A rising problem in our world today is police brutality. It is happening everywhere and little to nothing is being done to stop it. Then what is being done to help is being undone by rival movements‚ damaging media coverage‚ and violence against innocent people. The “Black Lives Matter“ movement was created to bring awareness to the atrocities facing the African American population today. But due to the reasons mentioned previously‚ their efforts aren’t doing much or anything to help‚ and as more
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Reflecting on Police Brutality against Black Youth: Explaining Black Identity When you think of police brutality not too many distant stories pass through our minds. “… They didn’t have to beat me this bad. I don’t know what I did to be beat up” Rodney King‚ March 3‚ 1991. Most adults remember what they did‚ how they felt‚ when seeing Rodney King on any local news station being brutality beaten by police. This country witnessed various cases of police brutality. Yet controversial topics among communities
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The United Lake of America: Did We Make the Splash or Did Rap Make the Ripple? Though many have protested that “gangsta rap” is to blame for its influence in the violence‚ female discrimination and violent behavior that take place throughout America‚ others argue that it is simply the other way around‚ implying that the artist is influenced by his own personal experience of being a part of and/or bearing witness to violence‚ drugs and crime that have taken place around him thus influencing him
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the media’s portrayal of black America came when someone pointed out the bias in reporting during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Associated Press published two photos. One showed a group of white people‚ wading through the water and pushing some items that they’d taken from a store. The other photo showed a group of black people‚ wading through the water and pushing some items that they’d from a store. The white people were described as “finding food”. The black people were described as
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The Exploitation of the Black Woman In America Malcolm X stated that “ The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman” which is a statement that I believe to be very true. In the article‚ “Feminist Intersections in Science: Race‚ Gender‚ and Sexuality Through the Microscope” by Lisa H. Weasel explores and highlights how science is affected by different elements of life:
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Racism‚ Prisons‚ and the Future of Black America I came upon an article bearing the above title after entering the word race’ into my web browser search bar. After skimming through the article‚ I became interested in the topic and decided it would be worthy for using in my Race in the Media Analysis. The topic mentioned is that of the staggering number of Blacks within American prisons. In the year the article was published (2000)‚ the number of incarcerated Blacks were slightly over half of the
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This was ultimately a very alarming documentary to watch. The fact that over 200‚000 black people died from AIDS in 2004‚ along with the infection rate being eight times more likely among black people than white people really made me question how something like this could happen in this day and age. When the clip from the debate was shown‚ I couldn’t believe that both candidates‚ Cheney and Edwards‚ knew so little of the AIDS epidemic happening in their own country. If our own leaders didn’t have
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The movie Dance Black America showcases many different styles of dance in an effort to document a festival that celebrates the evolution of black dance. There are a wide range of dances from contemporary to more rhythmic traditional African dances. With all of the dances performed‚ two stood out to me. These were “Ostrich” performed by Charles Moore and “Junkie” performed by Eleo Pomare. “Ostrich” starts off with the dancer coming on stage only wearing a feather skirt to an African style drum beat
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To be a Black Woman in America is a peculiar experience; it is both masterfully beautiful and painfully destructive. In the wake of the 2016 Olympics‚ one could see Black Women dominating in a multitude of competitive arenas including track and field‚ gymnastics‚ swimming‚ basketball‚ tennis‚ boxing‚ and fencing. Powerful athletes like Simone Biles‚ Allyson Felix‚ Clarissa Shields‚ and Ibtihaj Muhammad broke world records and stereotypes through their amazing feats of perseverance‚ athleticism‚ and
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America is the country that proclaims itself world police and the protector of freedom and democracy. In 1880’s‚ the U.S. tried to isolate itself from the European politics but very soon people have realized that it is inevitable since America has common interests with European nations. America’s very first step in becoming world’s police was when President Wilson proposed the 14 points during the meeting in Versailles‚ which were 14 points that could provide world stability and peace. Despite the
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