Category: African American

Police brutality is definitely a pressing problem in the United States today. The definition of police brutality is the use of excessive or unreasonable force by law enforcement when dealing with the public. In recent years, there have been numerous incidents of police brutality, usually involving the killing of unarmed young African Americans. It could…

For many decades African-Americans have had many rights of their own suppressed since the arrival of white settlers on American soil. This is much like the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders here in Australia. Many Aboriginals had their own children taken away from them to be ‘white washed’ and to grow up in a white…

Table of contents Introduction Influence of Cultural Representation on Phillips’ Self-Image Conclusion In the 1980s, Susie Guillory Phipps discovered that she had been identifying as the “wrong race” her entire life. At least according to the Louisiana Bureau of Vital Records, which designated her as “Negroe,” when in fact she had believed herself to be…

America has a past history of slavery, racism towards African Americans. African Americans have been part of America since its early days as a nation. Segregation came after slavery was abolished in America. Public services were segregated for black and white people. Schools were no exception, schools were segregated based on race. Schools for whites…

While African American Vernacular English, also known by the modern denomination of Ebonics (and numerous other name variations it has gathered along time) is widely spread among the people of color living inside American borders in present times, the nature of this characteristic pattern of speech is still quite uncertain, given its relatively recent emergence…

There is a reason for everything that we do. The actions that we commit are either voluntary or involuntary. But believe it or not there is a psychological reason for everything that we do. This philosophy has a very wide spectrum ranging from why you have certain personality traits to why people are racist, or…

“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter” This great proverb was a favorite of the influential author, who wrote Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe. Achebe realized the value of storytelling. As a writer, the story of the hunt must be recorded, not only to glorify…

Whenever discussing important historical and social events in American history, one must be prepared to confront the devastating impact of white supremacy, a term defined as the belief that white people are superior to non-white racial groups. As manifested, white supremacy has served as the catapult for white Americans to stand at the forefront of…

Negritude was both a literary and ideological movement led by French speaking black writer’s intellectuals from France colonies in Africa and the Caribbean. The movement is marked by its rejection of and its rule in the African diaspora, pride in ‘blackness’ and traditional African values and culture mixed with an undercurrent of Marxists ideals. Negritude…

Table of contents Introduction Colorism in the Entertainment Industry Colorism in Magazines Conclusion Introduction We Wear the Mask by Paul Dunbar primarily was about wearing this “mask” to protect yourself from society’s judgment. It focuses in on black individuals who hide their true selves as well as feelings to survive and be accepted into a…