SPA Image Analysis

Take a good long look at the image below titled, "Slavery Through Reconstruction" painted by Aaron Douglas in 1934.  Your task is to analyze how the content of this image could be symbolic of our discussion regarding Garvey, DuBois, and Washington.  See the SPA handout for more specifics on the assignment.

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Discrimination against aids

To stop aids and HIV we have to stop discrimination first. Haveing HIV can bring loss of status, discrimination, and economic disadvantages. When people lack the access of medical care they have a higher risk of contracting full blown aids because they can not get the right medication. Black woman getting HIV is 15 X greater than white woman, and for Hispanic woman it is 3 X higher. Do you think if we stop discrimination against minorities that it will lower the risk of contracting HIV in these groups?

Native American Tribes Struggle For Recognition

More than 20,000 Native Americans are living in Maryland, but these tribes are bereft economic and cultural benefits compared to other Native American tribes who have obtained recognition. The main idea of this is to get a legal process called recognition, and this means to be able to identify themselves as Native Americans without having to worry about the regulations. To be able to get recognition you have to identify yourself as a Native American tribe that has existed before 1790 and you can not belong to any other tribe. The down fall of this is it is very expensive and time consuming because you have to hire a historian that can trace records from two centuries ago. But once you get recognition it is worth it because you will be provided help with money and essential things you need. Is this a fair process for Native Americans to do to get help? -Kendra

Women gets Recognized

For my current event i did my article on a women getting recognized for all the good things she has done. This lunch will take place in May 2012. She has made a big influence on the people California. People from California are honored to award her for everything she has done. D you agree that she should get a award for everything?

Women in the Buisness world

My article that i read basically said that women are now becoming a big part of our society. There was a pole done and the results showed that there are just as many women in the buisness world as there are men. Do you feel this is a good thing that is happening to our society? And also what might be some reasons why this is happening at this point in time?

Racism in the Presidentail Election

Ron Paul, who is running for president, has had his past racism viewsblow up in the media. He has had statements such as "I think we can assume that 95 percent of the black men in that city [Washington DC] are semi-criminal or entirely criminal" Ron Paul has tried to say these statements in the media were not written by him and were written by journalists who were working for him at the time. All of the articles containing these statements were titled with Ron Paul's name. Do you think it is right of presidential candidates to lie about views they had in the past?

Ron Paul A cusses Judicial System of being Racist

Republicans today are accusing the Judicial System and police departments around the country of being prejudiced. Many states arrest more blacks then whites and put more blacks to death in the electric chair. Ron Paul believes that the Democratic party is brain washing black voters to vote for a democratic candidate. Do you think there is racism in the Massachusetts Judicial System today?

European countries take step toward oil embargo on iran

European countires want iran to stop enriching uranium for civilian purposes. Western leaders argue they are trying build a nuclear bomb. Iran denies they are building a nuclear bomb and they refuse to stop enriching the uranium. American and European countries have sent series of military threats that iran has responded to and iran has test fired a missle and announced a production of 1st nuclear fuel rod. Iran has also warned american aircrafts not to return to the persian gulf or they will be shot straight of hormuz shipping which will drive price of oil up 50%. Do you think american and european countries should keep tempting iran to drive the price of oil up 50%? why or why not?