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    Atlantic world‚ people were starting to settle in America and needed slaves to help. Explorers found out that they could use Africans as slaves. There were able to bring them over and sell and trade them. Most died and they brought over diseases. The Africans were the best idea for slaves at that time. When Christopher Columbus accidentally found America‚ there were Native Americans already there. The first thought of who to use for slavery was them. They thought it would be okay to use natives because

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    African American culture

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    African American Culture The African American culture is one of the more diverse cultures out there. Many of these people practice different beliefs. African Americans live in all parts of the world and just like other cultures African Americans have people that live in what is considered poverty some that are considered middle class and some considered upper class. African Americans come with a lot of interesting thing like the language they speak which is called Ebonics and all the different stereotypes

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    Freedom African American culture is to be defined as language‚ music‚ religion‚ food‚ dance and art. Black culture is the roots of a black brother and a black sister. Black Culture is literature. Frederick Douglass an African American narrator and author of the novel Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass define black culture through his writings from being born as a slave to being a free man. Although Douglass’s life was a life of a struggling slave and experience James Olney’s 12 points

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    African-American Pimps

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    2002). But this gender-neutral language belies the gender and racial stereotypes usually applied to the figure of the pimp. Pimps are almost always seen to be men who exploit female sex workers; in film and popular literature‚ pimps are often AfricanAmerican men. Clearly‚ however‚ pimping can be performed on and off the street; it can be conducted by women (who may be called ‘madams’ or ‘escort managers’ instead of pimps) and by men of all nationalities. Pimps may also simply be the partners of sex

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    on stereotypes‚ assumption‚ and prejudicial judgments. African American Cinema can sometimes be riddled with stereotypes and negativity of the race and culture. Seldom‚ there is a movie made about the African Americans in the journey into conceding in the corporate America. The obstacles they must endure and overcome just to be recognized as a credible employee for advancing for advancing employment. Convention The convention of the movies is the African American cast is faced with racism‚ prejudice

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    Throughout history African Americans have been discriminated‚ and to this day are treated horrible. It has gotten better over the years so much so that they can do the same things everyone else can. This wasn’t always the case especially in the 1800’s. Even though this was the case many were able to use art to feel free. Many of them used art to spread a message of their social division. This was so people would understand their social‚ economic and political inequality. Many African American were seen

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    The African-American Race

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    The African American race just as the name suggests were originally from Africa. They have had struggles throughout their live in the United States.  When we talk about their culture‚ what that basically means is the kind of perhaps new ways of living that they have brought in the United States.  A lot of scholarship for decades has emerged and this is in relation to the African-American people. Slavery and slave trade is the major and beyond a shadow of a doubt the main cause why African Americans

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    African American Religion

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    African American Religion Joe Turner’s Come and Gone Misty Ricard Before Africans were brought to America during the slave trade‚ they had their own culture and society. They had their own language and dance.  They also had their own religion.  History tells us that the Europeans justified their abuse toward the Africans as helping them become more civilized because the Africans lifestyle appeared primal to them and not as developed and industrialized as theirs. What

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    The History of African Americans HIS204: American History Since 1865 Instructor: Steven Harn 04/29/2013 Jewish people had the horrific era ordeal of the Holocaust‚ Native Americans had to deal with the displacement of their people which lead to death‚ starvation and exposure to diseases while in en route to other locations. However one could suggest that African Americans had an extremely rough time‚ and till this day continue to have a rough time fighting for equality in all things. This

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    African Americans Freedom

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    struggles of African Americans to establish their freedom is a big part of American history. From the time of slavery until recent days‚ changes have taken place to better the lives of many. Names such as Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ Rosa Parks‚ Malcolm X and Jackie Robinson are names forever recognized and remembered by every American black or white. Many of those people led the way and instituted themselves leaders in the movement which directed everything that is connected to the life of African Americans

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