Naughty By Nature Analysis

Black children go through a process like no other child of any other race does. From birth they are taught about what society thinks their place is and how institutions are going to treat them in the future. As a child they experience events of racism and discrimination, but they do not really know why it 's happening or why racial tensions are so bad in the US society. Growing into an adolescent or teenager they understand what racism is, but yet to know the extent to which institutional racism is going to affect their lives. As adults, the stage of resistance begins.

Simpson portrays empowerment gender, identity, and culture in her images despite the oppression of racist culture impacts black women 's body and identity. Five-day forecast by Lorna Simpson incorporates five large boxes with days of the week Monday through Friday. It 's a way of expressing misconceptions as a black woman. In her image “five-day forecast” she has two words in each day such as; misdescription, misidentifies and mistranslate. When the audience sees this particular image they think of race and identity because Lorna has her arms crossed in each box but it happens to be so that as the days pass by her shirt starts getting wrinkled.

Huck’s view of society and his morals are constantly changing as the story progresses. Civilization and people’s behavior heavily affect how Huck Finn is as a person and his morals. The majority of people have racial prejudice against African Americans which is carried to their children which makes them think the same way as their parents. Unlike Whites, African Americans were forced into the system and had no choice on how to live their lives. Huck’s morals are truly put to the test when Jim is captured and Huck has to decide between what is right legally and what is right morally: “I was a trembling because I’d got to decide, forever betwixt two things” (Twain 161).

In Bambara’s “The Lesson,” it is introduced “Miss Moore,” it is said that “she was black as hell, [ex]cept for her feet, which were fish-white and spooky” (Bambara, 96). More important, “She’d been to college and said it was only right that she should take responsibility for the young ones’ education, [even though] she not even related by marriage or blood” (Bambara, 96). As a result, she takes the task of trying to motivate a group of African-American kids, from a poor neighborhood, to think by themselves, and educate them. However, the kids seem fairly unpleased, which can be seen when Sylvia, the story narrator, says: “She [Miss Moore] was always planning these boring-ass things for us to do . . .”

Using race as an example of a stereotype, Steele described the experience of Brent Staples, a black college student walking through a predominately white neighborhood, “Staples was dealing with a phantom, a bad stereotype about his race … that young African Americans in this neighborhood are violence prone” (6). To escape that stereotype, Staples whistled Vivaldi; by so doing, Steele explained, “This caused him to be seen differently, as an educated, refined person, not as a violent-prone African American youth” (7). Steele also found that negative stereotypes lowered intellectual performance for non-whites and females, which have a direct impact on the proposed revision of the UNF education policy

The book Native Son contains many themes relating to the ways many black are mistreated and the injustices they face. In Native Son Bigger is used to represent the everyday stereotypical black male. Bigger is put into many situations that an African American would face and his mentality only adds to the trouble as he tries to cope with his life and his race. The theme I believe is most influential on bigger and the situations he is in is Nature vs. Nurture because society may affect the ways he views himself and what he should do. I also believe that the world only plays a part in some of his life ,but he seems to believe he is not destined for greater which is shown throughout when he results to wrongful actions.

In reality those white people control Dr. Bledsoe, who then controls the young African American men at the college. Dr. Bledsoe is being manipulated by the white men who are superior to him because they believe a black man can get through to other black men better than a white man can. They want him to run the college and be able to control the students. The white men make it seem like Dr. Bledsoe is their equal, but really he is not. So far the narrator

Race should not matter being a black does not mean they are little adults, that is races. I would have thought the opposite of blacks given the history blacks are supposed to be "ignorant things" that do not know any better, while whites of any age were looked as little adults for being such a "superior race". Solitary confinement is torture causes mental breakdown at any age but more damage in minors. Once they are released their total mindset is destroyed and their whole childhood was taken away. I think there should be other ways to discipline young teens before sending them to jail or being charged as an

In order to empower themselves and their children, the mothers reinforce their African American identity and then pass down their knowledge on traditions, history, and music to their children (Dow, “Racial Distinctions” 89). Dow notes that some mothers even choose to reclaim the racial stereotype of a strong black woman, who is required to be self-reliant and self-contained, in order to help their daughters embrace a positive self-image. Jordana from Dow’s study asserts that “I think it is important to role model for my daughter being a strong woman […] I think in certain settings strong black women are thought of as aggressive women, and it is thought of negatively… [but] to me it is a positive thing… it means unwavering values, goal-oriented, recognizing your beauty, and possessing self-love” (Dow, “Negotiating” 47). By rearticulating the purpose of a “strong black woman” and removing its negative connotations, working-class African American mothers are able to reclaim their authority and place themselves in a position of empowerment that withstands both a patriarchal and racist society.

Also, the incarceration rates is high among the black males which could be attributed to psychological factors, insecurity, lack of jobs and even mistrust from the larger community. There is, therefore, a need to for recommendation to ending the disparities in the American education system. The research paper will also analyze the need for further research and the challenges that may arise in the application of the recommendations. Recommendations The education policy makers through the government should implement policies that ensure that there are equal chances for the black and white students in the learning institutions.

According to Isom, her first study showed the student’s unique ways of expressing gender fluidity amongst African American youth. They also mentioned the racism and sexism they had endured throughout their lives. During the study, the youth discussed their interpretations of what it meant to them to be feminine or masculine and African American. They proved their masculinity through achievements and loving relationships. Feminine fierceness was derived from their abilities and strength to take on different roles, though still well aware of their sexualization in the eyes of men, “Femaleness emerged as strong, multitudinous, and varied, yet sexualized by a male gaze and silent in the face of it” (Denise Isom, 2012, p.127-137

On television, magazines, internet, and wherever social media are found, the African-American community is targeted. Black on black crime has decreased because of the white law enforcements on innocent black citizens has increased, causing a racial war and blacks reuniting together forming a black lives matter movement, turning the dream into a nightmare. Because of the majority of people who makes of the nations’ population, the white race is in favor compared to other race in the United States of America, neither which meaning the society will find a way not find fault nor resisting punishing the (white) criminal regardless of the hades crime they have committed. In this century, the black race has developed negative opinions against one another. Apparently, being a certain shade of brown determines expectation everywhere.

“Black Men and Public Space” is a short story about racism. This story is interesting because it is told by the point of view of a black male and his life experiences. ‘Black Men in Public Space” shows how racisms is a never ending drain on society. Racism is defined by Merriam-Webster as, “a belief that race is the primary of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race”. There are always two sides to every story, in this case, a black boy and white people.

In February of 2007 Heather Andrea Williams published a novel titled Self-Taught: African American Education in Slavery and Freedom. In chapter six, Williams specifically focuses on African-American’s teaching in freed people’s schools. Williams makes the claim that African-American’s entered the classroom as teachers, but not without some battles to overcome. I had always been taught that in some (most?) places it was illegal to teach African-Americans, more specifically slaves, to read.

The story takes place in Jackson, Mississippi during the 1960s. The story took place during the Era of the Civil Rights Movement. Thus, the story took place where segregation was prominent in the United States. The story showed how whites and blacks only interacted in the form of servitude. It also showed how they could act towards each other in society.