The And Of African Americans

In the film, Africans in America: “The Terrible Transformation”, the narrator discussed the influence of certain criteria in which slaves had to meet in order to work for land owners in America. These criteria included: being African American, non- European, and non- Christian. The government created this criteria system to build a barrier between the land owners and the slaves. The individuals that owned property treated their slaves as if they were foreign/strange. The white Americans did not want African American people to have the same equality as they did; Therefore, America was ruled by the whites while the blacks were merely just servants to them.

There are a lot of stereotypes and misguided points that surround a certain racial population that make people jump to conclusions without knowing the truth. Post is slavery one of the many things we as Americans, look on as shameful ignorance. Slavery affects African Americans today because there has been no real justice served. Black people back in the day lost all the political and economic gains that where accomplished. The sad part is many believe that slavery is a thing of the past, but we still suffer in other ways. Samiullah Mustafa a historical professor say’s “Many blacks have to live with terrible housing, lack of employment opportunities, bad health care and education. This all exist because black people had to catch up and have been denied opportunities that were always there

Joel Spring’s Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality examines the educational policies in the United States that have resulted in intentional patterns of oppression by Protestant, European Americans against racial and ethnic groups. The historical context of the European American oppressor is helpful in understanding how the dominant group has manipulated the minority groups. These minority groups include Americans who are Native, African, Latin/Hispanic, and Asian. Techniques for deculturalization were applied in attempts to erase the oppressed groups’ previous identities and to assimilate them into society at a level where they could be of

Whites have always considered themselves superior to blacks, no matter if they were slave owners or not. Blacks were considered lower than humans, making them a main target of oppression of whites. So even when a small group of blacks were given their freedom, they weren’t truly liberated from the chains of slavery and oppression. Blacks were freed in the early 1800s, giving a limited amount of blacks the freedom they deserved. These blacks were usually rural, uneducated, and unskilled domestic servants who had to work hard to survive in the society that shunned them. Free blacks were still given restrictions and laws because of their status in society. In the early 1830s, a law in Virginia was made to prohibit all blacks from getting their education. They even took it to the level where free blacks who went out of state to educate themselves were not able to come back and return to their own state. The worst restriction was that blacks could not testify in court. When a slave owner claimed that a free black was their slave, they could not defend themselves, and would have to conform back to their slavery. Despite the terrible treatment given to blacks, some rose above the oppression and became successful, therefore achieving their goals and potentials of being a free black man, leaving a huge impact on society in the 1800s.

One of the most frightening things is to realize the government is not on the same side as you. Unfortunately, that is what happened with the African-Americans during the reconstruction of the south and the Jews in Hitler’s Germany. Those who are supposed to help all of the nation and be fair and just were not and turned against them. It was hard. The people suffered in many ways. There were unjust politics, terror groups, rights were taken, and fallacies spread against them. What is worse is that this kind of treatment happens throughout history and even today too so many groups. It is important to understand how to recognize this and bring it to an end.

When looking at the social changes in American culture at the turn of the century, we see extraordinary differences in the accepted behaviours and thoughts of American citizens. The century saw a major shift in the way that people lived, with changes in politics, society, culture, economics, and technology. At the beginning of the century, discrimination based on race and sex was significant, but by the end of the 20th century, women had the same legal rights as men and racism had come to be seen as detestable.

They were freed when Lincoln said the words of the Emancipation Proclamation. After that they were persecuted and prejudiced by the people of the South who kept a firm grasp on their beliefs. Before that, African Americans born in the antebellum South, and brought there, were slaves to white masters. Some slaves lived a good, enjoyable life, some lived through neverending pain, some were average and spent their days being invisible, but slaves are an important part of the history of the United States, and the lives of those who lived through slavery should not be ignored.

African American’s have participated in every U.S. war. In fact, black revolutionaries served General George Washington even before the colonies became a nation, in the Independence War (Black History). They also took part on the Civil War, where the Union victory would mean a swift on the end of slavery. The enlistment of Africans Americans was unheard from either side of the war until July 17, 1862 when congress passed two Acts allowing African Americans to join the forces of the Union troops, where they proof to be a valuable part of the union forces, exceeding on every tasks and making history. On 1863 president Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation declaring that all slaves that seceded form the union states where free (Black History). However, the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation, or even the dead of president Abraham Lincoln wasn’t

“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.

Slavery was the origin of where racial injustice and profiling all started. The blacks were discriminated against, mistreated, beaten and sold to plantations across the southern part of the United States. There was once a time and place in the southeastern part of the United States when African Americans were referred to as “blacks” or even the “N” word and the rest were known as whites. This was when segregation and slavery received national recognition for being wrong. This was back in the 1960’s, when everyone in that time period was not treated equally. The white communities were treated a lot better than the colored communities. Everywhere they traveled there were two signs that separated the whites from the colored or black population.

There is a myth that the European/Caucasian race have never been enslaved. The fact is that Arab slave traders owned all race of slaves. What differs between the groups of black and whites, is that after whites had been enslaved and during stuck together and from that overcame and rose up above the circumstances. Blacks on the other hand both during and after slavery never came together collectively for the betterment of the race. Blacks mainly are still affected by a plan that was put in place to ensure blacks never came together. This process was created by Willie Lynch in a letter and speech he delivered in 1712 on the bank of the James River in Virginia. You can see that the letter still plague the black community today.

In order to know why, you need to know when, where, and how slavery began. The first arrival of negroes was in the 1619, in Jamestown Virginia. Brought here against their will, the adolescents, men, women, and children, were all brought to the United States of America against there will, to work for people that only wanted money and power. While many black men and women believed that they had gained freedom, it would be removed immediately. However, majority of the black men and women never gained freedom, their are also many that changed history.

It is easy for people to forget about people who helped them after a period, Years after the defeat of the British at Yorktown, The Americans forgot the Important role the black played during the war for independence. In Philadelphia in 1876 after 100 years of Independence. The African American contribution was not acknowledged, in 1783, thousands of Black American was involved in the war; some won their freedom, some were active participant while some were victims. The black gave their loyalty to the sides they felt will provide them freedom. In 1775 the black settled in 13 colonies, close to million African American were enslaved in the 18th century John Woolman & George Keith question why they still have slaves there was no response in

Black people had it rough when it comes to slavery. They faced hard times in every cribbage and corners. They still faced these struggles today in the modern world without no regards. At the beginning of the twentieth century Africans mostly lived in the southern states in America. These states were white-supremacy states, meaning it is fashioned and controlled by the white majority. Blacks were suppressed and oppressed in countless ways, they weren’t even allowed to vote due to the many challenges set forth by the white supremacy.

African Americans have been through so much since being uprooted from their home in Africa. Most people do not understand what happened to African Americans and they understand what they had to go through to be where they are today. It went from being kings in the comfort of their home to being thrown on a boat packed like sardines to be forced to work in the fields. The trip was a massacre itself because many did not make it due to the treatment from others. African Americans have always been treated like outsiders and it took many people to sway the perception of others to be where they are today. Through all the ups and downs African Americans persevered and made it out the struggle. African Americans has always been treated badly all groups of people and they always looked down on African Americans. Throughout the history involving African American, it showed the constant inferiority treatment. African Americans were slaves years ago, people still look at blacks as less important than other people. Slavery has a huge impact on our society today because people are still bias and unfair towards African Americans, most African Americans are still living in poverty and don’t have proper education beyond high school which is why they don’t have the equal opportunity for jobs. African Americans still continue to sit in the shadow behind white people.