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Sharon Gilmore PC English 121 September 20, 2017 Major Profile Essay Will the real African-American please stand up? A popular term that is no longer politically correct. The 21st Century mindset of individualism is causing the American Melting Pot to give way to terms like “tomato soup” and “tossed salad” to describe Americanization of immigrants coming to the United States (BBC News). In this time of change a commonly used identifier, African-American, is becoming a controversial phrase that is

were mainly cotton, rubber, ivory, zinc, copper, gold, diamonds, etc. (Document D) Among the different regions divided. Each different colonies held a different resources that were exported and collected, for example the Angola, French West Africa, Rhodesia, and South Africa. Showing how African colonies and exports were important to the European nations as they gained power and wealth from their control over the African

Catastrophically, the assassination of Doctor Martin Luther King was devastating. The prosecution built their theory that James Earl Ray was a racist. Luckily, James Earl Ray pled guilty to the murder, so there would be no trial. On April 4, 1968, Doctor King was fatally wounded by a single shot in Memphis, Tennessee while standing on the balcony of his second-story hotel. Subsequently, that evening a Remington .30-06 hunting rifle was found one block away from the Lorraine Motel. Over the next several

European nations traded for slaves, gold, and ivory along the west coast of Africa for the 300 years between 1500 and 1800. The European nations wanted to express their superiority because they felt that their countries were the best. According to Wikipedia, “Imperialism is taking a country's pride, their culture, or capturing their land.” That is exactly what the European nations did to Africa. The reasons behind European imperialism in Africa are nationalism, cultural reasons, and economic reasons

richest and most dominant imperial power was Great Britain. British colonial possessions in the late 1800s included Canada, India, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Burma, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, several Pacific and Caribbean Islands, South Africa, Rhodesia, Egypt and other parts of Africa. Most of these colonies

technology. In order to give Europe an opportunity to be the strongest continent in the world. The Age of Imperialism fell right on the coattails of the Industrial Revolution, Great Britain were one of the lead colonizers to export material goods from Rhodesia and South Africa. This benefited their banking, jewelry, and fabrics industries. In fact, exporting resources from Africa increased the efficiency of machine production in Europe like French West Africa having cotton made into fabrics. While the

"Not in front of the servants. Never, ever pull down your shorts in front of an African again," Nicola says.Nicola was not the only white African to express hatred or dislike towards black Africans. Almost all white Africans in Rhodesia considered black Africans to be of a lower class. An example would be the schooling systems. On page 9 Fuller describes how "A" schools have the best teachers and facilities, but only white children can attend. Children of Indian descent or mixed

I believed it’s the first reason that it was about economic. The war so badly damaged the economy of the nation’s holding colonies that it was impractical to try and hold onto colonies that were resenting and resisting being controlled. It was also harder for nations to justify having colonies after just having fought a war to liberate Europe from the dictatorial control of the Nazis. There was also a level of fatigue in the people of the colonizing nations. They had just spend over 5 years fighting

A Life Altering Realisation Life is full of unexpected and uncontrollable realisations. The short story “A Sunrise on the Veld” by Doris Lessing outlines the major aspects of changing as you grow up. Set in Southern Rhodesia, the story follows a fifteen-year old boy who gets up early every day to go hunting in the veld, an Afrikaans word meaning “field.” On one particular morning, which starts off like all the others, the unnamed boy goes through a traumatic experience that changes his whole

Mozambique- a beautiful stretch of land off the Southeast coast of Africa. It is specifically located at latitude 40’27’S to 26’52’S, and longitude from 30’31E to 40’51’E. It’s east coast shores are some of the most tranquilizing while the west coast is bordered by South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Tanzania coming from south to north. Mozambique is famous for the Zambesi River and its contribution to the power supply of central Africa. Today the capital of Mozambique is Maputo. The whole country