Lack of health care coverage and affordability has kept African Americans at a disadvantage, being that blacks bear a disproportionate burden of disease, injury, disability, and death. ... During the Jim Crow era, discrimination came somewhat of a division; with the "separate but equal" laws in place. ...
The moral compass of natural law would bring an end to segregation and discrimination that had been forced on the black members of society through hundreds of years of positivist law that unfairly disbursed the burdens of the society in the pursuit of the common good. That it was time for a shift of the burden and benefits scale to more equally reflect all of those who have worked hard to promote the common good of that society. ... The Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American socie...
Examining the role that religion played in the African-American community, primarily pre-civil war, can be a difficult task due to the limited amount of evidence available.1 While it is a common notion that slavery life was embedded with Christian ideals, a Christian-like ideology is likely more accurate.2 Syncretism occurred with the combining of African tradition and Christian principles to create an African-American spirituality specific to its people. Whites, being leery not to encourage freedom-based teachings of Christianity, provided a watered-down version that stayed true to the sal...
During the time of the Jim Crow era, the Italian physician and criminologist Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909) began to identify patterns of criminality based on the physical appearances of individuals. ... Racial profiling forces individuals that have done no wrong to endure the burdens of the law and legal system to prove that they are innocent. ...
Although Asians and Asian Americans have been present on American television screens for decades, [1] few television series have featured Asian or Asian Americans in starring roles. Kung Fu (Warner Bros, ABC, 1972-1975), starring David Carradine as Kwai-Chang Caine, featured a white American actor ...
