Essays on African American

The duration of this paper will be spent explaining some of the intricate ins and outs of the systemic oppression, racism, and poverty that plages black people in the United States of America. Many of the things that I will explain also apply to other…

The ideal look in America is the lighter you look the higher your social standing. As a black girl, at a young you get teased about your skin color a lot. It’s hard for me to understand why lighter skinned girls were recognized as prettier….

Just about everything we have access to and know about now in modern times originated from something used hundreds of years ago. Over the years, things have changed and updated so of course not that much is exactly the same but there are some similarities….

Research on the perceptions of foster care in African American kinship The study being the first on African American kinship and non-kinship will provide information which will help in explaining how the African American kinship and non-kinship perceive their role responsibilities as foster parents. The…

The actions that are done to your Black bodies typically go unnoticed. Take Gray’s death for example, “His death almost went unnoticed until cell-phone video emerged to show him being ‘disappeared’ into the back of a police van, only to emerge much later with his…

African American History During 1850-1860, slavery was an important issue, being a significant aspect of the Southern life. On the contrary, slavery was outdated in the North, and it was perceived to be immoral. There were legislative attempts to solve the issue of slavery and…

In 1968, the Black Studies department was founded at University of California, Santa Barbara as a result of student activism and a radical movement for fundamental education reform. The Black Student Union protested as a means of addressing racial issues faced by the black population…

Angela Davis, an African American activist and educator who devoted her life to bring about social change, throughout the years of her work, did not perceive system of laws or proclamations as what simply define freedom and condemned the notion that civil rights equates to…

Over the past few decades, the topic of body image discrepancy among women has gained considerable attention from the academic community. Research has shown that many women consistently rate their ideal body size as smaller than their actual body size even if they are within…

America is supposed to be the land of the free and the home of the brave. But for African Americans and other people of color, the fight for equality remains a bitter struggle. The NFL players who kneel or raise their fists during the national…