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    Getting Connected Many African American women have finally embraced their natural hair and are no longer perming, straightening or altering their hair. However, it has become difficult to obtain the necessary hair care products and learn the ins and outs about caring for their hair, but with the help of social media, they are obtainable. Ever since African American woman decided that they are going to embrace their natural hair, perm sales have decreased. More than 26% of perm sales have decreased

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    Working Title An exploration of the socio-cultural and socio-economic discriminations faced by North African American women. Disciplines: - History, Sociology, and Psychology - First, to understand the origins of those discriminations, the discipline of history will be involved in this essay. Indeed, to better understand the social issue, it is important to understand the history that creates this issue. The history discipline will cover the past that leads to the current social issue. Secondly

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    African American Reparations Negative We negate the resolution, Resolved: The United States Federal Government ought to pay reparations to African Americans Framework: First, This debate revolves around the idea of race relations. At that point, the team that is best able to evaluate the root cause of racism should win the round. If we prove that reparations don’t solve for the underlying issues of racism, a negative ballot is in line. Second, the topic uses the phrase “pay reparations to African

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    The African-American History from the Late 19th Century through the Present course was very informative and educational. This course offered a broader view at looking and analyzing the history of African-American in the United States. Though, I have read extensively and possessed a small collection of books on the subject, this course has affirmed what I have already knew as well as elevating my knowledge on the subject. The course also opened up new ways to look and understand certain facts about

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    overrepresentation of African Americans and Latinos within prisons. Discrimination and prejudice have morphed throughout time to continue to keep individual without power. There are more African American adults in prison or jail, on probation or parole—than were enslaved in 1850 (Alexander. New Jim Crow.) Through the history of this country, this trend has developed to continue the disfranchisement of minorities. Legally it is acceptable to discriminate against criminals and Africans Americans and Latinos

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    been placed in certain degrading stereotypes. The bodies of African American women have been picked apart very negatively. These negative stereotypes include depictions of which are animalistic, hypersexual, powerless and strange. This African American woman, Sara Baartman experienced this prejudice. She was dehumanized and her body was picked apart for the world to see. The oversized breasts and behind are typically the way African American women are stereotyped. The narrative of Sara Baartman has

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    problems with African Americans in the United States. Although a check for $10,000 or $20,000 may be helpful for a short period of time, it will do very little in the long run. Racism won’t end just because African Americans are given an apology and a bag of money. It may in fact make things worse if people feel that reparations are unjustified and they dislike the special treatment of African Americans. Reparations won’t fix the fact that most people who live in ghettos are African American or the wage

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    society are that they are unfriendly, dangerous, or are criminals. There is a correlation between the relationship with race and crime. The stereotype that will be discussed is, African Americans as criminals. In American society, a widespread depiction of crime is that it is mostly committed by Black men. Many Americans have the image of a young Black male as violent and criminal. “In fact, perceptions about the presumed racial identity of criminals may be so ingrained in public consciousness that

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    Criminal Justice System: African-Americans Throughout History in The United States Introduction: In recent years’ police departments have been brought into the public eye based on the public belief that police brutality has become a norm within the police system in recent years. Yet this has occurred for decades in police departments, not only that but there are multiple forms of brutality to take account of in the criminal justice system specifically towards African-Americans. The criminal justice

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    African Americans: Past, Present, and Future Kenitra Evans HIS 204: American History Since 1865 Lisa Burgin February 10, 2011 African Americans: Past, Present, and Future African Americans have been through devastating trials and tribulations before 1865 and so on. Freedom following the Civil War was the beginning to a new face in such a head strong racist’s community. Slavery was only the beginning to the issues and derogatory mishaps in African American history.

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