What does the average White American think when he sees an African American? If there is a person who watches a lot of television, he thinks that he is dumb, unscrupulous, cowardly, ignorant (Journal of Radio & Electronic Media, fall 2002 v44 i4 p704). Obviously, these are just stereotypes, but these are just some of […]
Tag Archives: Black Families
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Jun
Jun
Black Power Mixtape (1967-1975) (Louverture Films) 2 hrs. Starring/Featuring: Stokely Carmichael (later Kwame Ture), Eldridge Cleaver, Huey P. Newton, Emile de Antonio, Harry Belafonte, Kathleen Cleaver, Bobby Seale, Angela Davis, Erykah Badu, Robin Kelley, Talib Kweli, Melvin Van Peebles, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Sonia Sanchez Directed and written by: Goran Hugo Olsson MPAA Rating: NR Genre: […]
If culture is taken as an aspect of life that is always present, we must also understand that the media, in all its forms, respond to cultural displays. Whether represented in novels or in film, aspects of Black culture are shown in ways that attempt to illuminate the larger Black experience. Movies are illustrative of […]
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Jan
The idea of buying a house in Detroit might scare you. The city has a horrible reputation. Crime. Poverty. Corruption. One look at the five o’clock news and you’d think that walking down the street put your life in danger. There are some unfortunate exceptions to the rule but most crime in the city is […]
Do you remember the time of Hula Hoops, Poddle Wings and Elvis Presley? I have heard people say that the world was better in the 1950s and we would be better off if America was still like that. It certainly seems the way to those who don’t live in the 50s. We hear how simple […]
When Willie Christine King Farris was born, she was so sickly that when she wasn’t crying, her tiny body would violently shake. Doctors had no answers and her parents, Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Christine King, could do nothing but worry. Then, after two weeks of solid crying, she stopped. “When I Didn’t hear […]
The other week, the federal court ruled against Michigan’s ban on considering gender and race in college admissions decisions. This has refueled the conversation on affirmative action policies from both sides of the debate. Just to get an idea for why each side is able to hold water in an arguments, it’s important to look […]
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Nov
Throughout history, race has affected people’s lives from day to day. Whether that is in the form of employment, education, or economic status, race is a prime factor. In this race analysis, I am going to investigate relationships between different races. More specifically, I will be looking at the relationship between black and white in […]