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    views certain demographics of people. In particular, the black community has historically been viewed in a negative light. Stereotypes were created through literature and film that still affect African Americans. Directors and writers would create relatable stories and attach demeaning traits to black people that have qualities in common with Black Americans. This would force readers and viewers to subconsciously attach these stereotypes black people. Examples of these stereotypes can be found in Uncle

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    Known around the nation as the Negro Wall Street, the community of Greenwood was the wealthiest black community at that time. African Americans moved to the Greenwood area of Tulsa to take advantage of the opportunities that were available to them. As many as sixty all black towns provided freedom of oppression to African Americans. The towns were governed by the African Americans that built them and lived there. More migrants came to Oklahoma to escape the hatred of the Deep South. O. W. Gurley

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    of fragmentation within the black community, in spite having many monumental successes in industries, continues to lag behind in education, economic development and being in a position to strategically expand its family base from a construct of advancement, in lieu of having to depend upon subsidies or being completely left out of any progressive developments. As a black civil rights leader, and minister myself, I have appealed to you and your office, National Black Action Network, to initiate a

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    been an issue for more than a hundred years. Being against people that were a different skin tone led to segregation and slavery in the early times. Slavery was a controversial issue in its time, as well as segregation and Jim Crow laws. The black community isn 't the only one that 's been affected. Immigrants from all over the world have had to face their share of discrimination and hate. Racial discrimination has been an issue for those who are different from violence, assuming and/or blaming crime

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    Running head: HIV/AIDS in African Americans ​​1 HIV/AIDS in November 15, 2012 Research, Definition, and Statement of HIV/AIDS ​African-Americans are the ethnic group most affected by HIV/AIDS. Ironically african-americans represent 14% of the population of the United States , but represent 44% across the gender line. African-american men represent 70% of HIV infections among the ethnic group, however african-american women are also highly at risk of HIV infection. Indeed

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    Effects of Immigration on Black Community Organizing In the United States, there has been a steady increase immigration over the past few decades. With this pattern, black immigrants have also steadily entered in to the United States, though not at as fast a rate as Asian and Latino migrants. With this immigration, a growing number of the black population is foreign born, especially in regions in the Northeast of the United States, immigrating from the Caribbean, African countries such as Nigeria

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    When I hear the term, Black Lives Matter I immediately associate with bringing awareness of the struggles Black communities are facing. Black lives Matter isn’t just about people who are black, it’s based on young black and brown men that are easily being targeted by law enforcement. The movement started due to young Black men being shot by the police. It started small but it has spread throughout the country as people become more aware of the injustices towards blacks. The movement has ignited conversations

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    think that your third one would be a huge draw for black students on campus. There is a group that I know of that is centered on social justice issues concerning black people in America. I think that if we were able to get the flier and word out ( we could use those screens that usually advertise events on campus), there should be some willingness to participate from the group. I think the BSU would also be interested in this as well as the black fraternity and sorority. I know we can reach the greek

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    In the Black Community, various health and social problems are ignored by its members. These include, but are not limited to, mental illness, crime rates amongst blacks, communication amongst family members etc. One of the more prominent of the problems ignored by members of the black community is mental illness. There are numerous reasons as to why it is ignored, although every 1 in 5 African Americans are facing a mental illness. One example that was given in the memoir Buck, was MK Asante’s mother

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    not always been taken as serious in the black community. From my research, scholars and medical professionals in the field of mental health spoke on the fact that mental illness is a stigma in the black community and the conversation of this is not happening. There are many factors that contributed to this. Factors such as the distrust of medical professionals, mis-diagnosis, socio-economical factors and so much more contribute to the reason the black community is missed when it comes to mental health

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