One of the great challenges today is that we often feel untouched by the problems of others and by global issues. People often feel overwhelmed and disconnected from these issues, not empowered and poised for action. This is where art can make a difference; by being a tool for social change. Engaging with a good work of art can connect...
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Introduction Color is a profound element that influences our lives in myriad ways, often serving as a reflection of our personal identity and emotional landscape. The role of color in personal narratives is not merely decorative but deeply symbolic, resonating with cultural, psychological, and individual significance. As the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung once posited, "Colors are the mother tongue of...
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In Bell Hooksâ essay âIn Our Glory: Photography and Black Lifeâ from Art On My Mind: Visual Politics, Hooks breaks down the importance of photography within black life and why this activity should be continued to preserve black culture. Hookâs main argument throughout her writing is that photography is powerful in creating meaning because cameras allow black people to effectively...
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In the earliest days of American film, African Americans were not in positions to produce a movie about black Americansâ, Africa, or any subject pertaining to African American lives and culture, or any subject at all. Conversely, white Americans could produce, make, and distribute any kind of film they wanted and not constrained by their race. Producing a movie about...
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âA Raisin in The Sunâ, carries on the tradition of the Harlem Renaissance by the 4 characters and extends beyond that tradition by using aspects. Most of the characters are shown through actions of the main characters or it could be their use of their words. It helps us realise the certain aspects that will help us understand the events...
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America is often addressed as a melting pot of several cultures, cultures that are embraced and accepted by those of natural citizenship. The latter is a statement of fact, to a certain extent. Itâs difficult for many people to identify themselves. If I was born in America does that mean I am solely American? In cases like this, people find...
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Race has become a controversial subject throughout the years, ideas and perceptions about race are constantly in motion as society develops. Even today racial minorities continue to face oppression. Race has been created to support racist ideas and create divisions within mankind. We are all fundamentally the same because race is an idea that has been malignified by politics, racism,...
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Americaâs demographic has been skewed to the advantage of white people throughout its history. From slavery to Jim Crow laws, the systems in place has always valued the white majority. As recently as 2018, the US census has shown that white people make up around 62.4% of the United States. As a result of this, people began to believe that...
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Racism - prejudice or discrimination directed against a race based on the belief that ones race is highly superior (âRacismâ). âLast hired, first firedâ was a phrase that was pinned to the black community during the Great Depression, and it perfectly described what they had to go through in the workplace. In the election of 1932, black votes were drastically...
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âThe Social Life of DNAâ by Alondra Nelson goes in depth explaining how genetic testing can be the key to discovering our roots. Nelson highlights the concept that people, specifically African Americans, should rediscover their roots to find out who they are and where they came from. Through DNA testing, such as 23andMe and AncestryDNA, people were able to gain...
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Literature and films have the power to change the way we perceive others, specifically those who are at the edges of society. The representation of African-American women, in the past, have revealed that they have been exploited in numerous ways. The Black Women Civil Right Movement in the 1950s significantly contributed to the fight for African-American civil rights. It is...
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With an Armistice signed, the elongated suffering of over four-hundred million Europeans and Americans in total carnage has ceased, the sanguinary World War had finally come to a definite end. As they say, âthrough darkness comes lightâ, the brutal war came a fresh new decade which featured a rebellious generation that would establish a momentous period of American History, The...
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âA Raisin in the Sunâ was brought to the public on March 11,1959 where it resembled the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance had many characteristics that tied into black history. It was a racial pride that developed the idea of black identity through the production of literature, art, and music that could challenge the racism presented to promote progressive politics....
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George Washington Carver or ' peanut man ' was an American Agricultural scientist known for crop rotation, peanut farming, and for inventing ways to prevent soil depletion. George Washington Carver was born in Diamond Missouri on a plantation in the early 1860s. (The exact date is currently unknown) George was born before slavery was abolished. His master, Moses Carver, was...
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At the dawn of the 1920s, the United States of America was a melting pot of cultures. Many people with different cultural backgrounds interacted with each other in America over the previous century, creating the many-layered culture that defined the U.S. at the time. No place provided a better example of this than the shining city of Manhattan, home to...
