Are African-Americans really free? 29 Articles

by Donald Maher

This could perhaps be the most sensitive, loaded, hot-button topic of our generation. What is our measuring stick of freedom. If you have the write to vote, to work, to bear arms, and have the ability to speak what is on y...read more

by Keliah Jade

I work for a magazine on my college campus that is geared toward people of both African American and Hispanic descent. One of the headlines I remember in prior issues I've read was that the colored people o...read more

by PC Marks

No American is truly free. Free means no cost. We all pay the cost to be Americans, Black, White and otherwise. White American's pay the cost of their ancestors. Sad but true a lot of times their stereotype may not b...read more

by Stephen Tyler

That depends; in name we are free but in essence and definition we are not. A slave is someone who is dominated by an outside influence or group. Unabridged freedom can only come to blacks when they make the laws that infl...read more

by Brenda Bowers

Are African Americans really free? The answer depends on who you ask. Most Blacks believe the civil rights struggle is not over and there is far to go in race relations. The majority of Whites on the other hand feel ...read more

by Marcus Brooks

Are African Americans really free? For over a century, we asked for a definition. Our lives aren't "free" in the eyes of the Lord. Our lives aren't "free" from the "long arm of the law". Are we free to have the leaders...read more

by Shannon Rayford

As an African American woman, I believe that we are free in the Constitutional sense of the word, but this freedom comes with consequences. Today's African Americans are capable of getting jobs, homes, and educational adva...read more

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by Curtis Gordon

Mike Tyson. Muhammad Ali. Michael Jackson. Michael Jordan. Sound familiar? O. J. Simpson. Malcolm X. Martin Luther King Jr. And now, Michael Vick. Did I leave anyone out? If I did, it is because there are simply too many t...read more

by Irie Bliss

No African Americans are not really free. And let me correct the heading of this article discussion by stating that "African-American" is used as an adjective, whereas, "African American" refers to the actually racial iden...read more

by Donald Stevens

All people living in the United States are as free as everyone else, regardless of race, creed, gender or belief structure. Be that as it may, discrimination still occurs everywhere in our society, just as it does everywhe...read more

by Arthur Holmes

African Americans are not free and we will never be free unless we pick-up where Dr. King left off. For some reason it seems as if the black people, who achieve success in America, tend to forget who they are and the pric...read more

by Sheryll Bleil

This is a great question and one that I often ponder. As a middle aged African-American woman, I would have to say that yes we are free in a manner of speaking. We're no longer transported like merchandise on ships, we're ...read more

by Sandra Laraine Coleman

Are African-Americans really free? The fact that this question is even asked suggests that we are not. The "Constitution" still states that we are only 3/5ths human. This country was built on the backs of slaves and the...read more

by POETRY JONES

As a black women, who is a descendant of slavery, yes, black people are free, as far as slavery. Although, some black folks don't feel the freedom of the abolishment of slavery, and there are some, who don't care about th...read more

by Chandra Hollis

I think that African Americans will never be free because to a certain degree all white people have a negative thought about who we are as a person or a people when they meet us. If I am not married with a lot of kids, or ...read more

by Zeni

African Americans will never be free until we as a people begin to take responsibility for our actions. As a people we have a tendency to put each other down. One can not rise to the occasion of being a strong people until...read more

by Andrea Taylor

African-Americans are absolutely free. As a non-racist Caucasian female, I personally find that African-Americans have more freedom than I do. They are permitted to have beauty pageants that Caucasians are not allowed to e...read more

by Willow Clove

Is anyone free? We are all humans with human struggles. If you were born here, you belong here. Stand up for who you are. That doesn't require aggression or anger, just assertiveness. We are all struggling with proble...read more

by Lula Simmons

Are African Americans really free? Free in what sense? Yes we are free our ancestors paid that debt.Of course their is still racism but that is part of our society.social injustices should he handled accordingly.We have so...read more

by Raschad Johnson

NO. African Americans are not free because we are still enslaved mentally.I am a young African American male and most times i do not feel free. True indeed i may be free physically(even though a lot of my friends...read more