The First U.S. Woman’s Gymnastics Olympic Gold Medal Have you ever heard about Kerri Strug? If you haven’t than you are missing out. If you have heard about her then you probly know what an amazing person she is, or wait a minuet do you even know what she did to be so great? Kerri Strug was on the 1992 and the 1996 Olympic Gymnastics teams. Kerri helped lead the 1996 Olympic gymnastics team to get the gold medal, and may I add it was the first time for the U.S. Woman Olympic Gymnastics to ever win the gold medal.
She became the World No. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002, and regained this ranking for the sixth time on February 18, 2013, becoming the oldest world no. 1 player in WTA's history. Williams is also widely regarded to be one of the greatest female tennis players in history. [5] She is the only female player to have won over $50 million in prize money.
One can only speculate yes, if her last appearance with Barbra Walters could be considered to be a clue. When Sara Palin was asked by Barbra Walters whether she thought if she runs in 2012, would she be a winner over Obama, her answer was a yes without hesitation, “I think so” she said. With all this exposure that she has accumulated it would be a shame for it all to go to waste, would it not? With her new reality T.V. show “Sara Palin’s Alaska” she is bound to attract more followers, her opening night net 5 million plus viewers.
(2000) and La Bella Mafia (2003), were certified Platinum, making her the only female rapper besides Missy Elliott to have at least 3 platinum albums. She was featured on the single, "Lady Marmalade", which also had guest vocals by fellow recording artists Mýa, Pink and Christina Aguilera (a remake of the 1975 smash hit, originally recorded by LaBelle) which went to No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, making her the first female rapper to have a No. 1 on that chart.
(The sapphire of the show). In the article “Why Beulah and ‘Andy still play today by Bambi Haggins states that, “While the overt blackface may be gone, there is a patina of minstrelsy underneath many of the existing black sitcom texts of the new millennium.” In the history of B.E.T there have been many negative representations of African Americans especially in the music videos. A network once was known for positive imagery of blacks to music videos basically supporting the portraying Bill, as a conation of the Coon and the Tom, the Black working man who avoided work and
Until the late 1960’s, the dominant perspective among sociologists analyzing discrimination was that prejudice and intolerance were the causes of discriminatory actions. Other observers have focused on individual racists and have seen the problem as the individual motivated by hatred of a given race other than their own. Certain areas of American life are seen as transcending racism and sports has been one of these. While it is true that the admission of blacks to the ranks of college and professional sports was slow in coming, it is also clear from an examination of college and professional teams today that blacks and whites coexist and work together on teams in nearly every sport. Yet, a closer examination shows that racism has not been eliminated from the sports world any more than it has from American life in general.
Spike Lee’s films, deal with different aspects of the black experience, they are innovative and controversial even within the black community. Spike Lee refuses to be satisfied with presenting blacks in their acceptable stereotypes. His characters are three-dimensional and often vulnerable to moral criticism. Lee’s collection of films with the theme racism, stood out for me because he is more interested in subverting the status quo of black history, so it isn’t just typical films which show racism. I also liked Lee’s intimate describing of his experience, and how some of his films had interesting elements to them because he was part of the black society.
Each of these has few to no African Americans in the main cast. Of the top ten most popular television shows including “Desperate Housewives” (17 main cast members) and “Vampire Diaries” (10 main cast members), there are 78 main cast members. Of those 78, only 11 cast members are African-American, four of
Since 1900, African Americans and women have had difficulty achieving their civil rights.For instance, although African Americans had the right to vote,there was still some restrictions.Women have had difficulties in the workforce and voting. Many people have taken action to help African Americans and women receive their civil rights. One difficulty that African Americans faced was voting.Methods that stopped African Americans from voting was:poll tax,literacy test,property test etc.Persons of the civil rights act took action so they can have freedom to their rights.They created provisions that attempted to end discrimination for African Americans.One provision banned discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, or national
The movie is fully embedded in black culture, as seen in its dialogue, cast, visuals and soundtrack. Given how underrepresented and unsympathetically portrayed black people have been in cinema in general, I applaud the filmmakers for taking this step. The themes of the movie are even concerned with things that most white people don’t have to worry about. By making Killmonger an advocate for militancy and anger, while T’Challa symbolizes love and peace-making efforts, “Black Panther” is about how black people should respond to years of oppression. This adds another layer to their conflict.