In the Beginning of the 16th century‚ Africans were enslaved and brought to the United States of America. Separated from their history and language‚ African Americans somehow managed to preserve their spirit for music. The music helped to increase productivity in the daily task and reduce the feeling for sadness. The blues was created by African American communities in the deep South of the United States. It started in the 19th century and continued to make its way in the future. The blues was everywhere
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The Effects of Racism on the Health of African Americans Abstract Studies now show that racism plays a significant role in the development of health and mental issues. Heath effects of racism range from boosting risk of depression‚ anxiety and anger. These are all factors that can lead to heart disease and other health related issues. Despite the general agreement that racism is wrong there is little evidence that programs and incentives
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Most think that cultural appropriation only happens to African Americans‚ Asians‚ or anyone that isn’t white. But that’s highly untrue. In fact‚ the LGBTQA community is often misrepresented in the media. Maybe not as often‚ but‚ they are. For example‚ this article on the Huffington Post‚ Jules Horowitz‚ a transgender himself‚ explains that transpeople need to be involved in telling trans-stories. Hollywood has only really put one famous Transperson in the centre of the media when it comes to acting
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In The Decline of American Press Freedom by Anne Applebaum‚ polish journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winner‚ she wrote about how America’s freedom of press is being censored by corporations and the government. Companies and other governments have been banning certain articles from reaching certain their citizen’s media and other countries. For example‚ a journalist named Scott Anderson wrote an article called Vladimir Putin’s Dark Rise to Power. The article is about a theory of the Russian government
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There were only 4000 African American soldiers in the Army prior to World War II but during the war at least 1.2 million black soldiers served in the war. African-Americans participating in World War 2 had drastically changed the way white Americans viewed Blacks as a whole. Prior to this time Jim Crow laws dictated the way people were to act towards African Americans; these laws said they should have separate areas for whites and colored‚ and other discriminatory acts. African Americans were heavily
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know that African American hair is different from other ethnicities. It’s really difficult for African Americans to get their hair to grow. They must also wrap it up at night in order for it to look nice the next morning. Products have allowed African Americans to change the texture of their hair over the years. The historical background on natural hair ‚ permed hair and weaves for african americans is extensive and goes back a long time. There are no chemical differences in African-American hair in
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mentions how the cops have always ragged on him for selling illegal cigarettes. Garner combats the police by saying “I did not sell nothing!” and “Whenever you see me you want to mess with me! It stops now!” Officer Daniel Pantaleo compulsively choked Garne and killed him. He was 43 when he died. This was the first incident that had ample attention brought to it‚ but there have been many racist police encounters with African-Americans over the years. This incident also opened the issue of African-Americans
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nonviolence in a major way. A book tells how Gandhi went to jail instead of others because he did not fear a jail cell and proved he was nonviolent. When Gandhi organized a march officers beat the protesters and injured them severely‚ but they did not raise an arm to fight back. Gandhi sent a letter to Lord Irwin saying how british rule is a curse and he will stop at nothing to free his people from british rule. Gandhi initiated the first acts of nonviolence and won freedom for the people of India. Martin
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Reparations of African Americans Teresa Burk Due to the fact that many African-Americans cannot trace their genealogy back more than three generations‚ It would be extremely difficult to distinguish between those who are descended from Freemen and those descended from Slaves. Therefore‚ although it should have some impact on reparations‚ we must take into account those who cannot trace their genealogy( approximately 3/4th of African- Americans). We also must remember that in essence‚ no African-Americans
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Introduction From the early days of slavery‚ through segregation during the fight for civil rights to the seemingly recent gain in officer involved shootings‚ which may be attributed to advancements in technology‚ African Americans have a long history of experiencing police brutality in America. The rise of social media coupled with new technologies allow us to view many of these incidents for ourselves‚ often causing social unrest amongst other issues in many minority communities. However‚ many
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