Annotated Bibliography About African Americans

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Cameron Wong
Jennifer Beach
English 105.6
April 28, 2015
What kind of Racial Issues Do African Americans
Endure in Today's Society:
An Annotated Bibliography
Adebayo, Arinola O, Adeyemi A Adekoya, and O Felix Ayadi. "Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as Agents of Change for the Development of Minority Business." Journal of Black Studies, 32.2 (2001): 167-183. Web. 26 April, 2015.
Today the African American community doesn't play as big of a role in the business world as many of the other races in America. The article explains how Black colleges should help out African American students more where the black community, in a whole, are lacking: the free market economy of America. With carefully thought out ideas and …show more content…

The critical race theory is the main topic referring to how race is a issue in all subjects of education. Three sections are made to discuss the theory of critical race and what it means, examine specifically how each minority group are discriminated, and proposes a solution in that respective order. The book reveals that race can cause a decrease in the quality of education that a student gets. Although this book doesn't focus only on African Americans, in section two there are multiple chapters that specify on the discrimination of the African American in urban schools. The book relates to my question because it exposes the current day issue of racial discrimination of black people Lynn, the dean of the school of education at Indiana University, and Dixon, an associate professor at the university of Illinois, are both extremely experienced in the field of discrimination and education. This is a credible book because the authors are reliable, statistics are used throughout the book, and many contributors help create the …show more content…

Four main topics where focused explaining where and why African Americans are being discriminated against, the topics include: job markets, consumer markets, housing stability, and financial impacts. According to their data, white Americans always outrank African Americans in income, health, favorability, etc. on an average scale. The main reasons for discrimination, either in the workplace or elsewhere, are caused by opportunity for financial gain as well as an unknowing cognitive process that everybody has. The report is a great source for information on current day issues in America and provides great data on affairs due to racial discrimination of African Americans. Both authors are experienced in the subject of discrimination and they have a lot of empirical data and references making their analysis that much more effective and

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