Essay On African American Society

Though social problems affect a wide variety of people from all races, classes, and cultures; minorities, specifically African Americans, encounter social problems on a multi-dimensional basis. Poverty, employment rates, discrimination, and other social problems strike African Americans in such a way that it is nearly impossible to separate them; each individual has different background, socially and physically, that would determine in which order his or her social problems need to be solved. Impoverished blacks in the inner city may have difficulty finding or keeping jobs, while others may have jobs, but face troubles with work discrimination that prevent them from moving upward .Underemployment, workplace inequalities, and unbalanced

Throughout history, African American weren’t considered the smartest race on earth. With slavery and being for bided to ever touch or learn to read a book, African American became the race that envy having an education. Education became a prime factor in the African American culture. Having an education to an African is having the one-way ticket out of the terrible streets. They believe that if they don’t know nothing they won’t get nothing. In other word, if they aren’t educated their life would remain the same. Way back to slavery, African American would be beaten if they were to open a book and dare to read it instead of cleaning it.

During my early years of school, I remember being taught white accomplishments and wondering if blacks and other people of color had made any significant contributions to today's world. I noticed that television consist of all white people. Throughout my research paper I hope to cover certain aspects of African American heritage. Aspects such as blacks making up the largest minority group in the United States, although Mexican-Americans are rapidly changing that. The contributions blacks have provided to our country are immeasurable. Unfortunately though rather than recognizing these contributions, white America would rather focus on oppressing and degrading these people. As a consequence American

African Americans now constitute nearly 1 million of the total 2.3 million incarcerated; that is 60% of 30% of the African American population. African Americas are incarcerated at nearly six times the rate of whites. “Between 6.6% and 7.5% of all black males ages 25 to 39 were imprisoned in 2011, which were the highest imprisonment rates among the measured sex, race, Hispanic origin, and age groups." (Carson, E. Ann, and Sabol, William J. 2011.) Stated on Americanprogram.org “ The Sentencing Project reports that African Americans are 21 percent more likely to receive mandatory-minimum sentences than white defendants and are 20 percent more likely to be sentenced to prison.” Hispanics and African Americans make up 58% of all prisoners in 2008, even though African Americans and Hispanics make up approximately one quarter of the US population. (Henderson 2000). Slightly 15% of the inmate population is made up of 283,000 Hispanic prisoners.

Terry Wilcoxen, Randy Eskridge, and I, Gary Gilmore love politics, we’ve met each other from politics actually, but I’m an african-american man and they are white people. Well anyway we travel, watch politics, and debate together. We have a blast! We’re all the same age. Well, today we are going to watch a man named, Abraham Lincoln, and Stephen Douglas speak to each other about the Kansas-Nebraska act. We ride our horse carriage to the debate and we have now started to notice a horse carriage that has been following us for a while, so I ask Terry,

Africans first arrived in the area that later became the United States of America in around 1619 in the Chesapeake area. The large amount of fertile land in the area gave the settlers their biggest cash crop, which was tobacco. As time went by, more and more tobacco was being exported to England. Because of this, more labor was needed. This need for more labor was not only in the north, but in the south as well due to their mass production of cotton. This movement started the institution of slavery in America. Then, the colonies and other countries started to trade slaves and it became a business. The Royal African Company was the first slave trading company, which was started in 1672. The slaves were transported by the Middle

Oppression can be seen all over the world, in almost any culture, during almost any time during history. Oppression can happen to anyone, but it usually happens to minority racial or social groups. Society and its institutions often reinforce and stand by this oppression. Racism is very prevalent in America even to this day, though many claim we have overcome our oppressive history. Addressing this oppression can be incredibly difficult, not only for those being oppressed, but also for those who want to stand up for those groups. While it may be difficult to address oppressive structures, it is not impossible. Oppression can control one’s life and take a toll on their well being. Addressing oppressive structures can only happen when people or a group of people are able to make it their ultimate concern, and then come together as one to fight back.

