Black Man Archetype

An archetype where life moves from one stage to another is considered a journey. This archetype can be separated into two different categories, western and eastern. Western journeys have a set destination they must reach and the series of events that are in order. Eastern journeys have no destination. They are series of happenings in no particular order, whatever happens is accepted for what it is.

Jesse Owens was an African-American athlete and four-time Olympic gold medalist In the 1936 games. He was born in 1913 in Oakville, Alabama. Jesse Owens also broke his own time record by hard work and dedication. This essay is about Jesse Owens because he was a huge inspiration to other African-American children, and adults. He was an Inspiration because he was the first African American to become an olympian during a time of racism, and segregation was still in progress in American culture.

An African- American civil rights leader, Malcolm X was a speaker for the Black Nationalism (Black Muslim). Malcolm X believed in separate nation for blacks. Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha Nebraska. At the age of six his father died.

In white scripts and black supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books was about the early representation of black male superheroes and how the structural obstacles and systemic racism effect comic in the 1960 to 1976. They discussion about characters such as Black Panther, Tyroc, john Stewart, Black Lightning and Luke Cage. The spoke analysis each characters about where they come from and what they meant to children and adult who grow up with them. It also providing primarily black youth with the opportunity to see themselves in the world of superheroes.

There is a clear through-line in our nation’s history of blackface. As a detrimental tradition, the practice reflects a collectively low opinion of African-Americans, so much so that it became feasible to reduce an entire group of people to caricatures. When Rondrich describes minstrelsy as the “first truly American band” based on its origin within and its reflection of our past beliefs, I found it a sickeningly accurate statement. It is rather astonishing how music has been used to disseminate racially charged imagery—in this situation, Adorno’s fears of music perpetuating group-thought was startlingly supported. Beyond the racial elements, the growing popularity of blackface minstrelsy reflects how low-quality entertainment (more colloquially,

The decision making, process in accepting the money in ‘’The Devil & Tom Walker’’ is important in the story. The devil and Tom are the most important ones in the story. In the beginning of the story the greed of the kidd the pirate had brought him a deal that involved with death with no use for the money that the devil was to protect. Tom Walker therefore stumbles upon the devil, in the form of ‘’Old scratch’’ who makes him an offer that he couldn’t refuse to do. Tom had to give up his soul for the treasures of Kidd the pirate.

David Remnick wrote, “A poll showed that eighty- four percent of African- Americans between the ages of fifteen and twenty- four saw Malcolm as ‘A hero for black Americans today.’ The video for public enemy “Shut ‘ Em Down” put Malcolm’s face on the dollar bill. A vivid, but secondary figure in his own lifetime, Malcolm X had achieved the status of an icon”(Remnick). Malcolm X was loved by the black community and though to be a hero among African Americans during the 1960’s so the people honored him in the movie “Public Enemy”. Malcolm X achieved his status within the community by advocating black pride and trying to end black suppression.

From the time when he was almost abused to death by his mother and father at the age of four, to his young adult life where he was verbally and physically tormented by his white counterparts, Richard Wright fought through life, struggle by violent struggle. As an African American living in the South, struggle is a day to day battle. For Richard, one of the struggles is violence, and being that he was born and raised in the South, he doesn't know anything different. Violence, whether it be verbal or physical, is something that many southern African Americans faced. This struggle debilitated Richard throughout his adolescence, and it poisoned his views of white people, religion, and the South.

In Black Boy, an autobiography written by Richard Wright, Wright describes himself growing up as a young African American boy growing up in the South in the 1940’s. While growing up, Richard experienced a lot of racism, beating and the Jim Crow Laws. This may not seem difficult to grow up with, but as an African American, it was hard. Many would treat Richard differently and Richard did not have the same opportunities that the White Americans had. But looking at the world today, opportunites have a come a long way.

Brain controls all of the organs in our body and what makes human different from animals is that we have the ability to think and have our own thoughts. Everything is possible in reality and what makes it possible is our knowledge. Richard Wright, who explains the definition of the word cognitive the best by using his memoir the ‘Black Boy’. In his memoir Richard explains his struggles of life as a child, teen and adult. But eventually succeed using his knowledge and experience.