Devoir de Philosophie

African American

Publié le 13/04/2014

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Notion : Idea of progress I am going to talk about of the idea of progress. The idea of progress implies an improvement to make a better world. It may be scientific progress (medical advance), a technological progress (new technologies) or social progress in education, working conditions, human rights. However progress might also disavantages, for instance polution. First of all I wouls like to talk the civil rights, and second of the achivements of the developments in the identity and culture of black people and thirdly of the failures. What effect does this progress have on our culture ? In first place, the civil rights movement in the US refers to social movements in the US, whose goal was to end racial segregation against black Americans and enforce voting rights in the 60's. The African American history is an important part of the American History. African American used to be slaves,...

« encou rages Af r ican Ame r icans to vote (t he bal lo t) bu t i f t hey fa i l, t hey x i l l have no opt ion bu t resor t to v io lence (bu l le t). I n second p lace, I am going to t a l k abou t t he ach ievemen ts.

M any b lack people enjoyed success i n t he wor ld of pol i t ics, spor ts, media and en te r ta i n men t.

However, t he black people a re p rog ress i n pa r t icu la r i n educa t ion, some shools al low b lack chi ld ren to go to t he same school as w h i te chi l d ren and i n 2000, 12 pe r cen t of studen ts i n Ame r ica u n ive rsi t ies a re black.

Then t he re a re p rog ress i n pol i t ic, i n 1967 Car l Stokes is t he f i rs t black pe rson to be elected mayor, i n 1984 Jesse Jackson stands elect ion to become P residen t of A me r ica and since 2008 Ba rack Obama is t he f i rs t Af r ican Ame r ican P residen t of A me r ica.

A f ter, t he re a re p rog ress i n jobs and p r iva te l i fe, fo r exemp le i n 2000 t he average i ncome of a fam i ly of black people is $30,400 compa red to $24,000 i n 1990, i n 2000 many black people have good jobs i n govern men t, pol i t ics and t he pol ice, i n 1967 made i t lega l fo r w h i te and b lack people to ma r r y and i n 1968 made racia l d isc r i m i na t ion i l legal i n t he con tex t of buy i ng and ren t i ng houses and othe r p rope r ty.

Mo reover t he re a re p rog ress i n cul t u re, mo re black people appear i n f i l ms and on te levision as Edd ie M u r phy and W i l l Smi t h. T h i r d ly, I am going t a l k abou t t he fa i l u res, pejud ice con t i n ues to exist i n Ame r ica.

I n 1970's many sta tes refuse to pay fo r black chi ld ren to go on a bus to t he same school as w h i te chi ld ren.

By 1990, t he standa rds i n shools a re st i l l bet te r fo r w h i te chi ld ren t han t hey a re fo r b lack chi ld ren i n t he no r t h and i n t he sou t h.

Then i n 1990, black people st i l l face p rejud ice i n t he con tex t of buy i ng and sel l i ng houses.

I n 2000, 9 per cen t of black people i n t he USA l i ve i n i n ner-ci ty ghet toes w he re t he re is h uge pove r ty.

To conclude, we can say t ha t t he p rocess of recogn i t ion of t he Af r ican A me r ican people i n t he USA has been compl ica ted, long, and had many faces.

F rom t h is pe r iod rema i ns icons fo r t he black commun i ty, and cu r ren t examp les of success show t ha t you can reach you r d ream, w ha tever you r colou r is.. »

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