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African-American Politics
Just like other constant processes accompanying change, global politics has been in a constant changing state since times immemorial. Not only that, politics that we observe worldwide based on different rules and regulations as well as outlining distinct policies unique to every age, Stone Age, Middle Age as well as Modern Age is highly rich in history. On the same account African-American politics has also witnessed various changes. African-American politics, however, is largely based on issues pertaining to the racial differences and color prejudices that the blacks in America have had to face since for good. This mercurial political sphere while undergoing change gives birth to various phenomenon and activities. The recent one being the issue related to the Racial Privacy Initiative.
The Racial Privacy Initiative is considered to be a "ballot measure that would curtail the classification of people according to race, ethnicity, color or national origin by state and local government in California" (Racial Privacy Initiative deserves close scrutiny) put forth by the American Civil Rights Coalition Chair Ward Connerly. According to the coalition, the purpose behind taking this initiative is to make the racially obsessed Californian government realize the urgent need for the creation of "a colorblind state that places more emphasis on privacy while offering respect for the complicated notion of racial identity" (Racial Privacy Initiative deserves close scrutiny). However, this is just one side of the concept regarding the Racial Privacy Initiative. Like always, this form of...
I, for one, certainly oppose this Racial Privacy Initiative that on one hand promises a biased-free society for the African-Americans by equipping the people with the psychological advantage of choosing to keep their privacy protected by applying ban on the collection of the racial data (Burden). However, on the other hand, if and when passed by voters, the RPI is fully capable of undermining California's anti-discrimination efforts (Wasserman). This is because, by applying ban on the collection of racial data, the coalition is indirectly making the grave mistake of ignoring a major concern pertaining to the same issue. If and when the masses at large are permitted to conceal the important racial and ethnicity information, the law-makers as well as the policy-makers in charge will be left with little information as well as much-needed statistics to probe in order to draft accurate policies and regulations. Moreover, with people choosing to hide valuable information regarding race and ethnic background as well as preferences, less and less information will be available for the law-makers to utilize while making the much-awaited amendments.
Hence, by creating an information "black out" thereby deliberately placing greater hurdles in the path of the law-makers by augmenting the non-availability of relevant and priceless data, the ulterior motives of the coalition members are more than apparent and lucidly highlight the loopholes in the entire politically charged activity (Coleman). When such valid information will not be available, material evidence will lack thereby forbidding the lawmakers to prove and check whether racial differences and prejudices…
The simultaneous convergence of these leaders, groups, and movements, is easy to understand when one considers the environment of the Harlem area during the early 1900s. With vast numbers of new African-American citizens having come from the racist south, the area was ripe with social, political, and cultural concepts that come with new found freedom. In such a charged atmosphere, leaders such as Garvey had an audience ready to listen,
The oil spill in North Carolina caught her attention along with the fact that "Forty-one states send [toxic] waste to Emelle, Alabama, where 86% of the population is African-American" (Kaplan, p. 378). The skill that Burwell showed in pushing the issue that there was clearly a strategy to place dangerous toxic waste dumps -- that give off cancer-causing PCBs -- in areas where minorities lived was impressive. "Dollie, determined
Furthermore, as a result of these conditions there was a general failure of black business and entrepreneurships. "Black businesses failed, crushing the entrepreneurial spirit that had been an essential element of the Negro Renaissance." (the Great Depression: A History in the Key of Jazz) However this did not crush the general spirit of the African-American people and there was a resurgence of black culture and enterprise in area such as
Thus, the New Negro Movement refers to the new way of thinking, and encompasses all the elements of the Negro Renaissance, artistically, socially and politically (New). The Harlem Renaissance changed the dynamics of African-American culture in the United States forever, for it was proof that whites did not have a monopoly on literature, arts and culture (Harlem). The many personalities of the era, such as composer Duke Ellington, dancer Josephine
African-Americans Baroch, Andrew J. "10 Years after Million Man March, African-Americans return to Washington." VOA News. Retrieved November 13, 2005, from http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2005-10-14-voa7.cfm. This article was making a connection between the century-old Million Man March and The "Millions More" March that was scheduled for October 15, 2005. Though the Million Man March was specifically organized for efforts to register African-Americans to vote in U.S. Elections and also to increase black involvement in volunteerism
African-American Civil Rights Struggle African-American Civil Rights How Have African-Americans Worked to end Segregation, Discrimination, and Isolation to Attain Equality and Civil Rights? Background to the Movement Discriminatory Laws World War One and the intensification of the Problems The American Civil Rights Movement Rosa Parks Other measures Civil Rights Act 1964 The modern world talks about no racial discrimination, no gender disparity and equality for all strata and ethnicities of society. Discrimination is seen as a complete and utter no-no,