SamUrozaBlackArts

If I were in the place of a teacher who had the goal to teach a class about the history of American Culture, I would primarily focus on the Hispanic community and how they contributed to the development of the history of what the American Culture is today.  When people think about the history of American Culture, they usually think about the feats that the white Americans have accomplished in contributing to the development of their nation. What people don't realize or appreciate, is that various groups of people with various different cultures from around the world have just as mostly contributed to the development of American Culture. There are the Blacks, the Asians, the Hispanics, the Jewish, etc. who have done so much for this nation, but receive little to no recognition or appreciation for what they have done for the development of this nation's history. I am Hispanic myself and I had a first person experience in seeing and understanding the struggles my family have gone ...

  Representation of Black Femininity in the Black Arts Movement The Black Arts Movement was an African American led art movement that was active during the 1960s and 1970s. Through activism and art, the Black Arts Movement created new cultural institutions and conveyed a message of black pride. Yet while the Black Arts Movement has solely been focused on amplifying the voice of the black community in a white-driven society, it has also only been mainly vocalizing men's voices in this community and minimizing women’s voices. How have women in the black community also received a voice to be heard alongside the movement? Cultural production in the media nowadays have become more expansive and more diverse in the communities the media decides to represent. The Black Arts movement had an impact on why it is like this now, but this exact issue of what the media can choose what communities to represent and what about that community they can represent can lead to several issues. It can giv...