Essays on Black History Month

Discrimination is one of the most common themes in literary works and one that exists in the society since time immemorial. A person can get discriminated by his skin color, cultural background, or even gender. In the workplace, there are various types of discrimination. Discrimination can be directly or indirectly done. In a direct discrimination, a group or an individual is treated in a less favorable way. On the other hand, in an indirect discrimination, a practice or standard poses disadvantage on certain individuals or groups. Whichever the case maybe, the law prohibits discrimination based on personal characteristics. In ...

African American history is diverse and deep-rooted. What the world knows of it today is through the words of historians. Historians have the ability to describe the events and happenings of a certain age in time and reveal what happened with precision. However if the events are too far-fetched and date back in time, then history can be altered or distorted to suit the needs of biased historians who might be of a particular race or ethnicity. Similarly, African American history has faced the issue of bias in texts and reading, which created hatred and animosity for the race. ...

“Black history is American History”

Morgan Freeman There are numerous discussions about the value, appropriateness and reasons behind the so called “Black History month” or “African American History month”. This event in the American history received much more social media and academic attention than many other special events or occurrences. One could try to dig down to the reasons of such exaggerated interest that the society takes in this particular occasion, other could simply enjoy the attention and take part in celebrative events without actually thinking of philosophical elements. The reality is that Black History month is one more proof of the conflict ...