In today's world, there is such a big emphasis on education and its importance. And there should be an emphasis. Unfortunately, not everyone has the same attitude about receiving a good education. This article attempts to discuss the attitudes of African American's towards education when a stable family structure is absent.

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek” Barack Obama. The question is always asked does the media reflect the reality of society, or does society try and imitate the reality shown by the media? There are a number of stereotypes associated with African Americans in our society such as African American men are athletes, rappers, criminals, deviant, streetwise, uneducated, and unemployed just to name a few. African Americans in the media have changed through the years. The history of African Americans on TV or minorities in general is hampered by the racial conflicts and segregation that are embedded in American society. Historically, black actors have been grouped stereotypically and assigned to comedy. This has often been traced to the genre of black minstrelsy that was popular in the early 20th century.

Historically black colleges and universities, otherwise known as HBCUs, have played an integral role in advancing the education of underprivileged black teenagers since their inception after the American Civil War. They have had students extremely well known in their fields today, such as billionaire entertainer Oprah Winfrey, the first African American Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. Though their graduation rates tend to be around 1 in 3, they have produced a majority of successful African American professionals. For the continued advancement of African Americans, HBCUs are necessary for offering educational opportunities that their students had been historically denied and presently out of financial reach, while promoting strong family values and equality that may be lacking at traditional schools and displaying positive African American role models in their alumni and staff.

Spokesperson and leader of the Civil rights, Marther Luther King Jr., once said, “the ultimate tradegy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.”Oppression has, is, and always will be part of a society and there will always be oppressors; however, it is up to the individuals being oppressed to speak up and end the oppression that occurs in a community, it is there job to identify the rights and wrongs and not let the cycle of oppression continue, it is their obligation to speak up and act, it is under their accountability to terminate oppression and not let it snare them. In the book Black Boy by Richard Wright and “Overcoming Obstacles: What Oprah Winfrey Learned From Her Childhood

From the 1920’s to the mid 1930’s a literary, intellectual, and artistic movement occurred that kindled the African Americans a new cultural identity. This movement became known as the Harlem Renaissance, which is also known as the “New Negro Movement”. With this movement, African Americans sought out to challenge the “Negro” stereotype that they had received from others while developing innovation and great cultural activity. The Harlem Renaissance became an artistic explosion in the creative arts. Thus, many African Americans turned to writing, art, music, and theatrics to express their selves.

Currently in the African country of Eritrea, many Eritreans are fleeing to Europe. Men and women in various states and conditions endure the treacherous journey to Europe in hopes of a better life. One such twenty-six year old woman, Merhawit Tesfamariam, boarded a boat destined for Europe while being eight months pregnant. She delivered a set of twins prematurely on this boat while drifting through the Mediterranean Sea. Her specific reason for fleeing the country was to escape the mandatory military service that had already stolen three years of her life and made living unbearable (Wedeman). While escaping the military service may be the most common reason for fleeing Eritrea, other conditions also greatly impact this life changing and threatening decision. Although it may seem easier for Eritreans to escape and take up residence in closer countries, these countries provide no greater living conditions than Eritrea does. Therefore, unacceptable living conditions and unreasonable government actions cause Eritreans to currently flee specifically to Europe, and not countries near Eritrea, to find opportunities for better lives.

Give an outline of the different attitudes to the situation of African Americans presented in text 1,2 and 3

(Martin, 2011). I cannot seem to ever have an authentic relationship with my mother in law. She can be very sweet when she wants something, usually money, but she has a very mean side to her. About two weeks ago, my mother in law, Kathy, came over for a barbeque we were having at our home. Everyone was getting along, and having good conversation, when my mother in law starts up a conversation regarding race. She goes on to say that it is wrong for schools to teach black history, and black people are ghetto. I physically felt hot, because I was getting so angry. I go on to tell her that she is extremely ignorant because black history, is also American history, and it should be taught in schools, Mind you, Kathy is white, and her husband is black. I told her, her kids are half black and