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the mechanisms in American society is to observe the contradiction between constitutional equality and equality in practice. Several of these contradictions exist in the realm of racial equality. For example, Black s often get dealt an unfair hand in the criminal justice system. In The Real War on Crime, Steven Donziger explains, There are so many more African-Americans than whites in our prisons that the difference cannot be explained by higher crime among African- Americans - racial discrimination

only way to stop someone from having power over you is to overpower that person. Malcolm encouraged blacks to fight back in an armed revolution when attacked, also that blacks should form a new society of their life rather than try to mix with white society. Malcolm preached violence as well as pride, and in that way contributed greatly to the black power movement of the 1960s. He also encouraged black people to help themselves through enterprise and overcoming their sins: alcohol, dope, women etc.

impactful. Many blues songs used racial inequality as a common theme because many black Americans were suffering from this in their daily lives. The following songs were structured to help raise support to put an end to the racial inequality that occurred. First, we talk about James Brown’s “Say it Loud ( I’m Black and I’m Proud)”. As the title suggests, this song is about black pride. Brown was a leader in the black community, and encouraged his people to stand up for their rights. The 60’s were

agree with this opinion, however; I believe that the justice system favors Whites more than African-Americans. Throughout history it shows that the criminal justice system was never in place to serve and protect every human being. When slavery was legal the criminal justice system created laws to enslave human beings. It is not a surprise that the justice system does not work in favor with African-Americans because it has never worked in our favor. The legal system only benefits those of White people

In Malcolm X’s work, he outlines how African Americans must change themselves in order to rise as a people. Specifically, he outlines black nationalistic social, political, and economic philosophy. Social philosophy is agenda of removing vices from the black community such as drug addiction or alcoholism and to make the african american society beautiful so that, as Malcolm X stated, "we will be satisfied in our own social circles and won't be...trying to knock our way into a social circle that we're

that yes sometimes people are unintentionally being racist or stereotypical because they just do not know. Not saying that all people are oblivious that they are saying racist comments or stereotyping people. While reading Blaine, "Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?" , I questioned, as I read, why did she stick around with these kids who clearly has no cultural experience with anyone beside of their own culture because they will never understand what she is talking about

In this film, I learned more about the history of African Americans in this country and about freedom and racial equality, things that we nowadays just take for granted, but that weren’t always the norm. Reading the history book, I learned that back in the 1800s being a black person meant that you couldn’t join the army and that many people saw black people as inferior, they thought that since most of them worked in the fields and they were illiterate, that they couldn’t possibly fight as well as

American Society Needs Affirmative Action         Affirmative action has been the subject of increasing debate and tension in American society. However, the debate over affirmative action has become ensnared in rhetoric that pits equality of opportunity against the equality of results. The debate has been more emotional than intellectual, and has generated more tension than shed light on the issue. Participants in the debate have over examined the ethical and moral issues that

Rights Movement For many years black people have been treated badly. The black people have been some of the most vulnerable “group” in the society, and for a long time it remained unchanged. Slavery in the USA was abolished in 1865, but this did not give the black Americans equality. The Ku Klux Klan, a protestant organizations in the US which strives for white supremacy and a society based on racism, beat and lynched black people. And because of the segregation, black people were not allowed to use

Malcolm X gave his famous speech “The Ballot or The Bullet” in Cleveland, Ohio. The speech focuses on calling African Americans to arms and fighting against the “white man”. Malcolm X plays on the commonplace that all humans, no matter what race or religion, should be treated equally and have equal rights. Malcolm X speaks about the importance of black nationalism and the building of a black community that stands up to white manipulation. Malcolm X is able to inspire activism on these issue and grab his