Essay On African American Interview

African American Studies is a very complex subject. To confuse African American studies with black history is a common occurrence. African American studies is much deeper and more profound than just Black history alone. There are many unanswered and unasked questions among the Black American culture which causes confusion and misunderstanding in modern day society. In unit one there were many themes, concepts, and significant issues in the discipline of Africana studies. Both W.E.B Du Bois and Vivian V. Gordan touched on many concerns.

1b. I am a woman, I practice Catholicism, I am 26 years old. As for my socio economic background I come from a middle class family. Growing up in the Congo we didn’t have much money, my parents did everything in their power to provide us with everything that we need to have the best possible life. For that reason my dad got a job here in Denver twenty plus years ago and we had to start all over. It was through the help of many family friends and relatives that we were able to have all the chances in life. My parents had to go to school and learn English and work at the same time. They had sacrificed a lot in order to make sure that we had everything in order to succeed in this

When preparing for an interview, a great deal of thought and consideration needs to be completed before the interview even begins. The person conducting the interview needs to think about where the interview is going to take place, the time of which it will occur at, and what kind of technology will be used. They need to review the file and consider who is being interviewed, what the person has experienced, and how they may be affected. Interviewing someone is a crucial part of policing, and ultimately helps police solve crimes. When it is done properly, it can be very successful, but if it is not done properly, it could ultimately end an investigation. Therefore, an interview can either be successful or not, and here are some points displaying the success and improvements that can be done in interviews.

African Americans now constitute nearly 1 million of the total 2.3 million incarcerated; that is 60% of 30% of the African American population. African Americas are incarcerated at nearly six times the rate of whites. “Between 6.6% and 7.5% of all black males ages 25 to 39 were imprisoned in 2011, which were the highest imprisonment rates among the measured sex, race, Hispanic origin, and age groups." (Carson, E. Ann, and Sabol, William J. 2011.) Stated on Americanprogram.org “ The Sentencing Project reports that African Americans are 21 percent more likely to receive mandatory-minimum sentences than white defendants and are 20 percent more likely to be sentenced to prison.” Hispanics and African Americans make up 58% of all prisoners in 2008, even though African Americans and Hispanics make up approximately one quarter of the US population. (Henderson 2000). Slightly 15% of the inmate population is made up of 283,000 Hispanic prisoners.

In Ellis Cose last chapter in The Envy of the World: On Being a Black Man in America, he list twelve “Hard Truths.” The first truth reads: “Play the race card carefully , and at your own peril.” To play the race card means to use race to gain an advantage in a situation. At your own peril is another way of saying at your own risk. The whole phrase as a whole acknowledges the fact that being of a certain race holds an advantage. In order to gain the advantages during different situations you must use the race as a tool, but carefully. Being that you must be cautious with using your race, negative consequences may follow if the race card is used the wrong way. This is why it must be done at your own risk so there is no one to blame but yourself.

Being an African American woman in a Caucasian male dominated society, I have experienced my share of racial and sexual inequalities. Nonetheless, for the purpose of assignment only racial inequality will be discussed. As stated in last week’s assignment. For centuries, inhabitants of the earth have had an innate superiority complex, countries with greater weapons, numbers, technology and economic resources, created systems of inequality through domination of inferior-minority-groups, maintained and perpetuated through social forces.

In America, the word race is always a touchy topic. The way that African Americans or and any other race than the “majority” is treated with a sense of inequality from not only the people around you but the government and governmental officials. “Race is a myth; racism is not” People have danced around the topic and haven’t really talked about the inequalities within America. Being African American or any other race has never been easy. “White America” has always been stereotypical of people of color, although people of color have shaped American history through inventions, sports, and political science.

