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    encompasses the culture of racial bias toward the black community. Freddie Gray, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice and Walter Scott are just a few names that represent the widespread, institutionalized racism embedded within our police and incarceration systems. From traffic stops to America’s prison population to mandatory minimums, racism is prevalent in every facet of America’s “domestic security” apparatus. Facing harsher punishment, 1 in 3 black men will go to prison and receive a 10% longer

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    Influence of Hip Hop on the Black Community History of Hip Hop The hip hop or rap music is a style of popular music originated in the late 1970s in the South Bronx during a time characterized by political traditionalism and economic collapse. It started being played in gathering in public parks or individual homes. It was first used by the youngest members of the inner city black and Latino communities in New York. This kind of music, provided one of the few spaces where excluded minority youth

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    the black community that will be affected by the closure of the emergency department in the hospital. In my opinion, this may be racial discrimination. Although it may be true that the emergency department is an expensive wing of the hospital, it is important to realize that the lives of these poor black people will be prejudiced. Apparently, the decision of shutting down the department would not be related to moral principles notwithstanding the threat of bankruptcy. Moreover, the community hospital

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    employment. The combination of unemployment and drugs was a contributor to the crime rate. Drugs and alcohol overwhelmingly effected the Black Community Unfortunately, at the time, former President Richard Nixon declared War on Drugs, the governmental approach for addressing the harmful effects of drugs on society was to create an atmosphere that unjustly targeted poor blacks and other ethnic minorities in the

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    Within the black community, there is a notorious stereotype about black on black crime and police brutality. These stereotypes have been known to cause issues and incite even more violence in aggressive rioting most people’s minds; many of the tensions that exist between races would be nonexistent. Growing up in an urban area, there has always been an increased amount of violence broadcasted within my community. I believe that excluding the idea of violence

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    There is a negative stigma against the Black Community as a whole embedded into the American penal system. Stories about police officers shooting young, unarmed black men flood television screens and social media timelines while young black boys are left to wonder if they are next, left to wonder if they will be the next news headline or trending hashtag. In A Question of Freedom, a young Dwayne Betts faces the injustices of prison as a young, black male who was treated as an adult in the eyes of

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    Community Voice: Taking it to the people is a program run by the Childbirth and Family Education Center at the Central Virginia Baptist hospital. The purpose of this program is to address a major public health issue –infant mortality. It seeks to decrease African American infant death in Lynchburg by training the residents of the community to be lay health advisors. A series of classes are organized for the lay health advisors addressing several health issues that contribute to infant death. Infant

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    Sacrifice for Peace It is safe to say to say that one person does not deserve harm for the betterment of a society or a community. In the short-stories, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin, each display similarities when it comes to sacrifice for better. Although each society believes in the practice, in the story The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” the citizens believes the practice of locking a little boy away in a closest will benefit

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    it. Black Hawk Community College is a great choice for the first step of a two step education plan. This college is in close range of many in the Quad Cities as it is located in Moline, IL. Along with being in close range, Black Hawk is also a reasonably affordable school. The average tuition for a student there is $7,500 for in state residents

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    their background. This proves that the assumption that language defines culture and identity fails. What happens to the people who speak many languages, do they not get the benefit and pride of belonging to a certain community? Rather the contrary, they belong to multiple communities and they choose which group they want to communicate with and with which language. People have the ability to switch from a language to another to be part of a group and this supports the idea that identity defines and

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