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Being African American: Is freak’in hard
The document discusses the significant challenges and hardships faced by African Americans, stemming from historical injustices such as slavery and systemic racism. It highlights the inequalities in wealth, employment, and treatment within society, providing statistics to underscore disparities. The author expresses exhaustion and frustration over ongoing discrimination and calls for awareness and enlightenment on these issues.
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Being African American: Is freak’in hard
- 1. Being African American Is freak’in hard ByLatagia Copeland-Tyronce B.S.,A.S.
- 2. “To be apoor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.” ~W. E. B. Du Bois~
- 3. Why is itso hard?
- 4. For several reasons includingbut not limited to the following….
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- 6. • Some 400years of slavery. • Another 90 years of Jim Crow Laws • Civil rights struggles. • Pervasive inequality, racism, and discrimination.
- 7. [I’ve learned thatpeople will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.] ~Maya Angelou~
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- 9. • African Americanpeople are poor because their lazy. • lack intelligence and drive. • Are dangerous and/or criminals (especially males). • Are welfare queens. • Cant let go of the past (slavery and Civil rights).
- 10. “ We don’tsee things as they are, we see them as we are” ~Anais Nin~
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- 12. • Median AfricanAmerican household net worth in 2013 was $11,ooo compared to $141,900 in Caucasian households. • African Americans are nearly 3 times as likely to be poor as non-Africans Americans. • Jobless rate for African American college grads last year was 12.4% versus 4.9% for Caucasian college grads.
- 13. “I have adream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr~
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- 15. • African Americanscomprise about 13% of the US population and 14% of monthly drug users but are 37% of the people arrested for drug offenses. • Nationwide, African-Americans represent 26% of juvenile arrests, 44% of youth who are detained, 46% of the youth who are judicially waived to criminal court, and 58% of the youth admitted to state prisons (Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice). • African-Americans make up 28% of the foster care population. This disparity is magnified in certain states.
- 16. • Of the2,000,000 men in prison 39.1% are African American. • African American students are 3.5x more likely to be expelled than Caucasian students (40% are actually expelled). • When doctors were shown patient histories and asked to make judgments about heart disease, they were much less likely to recommend cardiac catheterization to African American patients (even when their medical files were statistically identical to those of Caucasian patients). • Caucasian state legislators were found to be less likely to respond to constituents with African-American names. This was true of legislators in both political parties.
- 17. “ Nearly allmen can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character give him power” ~Abraham Lincoln~
- 18. • African Americansare much more likely to run into a wide range of issues throughout our society. • Once these issues arise (and they will), African Americans are much more likely to be treated harshly/unfairly and to have worse outcomes than non-minorities.
- 19. Do you knowwhat it's like to be … ... followed in a store. … "mistaken" for the help. ... petted like a dog because your hair is "interesting." … told to "get over" the wholesale trade and trafficking of your ancestors? I do. And so do millions of other black Americans. Rich and poor. Uneducated and those with a Ph.D. Famous and anonymous. We are exhausted. We are tired. We can't breathe. ~ Arienne Thompson, USA TODAY~
- 20. As a proudAfrican American woman who has experienced everything discussed this presentation (or personally know others whom have experienced it) I hope that it is enlightening. I am thoroughly convinced that the contents within come as no surprise to my fellow African Americans; but I have no doubt that it may come as a surprise to others. But we all must remember the following
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