Views of excluded groups - African American

Contemporary

http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/_latimes-why_im_black.htm

The website I have chosen is a transcript of an interview based on the subject of 'What it means to be an African American' written by a black writer. The article deals with the issue critically and states whether it is acceptable to label all black Americans as 'African American' or if it is only acceptable to be labeled an 'African American' if you are a descendant of American slavery. The article also deals with the term 'African American', the writer states that their views are the term was created to make African Americans more inclusive and the lack of hyphen in 'African American' compared to other nationalities that are now considered 'American' that have a hyphen included. I find this article interesting as much like the writer I feel that there shouldn't be a difference between 'American' and 'African American'.


Historical
http://www.blackiowa.org/exhibits/changing/buxton.html

Apologies for this post, as i'm not quite sure this is what we were supposed to find.

The Historical website that I have chosen is on the African American museum of Iowa. The website includes a virtual exhibit of artifacts to do with black history. I found the website interesting as it has details of a town called Buxton in Iowa which was referred to as the 'Black mans utopia'. I found this website interesting as it details Buxton to have a large number of African American residents, not only that but there was no segregation much like other towns. African Americans in Buxton were treated equally and had well paid jobs and some were even in the Army. This is interesting, as unlike other towns, African Americans did not seem to be excluded and were not just seen as slaves.