Essays and Research Papers on Black Philosophy

5 pages in length. Buying a home is one dream for most Americans, however, the growth, decline and discrimination in the mortgage industry dictates how, what and where we can live, work and raise our families. Focusing upon the mortgage industry's supply and demand in the housing market and how it effects our ...

This 5 page report discusses Harry Kitano’s theories regarding inequality based on the stratifications of race and class. Kitano points out that everybody has experienced some form of stratification regardless of whether it is the most innocuous of circumstances or the most prejudicial. The fact that Americans are told that they are all “equal” is nothing more than a philosophical ...

This 5 page report discusses the 1995 movie, “Higher Learning,” director John Singleton’s third movie, that offers a look into the lives and minds of a group of young people from different countries, races, and social background. They find themselves in integrated circumstances as all enroll in Columbus University. Students who are already dealing with the expectations of high ...

5 pages in length. Relating Nadine Gordimer's Town And Country Lovers to Chinua Achebe's The Vengeful Creditor is to address the notion of oppression. Gordimer, a South African novelist and short-story writer who received Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991, delves deep into the thematic sense of exile, loneliness and strong political opposition towards ...

A 7 page paper which discusses Robin Kelley's "Yo'Mama's Dysfunktional: Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America." The paper illustrates how Kelley uses race in the book, and then discusses this condition with the following works of Martin Luther King Jr.: "I Have a Dream" speech and "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." No additional sources cited.

This 6 page paper explores the idea o freedom as presented in the Amistad incident and pertaining to slavery as well as the rights of the individual. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

7 pages in length. An in-depth look at this author with special attention on his relation to the Harlem Renaissance. Includes some of his works as well as critiques. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

The problems that plague post-apartheid South Africa are much the same as those that plague any industrialized society: poverty, crime, need for educational standards and rising health concerns, including the spread of HIV/AIDS. This 5 page paper explores the issues confronting the youth of South Africa today. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

(8 pp). What we will be looking at in this discussion are basically two issues, that have somehow become enmeshed: According to Davis (1998), more than 70 percent, of the imprisoned population, are people of color. It is rarely acknowledged, that the fastest growing group of prisoners are black women, and that Native ...

An 8 page paper which discusses the various philosophical beliefs maintained by Malcolm X. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page discussion of the continued importance of Africa culture and ideology to African Americans. To these people Africa was, and will continue to be a continual theme in their culture and even their perceptions of themselves. It was the underlying commonality of their Africanness which pulled African Americans one of the ...

(8pp-includes outline) The question posed: does urban crime increase, when or where, racial residential segregation exists? The unit of analysis is segregated neighborhoods. The independent variable is segregation of race. The dependent variable is violent crime levels. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 6 page paper presents an overview of Derek A. Bell's Faces at the Bottom of the Well, Joseph Barndt's Dismantling Racism: The Continuing Challenge to White America and Paul A. Winters's Race relations: Opposing Viewpoints. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page discussion of the impact of realism on audience passivity or action when viewing a film. Notes that audiences are the targets of cinematic production, production which combines both audio and video into a medium which require the human element in order to be experienced. Indeed audiences are impacted by both the ...

A nine page paper which looks at the issues involved in the adoption process in the USA and the UK, with particular reference to the controversies surrounding trans-racial and trans-cultural adoptions, and how far the welfare of the child should be prioritised in comparison to the rights of both the natural and adoptive parents. Bibliography lists ...

A 5 page discussion of the cultural environment in which "The Souls of Black Folk" was written and the message which the author sought to convey. Contends that the general public at this time was not very tolerant of blacks in general and W.E.B. DuBois was not only black, he had an impressive education ...

A 5 page discussion of race relations in the United States. Contends that the subject of race relations is a key philosophical issue precipitated in the United States largely by the presence of African Americans. It is an issue which has been broached by many black leaders of our past, and indeed the ...

6 pages in length. In a perfect world, all entities, every race and each person would be represented in the same fair light. However, this is not a perfect world, and people of various races, gender and origins are not given the same fair treatment as others routinely receive. Regardless of the ...

This 5 page tutorial essay looks at an article on Jada Pickett, a young Black actress, in terms of how cultural diversity is presented in the media. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 6 page overview of the Catch 22 situation which exists among black Americans regarding the need for transplant organs and their own reluctance to donate those organs. Addresses the concerns which exist in regard to organ donation and the steps which can be taken to overcome those concerns. Bibliography lists 8 sources. ...

The 1982 trial of political activist Mumia Abu-Jamal reads like something from a Greek tragedy; and the Chorus has become those around the world who believe in the man's innocence even after almost two decades of incarceration. What is wrong with listening to new information if it is really there? Bibliography lists 10 sources. ...

A 5 page paper which discusses the successes of Father Divine and Marcus Garvey. The paper illustrates how these successes are perhaps quite significant. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A five page paper which looks at the philosophies and ideologies of Marcus Garvey and Malcolm X, and the ways in which their views regarding black separatism and the promulgation of black culture within a multi-racial community differed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A five page paper which considers the concept of the underclass within British society and looks at the way in which ethnic minority groups suffer greater disadvantage than the majority group in terms of their socio-economic status within the community. Bibliography lists 7 sources

A 9 page fictional rendition of the maturation of a young African American boy from impressionable youth to determined man. Emphasizes the influence his experiences in a ten year stay in South Africa had on his eventual direction as an adult back in the United States. Notes the importance of cultural memories and ...