by Onajah Joseph Music is the vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion. In no way does that definition mention musical segregation by race. Today’s society has propelled the idea of racial segregation into music. Through social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, people often state that certain music is for white people and certain music is for non-white people.
by Christopher Echavarria At the turn of the last century, there were over 200,000 black farmers cultivating 15 million acres of land. But the federal government has made it impossible for many black farmers to purchase or maintain land.
by Alice Antwi Slavery is the idea of free labor, from one race who is more of darker skin, and seen as inferior. However the idea of slavery has been around since the early colonial times, since 1619 and now still exists in certain ways in 2015. Are you shocked about it because you see African Americans being seen in the society as the loudest and strongest? Yes, but however the system set is not set up for African Americans.
We caught wind that Ms. Lauren Fardig-Diop is talking about some important stuff in her English classroom. Tasking students with exploring the relationship between race and media, students have produced some moving arguments about representation. At The Raven we felt this topic to be profoundly relevant at this juncture in our society, where police brutality is at an all-time high, specifically in relationship to black men. We are proud to present a special portfolio of their writings through The Raven. To read the articles as a series, click this link.
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