After reviewing the interactive website, Slavery and making of America: “The Slave Experience: Men, Women, and Gender”, my perspective of the African American experience changed. Prior to reviewing the interactive tool, I assumed that African Americans as slaves were always weary due to being oppressed by Caucasians. I always felt that slaves lacked the enthusiasm to be innovative, or creative. However, I now know that even slavery could not stop the creativity of the African American race. Although slave masters tried numerous acts, such as making their slaves dress in old and unfit clothing, slaves still found ways to make the most out of the clothing they had. According to “Slavery and making of America”, women slaves would take handkerchiefs that slave masters required them to wear and would make all kinds of creative wraps for their heads. Although their

African Americans have a long history in the Americas. Their experience in United States is however laden with historical records of oppression and segregation. It has been difficult to shed off slavery tags that emanates from their historical entry into the Americas. There are many issues that emerge when considering the experience of African Americans. One of the most important issues that has been extensively studied in regard to African American experience is the issue of leadership and politics. For a long time, African-American leadership has been sidelined until the rise of civil rights movements starting from 1950s. Since then, African Americans have exerted their position in United States leadership culminating in election of

In this article I could relate to a lot of topics and concerns with the media today. Not with being Asian but being a minority. The stereotypes that social media and TV produce isn’t just in the African American community. It with all the racial communities that are considered minorities. I enjoyed the fact that the article had different opinions on how other Asian American feel about the betrayal of their race in the media.

For the past 30 years the “gap” in income received by the rich and everyone else has continuously continued to increase, showing no signs of decrease anytime soon. This gap has mostly affected the middle class, which is made up of mostly African Americans and Hispanics, making America less determined to correct such an issue. Given the circumstances African American’s are the focus of this issue. It is known that modern racism exist within today’s society in various ways, one which happen to be within the economy. For decades the economy has has its downfalls, however, it’s been facing a issue that it has been hiding from the rest of the nation. The gap that everyone has been speaking of is only becoming more of issue, however, what many do not know is that African American’s are the ones who are feeling it the most. Given their history and place in society racial inequality. Modern racism has kept many blacks from receiving jobs and has kept them from many opportunities. Income inequality is an issue and it has been pushed aside for long enough it is now too big to avoid and it is time to therefore address it. It is due to such an act that the need for government assistance has increased, poverty levels are at an alltime high as are unemployment rates; and education levels are continuing to drop. The racial inequality African American face has come to affect their income earnings, which has affected education systems and poverty levels it is time such a issue is put to

The cultural concept of blackness continues to evolve in American society and challenges African American artist to reconcile their own personal narratives with broader societal and political issues surrounding race, identity and history. Identity for people of African Americans requires a redress of the selective history that has become part of the national myth and has clouded the judgment and interpretation of this country’s racist past. Through visual imagery many African American contemporary artists examine stereotypes and past perceptions by appropriating racially charged or political imagery of the past in their work to help shape and define black identity in the last few decades. Today, identity in America is defined not only the past perceptions propagated by the white European dominant culture, but also by the members of a culture group’s own efforts to deconstruct the mythologies and narratives of the past to define what it means to be an American of African descent. America art has been complicit in both producing and propagating national myths around what it means to be American, who can hold power, and the role of racial otherness in society.

The Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Kofi Annan, once said, “We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we only belong to one human race”. When someone is given advantages or disadvantages because of their skin color, that is racial inequality. African Americans have a disadvantage when it comes to police, jobs, and even education. It is not right for people to be treated different just because of their skin color. America has not yet received racial equality, even after hundreds of years.

I interviewed my grandparents, Janet and Earl Patterson, for this exploration. The questions that I asked where, ‘Why do you think the Civil Rights Act had to happen, and Can you tell a bit about any experiences you have had with this?’ Mrs. Patterson had a lot to say about her beliefs of why the Civil Rights Act had to happen, which made me really think about how lucky I am to live in the time that I live in. They both had a heartbreaking story about something that was done wrong to someone they knew before the Civil Rights Act, or something that happened to them even after it was put in effect. Their statements are proof enough of reasons why in our schools, we should teach more about the Civil Rights Act to make sure something like that does not repeat itself.

Interview playing a vital role in organisation Why do we meet? In the regular course of research occasions, we typically begin by asking "What would I like to know?" and the meeting is a possible response to the following inquiry: "How might I know?" We meet when we need to know something about what someone else needs to say in regards to her or his experience of a characterizing occasion, individual, thought, or thing. We pick the meeting since we know that an ideal approach to get into the lived understanding of a man who has encountered a critical wellbeing related issue is to empower the individual to portray that experience. We are occupied with the individual 's discernment, feeling, and conduct as a binding together entirety as opposed to as free parts to be examined independently. Interviews manage thinking and talk that are later changed into writings. The meet requires semantic exchanges and connections between