Essays and Research Papers on Black Philosophy

A 2.5 page paper that discusses the different opinions regarding the development of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) or Ebonics. The writer then discusses the debates and controversy surrounding this dialect. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 7 page paper which examines aspects concerning the reparation for slavery. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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 ...

A 14 page research paper that examines the eugenics theories formulated in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to rationalize white supremacy by picturing blacks as inferior. The writer discusses how these quasi-scientific theories always interpreted data to support racial bias, with a particular focus on the use of black children in such literature. ...

An 8 page overview of the societal factors believed by many to be responsible for the disproportionate representation of blacks in our nations prisons and jails. The author provides statistics demonstrating the fact that blacks are disproportionately represented and then addresses the problems leading to the social stratification that many believe account for that ...

A paper which looks analytically at Cecelski's account of the Hyde County protest against desegregation, in the context of education reform and the establishment and maintenance of a black cultural identity in the South during the period of the civil rights movement. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 5 page paper which examines the differences in parenting styles between African American Alcoholic parents and nonalcoholic parents. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 6 page critique of Jawanza Kunjufu's Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys, Volume III (1990). Kunjufu argues that the needs of black males are distinctly different from those of either white males or white or African American girls. It is the black boy who is typically cast as deviant in the public school ...

A 4 page overview of the common misperception that racial profiling accounts for the disproportionate representation that some minorities have in our criminal justice system. Noting that this fallacy is often stretched to imply concern over implications in the post-September 11 environment, the author emphasizes that the fact is that a particular culture’s propensity ...

An 8 page critique of “Learning While Black: Creating Educational Excellence for African American Children” by Janice E. Hale. Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.

This 15 page paper discusses the problems associated with minority teens who are pregnant and abusing drugs. Case studies, research findings, investigations, conclusions, data, and examination of potential prevention, rehabilitation, and legislation which are needed. Bibliography lists 16 sources.

5 pages in length. Richard Wright's Native Son establishes the fact that the black community has long been a constant victim of dehumanizing racism. Even though contemporary populations may not be held within the grips of slavery as their ancestors were for centuries, blacks still endure a type of social slavery by being ...

A 5 page review of the civil rights leader’s last book. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the issues in William Raspberry's article for the Washington Post, called: A Gap that Won’t Go Away on Its Own. Educational disparity between blacks and whites is discussed. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 2.5 page article summary. No additional sources are used.

4 pages in length. Defining the Afrikan woman takes on myriad components; attempting to identify this particular individual cannot be accomplished with any singular approach. Alice Patterson Patience's Bittersweet Memories of Home provides a significantly better understanding of just how difficult it has become for Afrikan women to identify themselves with any one ...

A 7 page paper which examines different issues related to the African American experience. Source used comes from a text faxed by student. No additional sources cited.

This 6 page paper provides a pro/con argument regarding affirmative action. This paper outlines both sides of the argument, and show general support for continued application of affirmative action. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page research paper that summarizes and analyzes three chapters from Keith Gilyard's Voices of the Self: A Study of Language Competence. The writer argues that this text provides a useful tool to those students contemplating careers in education as English teachers, particularly in regards to students who are white. This is because ...

An 8 page research paper that explores the evolution of African American English Vernacular (AAEV) as a dialect of English, discussing the controversy among linguists over its origins, as well as its linguistic structure and similarities between AAEV and West African languages. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 8 page paper provides an overview of the wya in which Belinda Robnett relates two specific themes in her book How Long? How Long? African American Women in the Struggle for Civil Rights. These themes include the role that women played in the background of the Civil Rights Movement, and the ...

An 8 page analysis of the outcome of the Civil Rights movement. Written in the form of an address to Congressional Committee on Domestic affairs, this paper contends that our approach to civil rights in this country has turned into what is perceived, among non-black minorities in particular, as a point of contention. ...

This 9 page report discusses the economic status and financial condition of African Americans and how those factors compare with those of white Americans. Issues related to economic empowerment, the differences between economic progress, and other problems related to economic inequities are presented. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 12 page paper discusses the reasons that Malcolm X embraced Islam only to later be gunned down by black muslims. The theories of Gould, Wilson, Wilber, and others included in the analysis. The future of religion in America included. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

3 pages in length. The extent to which Zora Neale Hurston's How It Feels To Be Colored Me and Marita Bonner's On Being Young - A Woman - And Colored reflect the particular predicament of being a young black woman during the Harlem Renaissance is both grand and far-reaching. The lucid and uncomplicated ...