African American

Throughout American history, few other identity groups have been regulated to second class citizenship more than African Americans. Often, the Hegemonic society of “White America” has oppressed the African American community through overt public policies such as Jim Crow and Segregation. One fairly recent public policy that has inflicted further damage to the black community is the disastrous war on drugs. A historical analysis of the war on drugs shows that it has consistently targeted the…

In the 21th century, as an African American male or female, beauty and physical appearance play an important role in how society views us as a race; many are judged for these reasons and especially their choice of hairstyle. For example, in 2013 a KTBS 3 News anchor named Rhonda Lee was fired from her position after defending her natural hair on the station’s Facebook’s page. According to TV2WEEK.COM, in the year of 2013 the average commercial advertisement time during one hour of television…

According to the national survey results, 27% of white women earns $100,000 or more in comparison to 10% of African-American women. 32% of white women managers were at the top level management positions in comparison to 14% of African American (Bell, p. 138). Even though that women in general are dealing with discrimination due to their gender, African-American women or women in color experience a much stronger discrimination due to their gender and their race. “The obstacles to advancement…

The African American civil rights movement helped bring about major social and economic changes in America. Social Legislation in the mid 1900's gave 18 million African Americans their citizenship rights after hundreds of years of racial discrimination and segregation. The civil rights movement pressed the American government to fulfill it's promise of inalienable rights to all citizens. This was an era of great change but (fused sentence) it shows that change in America has to be fought for and…

successes and some failures regarding stopping productions and limiting the audience for others.” (Larson, S, pg. 42). Considering the advancements and strives made in African American film, the failure to enforce cast integration for films that portray or represent African Americans is a limitation set for actors and actresses in the industry. There are several well-known actresses that could have been casted for the part, for instance Viola Davis. At some level it’s not the responsibility of…

to rise when World War I ended in the late 1918s. At this time African Americans were migrating from the South to the cities in the North. When the war ended thousands of servicemen had arrived to see that warehouses and mills had been full of African Americans, because of this the white people thought that African Americans had too much freedom that they should have because of their skin color. This obviously offended African Americans, and I see why. These riots took place in the in the South.…

Discrimination in America In the American culture, there are many African American figures that have been negatively used in product labeling. Those figures include Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben. These two icons are not the only figures being racially discriminated through product labeling. Miss Chiquita, a Latin American figure, racially discriminates the Latina group. Native Americans are also racially discriminated through product labeling by schools and sports teams through the use of…

around the world. We have to learn to look at things through somebody else’s perspective, even if we do not completely agree with the thoughts or ideas that we are being presented with. In this current day and time, police brutality towards African Americans is shown to us on the daily through social media, newspaper articles on the daily evening news broadcast. Recently I have come across a number of articles trying to convince us and inform us that police brutality is really happening around…

Particularly relevant to the topic of media bias is the notion that African American males are constant targets of said bias, as shown in the research conducted on crime reporting. African Americans are generally at rick for media bias, and the males receive the majority of negative media attention. Not only is it concerning that Black males are targets for negative coverage, it is also concerning that all Americans are liable to be impacted in ways that affect their racial perception. “One of…

African Americans have endured a complicated history in the filmmaking industry, both in front of and behind the camera. In the silent era, African Americans suffered vicious stereotypes and blatantly racist films such as The Birth of a Nation. Even the roles for African Americans that seemed positive, like loyal servants, only reinforced the belief that blacks should serve whites. But even in this era of virulent racism, black films still existed. Oscar Micheaux directed black films for black…