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Durham's work on Destination Freedom based on the verifiable methodology of Herbert Aptheker's momentous book, American Negro Slave Revolts, first distributed in 1943, which featured the steady nearness of obstruction among slaves in the US. Aptheker was remarkably a customary supporter of the arrangement. The arrangement was subsidized for the most part by WMAQ, a NBC partner (and amusingly a...
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The Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance refers to a time in American history during which the New York City neighborhood of Harlem became a focal point of African American culture. The period, which lasted from the 1910s to the mid-1930s, resulted in a huge surge of creativity among African Americans, which was expressed in many art forms, including literature, music,...
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The time period in US American History known as âThe Roaring 20âs and eventually the The Great Depression refers to a decade, of economic prosperity in major cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, London, Berlin, and Paris. It was an era of mass consumerism, with the bloom of Jazz, flappers, and the Harlem Renaissance redefining arts and cultures...
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The cultural shift that the United States experienced during the Harlem Renaissance affected the lives of everyday citizens. One factor that affected this cultural shift was the new, lively music you could hear coming from the East coast to the West coast. Jazz was the newly popular music genre during the 1920s. The 1920s was nicknamed the Jazz Age as...
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African Americans and American women have been oppressed by the opinions and laws of white men since the drafting of the Constitution of the United States. African Americans and American womenâs most prevalent contributions exist in literature and culture, most predominately in the works of Langston Hugheâs âI, Too,â Zora Neale Hurstonâs, âHow It Feels To Be Colored Me,â Bontempâs,...
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To what extent do the media influence perceptions of African Americans in the criminal justice system in the US âStereotypes are not mysterious or arbitrary, but grounded in the observations of everyday life.â (Eagly, A. 2015, âHow Do Stereotypes Form and Can They Be Altered?â). Stereotypes are integrated within everyday life due to media representation and personal experiences. On the...
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As humans, we might prefer to find others for comfort to feel like we belong, and over anything we want love. We would wish to be loved and to like another through our trials of life. This can be one of the many themes of the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. The character Janie includes a desire for love...
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When debating to what degree racism fuelled the start and expansion of colonial plantations, one must recognise first and foremost that racial prejudice plays a large role in maintaining the hierarchy of the plantations. A question that often arises in this debate is whether racism was around before slavery, or if it occurred as a result. As expressed by Eric...
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What is racism? According to Encyclopedia Britannica, the definition of racism is any action, practice, or belief that reflects the racial worldviewâthe ideology that humans may be divided into separate and exclusive biological entities called âracesâ; that there is a causal link between inherited physical traits and traits of personality, intellect, morality. Racism is not new to any culture. It...
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Many movements have happened over the years but none were as powerful as the Harlem Renaissance. Throughout the 1920s, the Harlem Renaissance was a social development that gave another lifestyle to African Americans. While Harlem gave off a setting with amazing materials for an artist to thrive, it also highlighted struggles during those times. Things such as verses, books, and...
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Why should black history be taught extensively in schools? Did you know that police killed more than 1000 black lives in the UK in 2020? Did you know that black people are currently 3x more likely to be killed by the police? Did you know that 99% of killings by police between 2013 to 2020 don't result in criminal charges?...
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During the Mid 1970s, the Black artist began embracing their identity and dedication to black culture through literature. Literature that was created during this period, criticized the government for its mistreatment of black people in America. It displays this style of criticism through two famous pieces What America Would Be Without Blacks by Ralph Ellison and If Black English Isnât...
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Racism by definition is any act or belief that denies the rights and needs or that degrades a specific person of a different race or someone from different geographical origins from others. Racism does lead to someoneâs dignity and life being perceived as lower than others. Historically, racism was once left out in the dark before it was fought for...
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According to Martin Luther King, âThe ultimate measure of a person is not where one stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where one stands in times of challenge and controversy.â This concept constantly applies to real-world situations and conveys that only when one undergoes severe conflict can one get the best measurement of oneâs character. Melba Patillo Beals...
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Have you ever sent a loved son on vacation and had him returned to you in a pine box, so horribly battered and water-logged that someone needs to tell you this sickening sight is your son â lynched? â Mamie Bradley, Emmet Tillâs mother. Racial injustice has been a prevalent issue for centuries, and in twentieth-century Mississippi, segregation, inequality, and...
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