people are judged as being in the wrong. As stated by Bryan Stevenson, “There is power in identity when the ‘right’ identity is created” it is not only up to the person to create the ‘right’ identity, but show society this identity (Stevenson). (Need to add to intro.) Even though, the incarceration rates of African American men are high, discrimination is not the main contributor because African Americans are impacted by poverty in communities, have low educational systems, and are influenced by imprisoned parents.

A group that has been oppressed for a long period of time is African Americans. They dealt with so much from history to present that I feel they should benefit from community organizing. Especially with recent events that’s going on with them as a population, they could benefit from it.

This reinforces the idea that the actions carried out by the slavers were of an evil nature and were carried out as an act of pure greed and apath