Black People Essay Examples

The film Ethnic Notions is a great and interesting documentary film that directed by Marlon Riggs. The film describes the history of anti-Black stereotypes and portrays various culture characteristics of African-Americans. In addition, it demonstrates different ways that African-Americans were presented during the nineteenth century. They were depicted as ugly, rude and inferior on the […]

Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys opens with explaining what genocide is, the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political or cultural group (p. 1). The author, Jawanza KunJufu (2005), has been challenged many times in debates and by the media with the use of the […]

During the 1960’s and 1970’s the United States was experiencing a myriad of urban unrest. Three activist movements played distinct roles in humanity and its progress: the American Indian Movement, the African-American Movement, and the Mexican-American Movement. Each developed from inequalities and unjust treatment toward a particular group. By bringing an opposing position believers of […]

“Race: The Power of Illusion” is a set of three videos that challenges the concept of race. In particular, the first video called “The Difference Between Us” features modern scientific fields that question the common notion of race – the classification of humans into three or four groups based on physical appearance (California Newsreel, 2007). […]

“The Sport of the Gods” by Paul Dunbar recounts the tale of the Hamilton family. In the mid-1890s, this tight-knit black household, led by patriarch Berry Hamilton, relocates from the South to New York City after Berry is unfairly and unjustly convicted of a crime and sentenced to ten years of hard labor. The city […]

America has had its share of racial conflicts in the last century. Even though African American people had gained freedom from the white population after the Civil war, racial segregation and discrimination was still rampant in the south and also in some parts of the north. The World War 1 and the events that followed […]

White, black, African, colored, dark, light; these are the terms used to describe people according to their physical characteristics and other biological traits. Racial classification is an old age practice that describes the stratification of human beings into groups of individuals who share a certain number of anthropological traits. Race is the subdivision of members […]

“Making The Case For Teaching Our Boys To … ‘Bring Me Home A Black Girl’” is an article on the subject of racial marriage, with the thesis that it is best for black men to marry black women rather than white. A contributing writer for Essence, Audrey Edwards has written the article with the sole […]

The editors of this volume introduce the works to be discussed below by steering their own editorial work apart from the typical offerings in this field. In many respects, the editors are seeking to move away from the “white-guilt” morality play of the normal slave story and explore the variations and distinctions of African slavery […]

“Stolen Legacy” by George G. M. James was first published in 1954 and immediately became a bestseller among all the people with African origin. It should be mentioned that George James was an Afro-American teacher of Greek, who’s done a lot of research on the issues of racial discrimination. The main idea of this book […]

The short poem “Forty Acres” by Derek Walcott, compares the heroic figures during the slave era to President Barack Obama. Walcott’s poem is a bout a heroic figure in the African American community and how he overcame all obstacles and rose to power, much like President Obama. He discusses the stereotypical thoughts of the white […]

The film “The power of one” was released in 1993 and is summarized in this synopsis. It depicts the life of a young boy growing up in South Africa from 1930 to 1948. The movie commences around 1930, featuring a boy who is merely seven years old and English by nationality. He answers to the […]

Aboriginal beliefs and cultural influences have existed for thousands of years. With the movement of European settlement to Australia, many Aboriginals ways of life and attitudes were changed to fit those of aliens, the British. The staged drama, ‘Kullark’, written by Jack Davis, represents a time of injustice of a group that were considered to […]

Wifredo Lam (1902-1982), a notable Cuban surrealist artist, garnered attention due to his distinctive approach that blended his cultural roots with the societal themes that motivated him. Having traveled extensively throughout his life, artist Lam had the opportunity to learn from some of the world’s most renowned artists, including Pablo Picasso. Today, Lam is recognized […]

Black music serves as a means of defining the culture and community of its people who lacked literary and artistic talents and used singing as their outlet. Originally, the roots of jazz music can be traced back to African American churches where they sang the blues as a means of expressing themselves. Eventually, jazz gained […]

In the Declaration of Independence of 1776 it was declared that ‘all men are created equal, and that they are endowed by their creator with inalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness’. In 1791 the Bill of Rights reinforced this and stated that all men have equal rights and […]

Capital punishment is being punished in the worst possible way, by being put to death. Capital punishment has been around for many centuries. Although some see it as a deterrent, it has yet to be proven. With the exception of Turkey and the United States, the whole of NATO do not wish to use this […]

The ideology of racism is a fascinating area, we shall explore the profound impact racism has had in shaping the characteristics of inequality as demonstrated in all contemporary western societies (Thompson, 2003).H.I.M. Emperor Haile Selassie declared peace unattainable while the ideology of racism is in application. Speaking to the United Nations he reminded world leaders […]

In this essay, the focus will be on how racism is depicted in the film Malcolm X, which takes place during the 1960s and recounts the genuine story of Malcolm X’s life. Racism entails unfair treatment and animosity towards individuals of other races, while representation involves utilizing symbols or descriptions to define a person or […]

In comparison with the European urban heritage, which stretches back roughly 5500 years, the American transformation from village to city was achieved in an amazingly short space of time. From the eighteenth century on, Americans experienced the painful yet rewarding metamorphosis of an agrarian nation becoming an urban industrial giant that left few of her […]

Howard Zinn is arguably the most important American historian. He brought a radical transformation to the construction of history that was previously unheard of. By siding with the oppressed, the underprivileged, the victims, the poor and the weak, he made their voices heard through his writing. The People’s History of the United States is a […]

In her essay ‘The Possessive Individual and Social Death: The Complex Bind of National Subjectivity’, Grace Hong provides valuable insights into the historical social constructs. She delves into the evolution of American history since the Declaration of Independence, presenting a clear depiction of how the socio-polity hindered progressive changes. The book focuses on women of […]