Essays about: "African Americans"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 21 essays containing the words African Americans.
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16. Next door to the Lion King : conflicts between wildlife conservation efforts and rural communities in northern Tanzania
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Wildlife viewing safari ecotourism in African reserves and parks is a popular form of recreational travel among Europeans and Americans. This phenomenon means a welcome inflow of foreign currency for poor African states, and is supported by an abundance of Western conservation NGOs. READ MORE
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17. Black Atlantic expression in the poetry of Langston Hughes and Nicolás Guillén
University essay from Engelska institutionenAbstract : As Paul Gilroy has argued, the Black Atlantic is a cultural and literary network that has emerged in the aftermath of the Atlantic slave trade. The concerns of the Black Atlantic are made visible in the poetry of African American Langston Hughes and Cuban Nicolás Guillén. Gilroy’s theorization of the Black Atlantic draws on W.E. READ MORE
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18. Racial Conflict in the United States of America : A Deconstructive Perspective on Native Speaker by Changrae Lee
University essay from EngelskaAbstract : Written about the time of the Golden Venture incident, Chang-rae Lee’s Native Speaker makes a particular reference to that incident, whereby implying that particular immigrants, on the grounds of their racial identities, are mistreated and considered as aliens by some Americas. While some whites discriminate against immigrants, there is widespread ethnic tension between Korean Americans and African Americans. READ MORE
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19. What Would Gunnar Myrdal Say? Sweden, the Right to Health and Ethnic and Racial Minority Migrants
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : In the 1940s, Swedish Nobel laureate Gunnar Myrdal noted a disconnect between the American creed (liberty and justice for all, equality) and the status of African-Americans (marginalization, disenfranchisement, segregation). Decades later, a similar disconnect is currently reflected in Myrdal's Sweden. READ MORE
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20. "Not Perfect Grammar, Always Perfect Timing" : African American Vernacular English in Black and White Rap Lyrics
University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakultetenAbstract : African American Vernacular English, AAVE, is a variant of English spoken mostly by lower-class black citizens in the US. Since the most popular music genre among African Americans today is rap, this paper will describe what characterizes AAVE and rap music, and explore the use of AAVE in rap lyrics of both black and white rappers. READ MORE
