The Future Of African American Youth

In the essay " Black Teenagers Defy Pop Culture Portrayals", Laura Stepp talks about the stereotypes black boys and girls face. They face being overly sexualized in pop culture, being careless when it comes to sex, accused of want nothing but sex and becoming a teen parent. I was somewhat aware of the stereotypes young black people face but not in depth.

Michelle Obama brings to from the fact that the ability to teach for generations to come is in all actuality a bigger deal than being able to be taught. She also brought to attention that many (one in three) African Americans drop out of high school and of those that graduation, only approximately one in five African Americans obtain a college degree. In today’s society, not everyone believes that they, themselves, have an actual shot at an education and better

In America, we are told that it is the land where everything and anything is possible. For many years, it wasn’t like that for African American. With many hard work, strength, and courage African American manage to earn the right to an education. To the African American community education became more of a need than a want. We’ve learn that education is such a powerful asset that with it you are unstoppable. You can do so much if you put your time and energy to it. Having an education to African American is the one hope for a brighter and better

The achievements for which the graduation speaker praises recent graduates from the narrator’s school differ from the narrator’ hopes for herself and her classmates in the aspect of success and achievements. The speaker praises the whites when it comes to being successful in their field of endeavor and always given the priority in many facets of life. He even gave the bragging rights for them. He made them feel the racial discrimination where whites are being favored over the blacks like them. They get all the attentions and assistance unlike the colored people who are not given the good opportunities for their future. The whites make sure that they are superior in every step of the

It has been brought up that certain race and ethic affects a person’s sentencing. Many studies have addressed the question are African Americans treated more severely than similarly situated whites? (Mitchell, 2005). Observers had indeed noted that black defendants get more severe sentencing than white defendants do (Spohn, 1981). For many years’ social scientist has examined this theory and came up with three explanations, racial discrimination, Wealth discrimination, and legal factors (Sellin, 1928). These three explanations all direct back to blacks because blacks are more likely to be poor, so they are wealth discriminated. Also, legal factors point to blacks because black defendants are more likely to have a serious charge or criminal record than whites do. Some researchers examine whether race has an impact on juveniles being convicted in the adult system (Howell, 2012) as well.

After conducting the interviews and analyzing the data I have to come to the conclusion that it takes every stakeholder, parents, teachers, and administrators, to be involved for African American students to be successful. We can no longer point the blame at one party. Teachers can not blame parents and parents can not blame teachers, we all have to work together. There has to be an open line of communication between home and school. We have to all remember it is about the student, the child, and we have to do whatever is necessary to ensure they are successful.

Ever since the establishment of equal education in the United States, there has been a disparity in academic success between children of different races. The education of African American children has become a prime example of this. As discussed in the historical text, A Letter to My Nephew, which was written during the time of the civil rights movement in the 1950’s and 1960’s, African Americans were not given equal opportunities to succeed educationally and could do little to change their futures for the better. They had to work much harder than whites to receive even a portion of the recognition and success that whites achieved (Baldwin 1). Although many today believe America has overcome this problem, it still remains a pressing issue in many aspects of society, arguably the most important being education. The racial achievement gap, an important term to familiarize with when discussing this topic, refers to the disparity in educational performance between students of different races (National Education Association 1). As of now, although the education achievement gap has been narrowing, there still remains a large disparity between African Americans and their racial counterparts. According to a study by Roland G. Freyer and Steven D. Levitt, professors at Harvard University and W.E.B Du Bois Institute, respectively, African American students enter kindergarten already significantly behind children of other races, and their test scores continue to drop

Society has made it so hard for blacks to become successful, but for the great minds of the students at CAU; it’s so easy for them to succeed and not for them to fall into what society calls the “system”. This too, is a reason as why some African Americans feel like they just don’t have to try. The harder they try; they may still get nowhere being limited to so many great opportunities. Although there are no excuses to be made for the African American communities, this reasoning’s will leave some people to think they will never be good enough for society. “Eliminate what’s distracting you and keep it moving in order to succeed” are words that I will always remember Helen Smith Price saying before the closing of Founders Convocation 2017. In life not everyone will support you nor help you get to where you want to be and those are the people you leave behind in order to succeed. As a graduating senior of Clark Atlanta University I will always “Find a Way or Make

Envision living in a world where you were viewed as a nuisance, To wake up in a country every day that you did not choose to be a part of but rather forced to join and then be a second class citizen in that country. Although the way we African-Americans have been treated has dramatically changed over the years we are still nowhere near the equal rights we have constantly had to fight for. From the individual tactics of leaders such as the Non-violent Martin Luther King Jr. to the fight fire with fire mindset of Malcolm X to the group efforts of the Black Panther Party the African-American community has always came together to voice our problems with the ways we are viewed, mistreated, and disrespected. In 2017 we now have the Black Lives Matter

It is important to remember how these children were raised and while money could help with proper supplies and education a key part of the solution is simply teachers to be sensitive on how to best serve African Americans and the specific kids in his or her class in order to encourage the students to succeed as well as any other child in the

The schools’ curriculum tends to omit the value and richness of the heritage of African Americans’ culture and traditions at all times. Education is power, information is valuable, but it is very unfortunate that African Americans have been indoctrinated or falsely program to create a mentality of meritocracy in comparison to other

My last takeaway is that it is important to tell our young black people that it is important to try to change the world even if it seems impossible. This generation could be the change. We can go into this world scared nor afraid of living in this world. The black community may be afraid police and the hierarchy of the white population, but we can change the views of them. This world has changed so much from the beginning to now; what is change people’s minds? If we can come together as one community working as one we can be a force to be reckoned with. We just have to be a united front.

The article I choose for this longitudinal study examines how family background effects African American adolescents’ marijuana use at young age. The total of 1069 participants consisted of 527 females and 542 males from various family background ages between 17-26. For 15 years, each year the participants were interviewed one-on-one by trained professionals to gain more incite.

The forceful criminal methods and practices constructed under Reagan's War on Drugs Administration were bound to enter into the school systems of many impoverished communities. As substantial drug use and youth violence increased, underprivileged schools began to see a rise in stringent law enforcement tactics (Kilgore 120). According to Kilgore, “this came in a variety of forms- metal detectors, police on school campuses, zero tolerance discipline policies, and so on” (119). In our song, entitled “Just Say No To My Future,” my partner and I display how unruly, racist, and harsh punishable actions conducted under Reagan's Administration tarnishes the future of African-American youth. Through suggestive details and vivid storytelling, we convey

By making them know that they are not failures, just because you might not suceeed at something you can keep trying. I also wish the celerities that are in the lime light do more to help out the communites. Yes they might be giving money, but if people see them more in the front of something good they can make others who look as them as influential, to come out more and help along with them. Like they say it takes a vllage to raise a child, and it takes all men working together just to make sure that we know we are just as important as the white man. This is for our ladies to I want them to know they can do what ever and they te sky is ht e limit for them. As a women they have always seemed to be more proned to education and a man was more of a blue collard worker. I just wan to make it known that as African americans we all can come together to show this county that we are noe sluches and that we are just as important. So my message I wasn’t to make clear is that. As, an English major we can make a change by showing men you can be smart, intelecual, fly all at the same time. And, we all can work together to make a better impression on our