America's young, Black men score below their counterparts in other racial and ethnic groups when it comes to graduation rates, literacy rates and college preparedness; many African American men, in turn, are practically locked out of employment and are filling up the nation's prisons in disproportionate numbers (Thompson, 2012). ... Because they are unable to obtain employment to make a living, they turn to crime. ... It is a never-ending cycle because once they cannot find a way to live after incarceration, most turn back to a life of crime in order to make a living. ... We are liv...

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For over four-hundred years, New York City has been a thriving city sought out by those wishing to better their lives. New York City is situated in a prime location and has been drawing people from all over the world since its grassroots with the Pilgrims who settled Manhattan Island. New York Cit...

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African American literature is an extremely dense and rich form of literature that contains many types of similar tropes. These tropes can be seen throughout many of African American works of literature. A few that will be discussed thoroughly in this paper, that are majorly common in these types of works are: the idea of double consciousness, the question and search for identity, the Sankofa experience, the Great Migration, and lastly the return to the South. These tropes may seem very different but they all tie into the question of identity and the struggle that African Americans faced and ...

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