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Week 13 Assignment 2: DISCUSSION

What political gains have been achieved by African Americans? What areas do African Americans still need addressed and how do you think that can be done? Your responses must be no less than 200 words. Respond to at least two (2) of your classmates in no less than 100 words.

SHELIA’S POST:

What political gains have been achieved by African Americans? What areas do African Americans still need addressed and how do you think that can be done?

Political gains that have been achieved by African Americans today are many, but they are still not enough. We made our greatest achievement when we elected our first African American President Barack Obama to the highest office in the land. Our second greatest achievement our current first African American woman Vice President Kamala Harris to the second highest office in the land. African Americans have made other great achievements. President Biden appointed Lloyd Austin our first black secretary of defense. Biden also appointed Marcia Fudge our first black woman secretary of housing and urban Development. The latest great achievement is our first African American woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Justice Katanji Brown Jackson. The areas of political gains that need to be addressed are the first African American Congress and House Speaker also black female governors. Other areas of interest for African Americans that still need to be addressed are sports team.  I think the areas of African Americans that still need to be addressed can be done by not blocking but allowing African Americans a fair chance to become head coaches, managers, and owners.

STEPHANIE’S POST:

What political gains have been achieved by African Americans? What areas do African Americans still need addressed and how do you think that can be done?

The political gain that African American the number of representatives has increase yearly. In the nineteenth century we had our first African American president and twelve years later we made history once again the first African American woman as vice president of the United States. We have come together to make history and change what others thought we would not happen.   The areas that need to be address for African Americans is how we view ourselves and one another. When we begin to value the lives of our brothers and sister, we can make a difference. We come together when others come against us and take our life, but what about when we are the one doing the killing. When we get in office, we forget about where we come from and who help put us there. I believe we will be able to get more African Americans in office and even as governor, if we continue to pull together and do what is right. The more we vote the more our voices can be heard, we are strong in numbers especially in unity. 

Week 13 Assignment 3: Short Essay

Suggest ways in which racial prejudice can be eradicated in America.

READINGS I. Read American religious landscape provided by the Pew Research Center at https://www.pewforum.org/religious- landscape-study/ II. Read "Blackness and Blood-Interpreting African American Identity" by Lionel K. McPherson and Tommie Shelby.

Third Bible Observation Report

Complete the Bible Observation Report. A sample is provided to assist you in completing this assignment. You can find the sample under the Modules tab.

For this assignment you will choose a Scripture passage that you wish to research. DO NOT choose the passage used in the sample (Ephesians 2). You may use any Scripture passage in the Old or New Testament (except Ephesians 2). Ask questions of the passage and write them down along with your insights. You are encouraged to use a Study Bible to complete this assignment.

Remember, use the sample as a guide to complete your own Bible Observation Report. Follow the outline in the sample form exactly.

Week 14 Assignment 2: DISCUSSION

Read the journal article "Blackness and Blood-Interpreting African American Identity" by Lionel K. McPherson and Tommie Shelby. Provide a summary of their arguments and offer your own thoughts on the African American Identity. Your paper should be posted on the discussion Board. Respond to at least two (2) of your classmates. Your responses must be no less than 100 words.

Week 14 Assignment 3: Short Essay

In the article "Blackness and Blood-Interpreting African American Identity" Lionel K. McPherson and Tommie Shelby quoted Kwame Anthony Appiah’s essay "The State and the Shaping of Identity. According to Appiah, “our social identities can themselves be a major obstacle to our pursuit of an ethically successful life.” In what ways do you think our social identities can be a major obstacle to our pursuit of an ethically successful life? How could you advise that we evade those obstacles?

WEEK 13 Reading 1: “Black gains in U.S. Political leadership

Read “Blacks have made gains in U.S. political leadership, but gaps remain” at  https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/01/18/blacks-have-made-gains-in-u-s-political-leadership-but-gaps-remain/

WEEK 13 Reading 2: “Black Americans in Congress”

Read “Black Americans in Congress” at  https://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/BAIC/Black-Americans-in-Congress/

WEEK 14 READING: American religious landscape provided by the Pew Research Center

Read American religious landscape provided by the Pew Research Center at  https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/

WEEK 14 READING on Religion in America

READING on Religion in America at  https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/ Links to an external site.  The figures and percentages given here are from a study by the Pew Research Center in 2014