“Afrocentric Escapism”: A Review of an Article by Commentator Thomas Sowell
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A 3 page review of an article published in the April 14, 1995 edition of “The Washington Times” entitled “Afrocentric Escapism”. Sowell explores what he perceives as the creation of false history and tradition in the African American community. Sowell explains this practice as having evolved out of the dire need to escape the multitude of very real problems which are confronting the community. While the solution to such problems lies in education and the acquisition of job skills, those who are recreating the so-called black experience are instead focusing the attention of their young followers on the problems of the past. Includes many insights on the misperceptions of slavery itself. No additional sources are listed.
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“All Our Kin” by Carol Stack
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An 8 page paper which examines various elements presented in Carol Stack’s “All Our Kin.” No additional sources cited.
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“Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned” by Walter Mosley
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A 5 page paper which examines racial perspectives in the chapter titled “Equal Opportunity” in Walter Mosley’s “Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned.” Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
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“Bad Boys: Public Schools in the Making of Black Masculinity”
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A 3 page critical analysis of the book by Ann Ferguson. Ferguson contends that racism and stereotyping in today’s public schools is insuring failure among black males. The author of this paper agrees that if such problems are occurring it is inexcusable but suggests that much more is at play in the academic and personal failure of black males than racism and stereotyping. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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“Black Ice”: A Review of Lorene Cary’s Autobiography
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A 5 page review of the autobiography of one of the most accomplished black women of our time. Attending the prestigious St. Paul’s Preparatory School in New Hampshire at the tender young age of fifteen, African American Lorene Carey faces the turbulence of the Civil Rights movement and the direct effect it will have on her life and she on it. No additional sources are listed.
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