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Micaela commented on the post, Childish Gambino's "This is America", on the site A Tribe of the Middle Passage

Tue, 08 May 2018 01:27:12 +0000

When, I first started watching the video, I found myself looking at Gambino and his dancers. I had to take my eyes off of what was in front of me and look at the bigger picture, in this case what was happening in […]

Micaela commented on the post, The Effects of Having a Lack of Mental Health Care in Black Communities, on the site A Tribe of the Middle Passage

Tue, 08 May 2018 00:33:12 +0000

Mental health is already a touchy subject and very taboo. I agree that it is very stigmatized for African Americans. African Americans have the added pressure of having to appear tough like nothing effects them […]

Micaela wrote a new post on the site A Tribe of the Middle Passage

Mon, 07 May 2018 00:45:10 +0000

Tommy Hawkins explains how not all Black culture is the same. Hawkins is appalled that people still group all Black people into the same category. Hawkins gives some examples from his experience and writes that it […]

Micaela wrote a new post on the site A Tribe of the Middle Passage

Mon, 07 May 2018 00:05:01 +0000

Ali D. Chambers wrote an opinion piece on why Greek culture is detrimental to the Black community. The argument proposed is that Black fraternities and sororities were established to assimilate into White […]

Micaela wrote a new post on the site A Tribe of the Middle Passage

Sun, 06 May 2018 22:46:53 +0000

Recently in Montgomery, Alabama; a lynching museum was created to honor victims of lynching. The Montgomery Advertiser, a newspaper in the city, wrote an article about the museum and apologized for the part […]

Micaela commented on the post, The Effects of Implicit Bias on Black Preschoolers, on the site A Tribe of the Middle Passage

Thu, 05 Apr 2018 04:38:50 +0000

Stereotype threat is also a factor that can effect African American students in school. Teachers may have implicit biases and because of this accidentally bring up a stereotype. The students may react to it […]

Micaela wrote a new post on the site A Tribe of the Middle Passage

Thu, 05 Apr 2018 00:49:23 +0000

When reading “The Negro Artist and The Racial Mountain” I began to think about my high school experience. Some of the Black students would say that another Black student is “talking white” or “sounds white”, […]

Micaela wrote a new post on the site A Tribe of the Middle Passage

Wed, 04 Apr 2018 23:22:43 +0000

In 1915, Dubois asks an important question pertaining to race and class conflict. He wonders why lower; working class Whites are not helping the exploited Asians, and Blacks. Since, all of them are in the […]

Micaela wrote a new post on the site A Tribe of the Middle Passage

Thu, 15 Feb 2018 02:51:06 +0000

Recently, Imo Nse Imeh an art professor at Westfield State University, created an art event, with a six foot tall painting of Trayvon Martin as the focal point. Other pictures encompassed in the event included […]

Micaela became a registered member

Wed, 17 Jan 2018 04:35:05 +0000