Essay On Being African-America

The aspect of African-American Studies is key to the lives of African-Americans and those involved with the welfare of the race. African-American Studies is the systematic and critical study of the multidimensional aspects of Black thought and practice in their current and historical unfolding (Karenga, 21). African-American Studies exposes students to the experiences of African-American people and others of African descent. It allows the promotion and sharing of the African-American culture. However, the concept of African-American Studies, like many other studies that focus on a specific group, gender, and/or creed, poses problems. Therefore, African-American Studies must overcome the obstacles in order to

During my early years of school, I remember being taught white accomplishments and wondering if blacks and other people of color had made any significant contributions to today's world. I noticed that television consist of all white people. Throughout my research paper I hope to cover certain aspects of African American heritage. Aspects such as blacks making up the largest minority group in the United States, although Mexican-Americans are rapidly changing that. The contributions blacks have provided to our country are immeasurable. Unfortunately though rather than recognizing these contributions, white America would rather focus on oppressing and degrading these people. As a consequence American

Slavery began in the late 16th century to early 18th century. Africans were brought to American colonies by white masters to come and work on their plantations in the South. They were treated harshly with no payments for all their hard work. In addition, they lived under harsh living conditions, and this led to their resistance against these harsh conditions. The racism towards the African Americans who were slaves was at its extreme as they did not have any rights; no civil nor political rights.

As stated in Webster's II Dictionary, a woman is defined to be an adult female human. In today's society being an African American woman is a rigid task to live up to. It means to reside to what their ancestors have left behind, which means to be stronger than ever. Rosa Parks was strong, Harriet Tubman was also strong, and Jezebel was even stronger. So what exactly does it mean to be a woman? It means to stand up for what is right, even if that means sacrifice, it means to be strong whether it be physically, emotionally, or mentally. African American women are perceived to be the backbone of the family, meaning that even though the male may support the family financially, that the women have the emotional and mental part in the bag.

Being an African American student in a college that is predominantly Caucasian can be a little intimidating. First, you are constantly busy with activities such as coursework, socializing with newly encountered students, and determining the most advantageous mode of communication with professors. While these activities consume considerable time, one must still contemplate extra-curricular activities that will optimize their academic declared field of study specifically; seeking and obtaining a professional internship at a prestigious organization or within a respectable cooperative education program. All these different actions require concentration; therefore, it is beneficial to be in a college that supports career planning and offers a diverse

During the Great Depression, things were hard for women. Many people had different opinions about what women should do. Many thought they shouldn’t work because they are taking men’s jobs and they thought that wasn’t right to the men. Many other people thought they should stay at home and just be a stay at home mom and clean the house and to make sure food is on the table when men came home from work. Women believed they should do there own thing, many women wanted to work during this time to help. The Great Depression made it hard for women because people had many different ideas on what they should do, White and African American women struggled differently, but in the end it became better for both groups.

The perception of a particular race and its capabilities plays a vital role in determining its identity. For African Americans, their identity was equivalent to property that is the source of profit and further riches. African Americans had not been considered human until slavery was abolished, which was the first step of many in obtaining the same rights as any other race. After the emotional turmoil that is being treated as objects, and persevering when segregation was enforced, African Americans now have the same rights as every single American citizen. Their identity was that of property, and after abolition, their identity remained inferior to that of whites, and currently, their identity is soaring due to established equal rights.

My name is Michelle Williams-Agwagu and my ethnicity group is African American. African Americans came here by forced immigration. They were not invited here to America, and they certainly did not come here by choice. They were forced and taken on ships that brought them to America just to become slaves to the white people.

In America, the word race is always a touchy topic. The way that African Americans or and any other race than the “majority” is treated with a sense of inequality from not only the people around you but the government and governmental officials. “Race is a myth; racism is not” People have danced around the topic and haven’t really talked about the inequalities within America. Being African American or any other race has never been easy. “White America” has always been stereotypical of people of color, although people of color have shaped American history through inventions, sports, and political science.

From the 1920’s to the mid 1930’s a literary, intellectual, and artistic movement occurred that kindled the African Americans a new cultural identity. This movement became known as the Harlem Renaissance, which is also known as the “New Negro Movement”. With this movement, African Americans sought out to challenge the “Negro” stereotype that they had received from others while developing innovation and great cultural activity. The Harlem Renaissance became an artistic explosion in the creative arts. Thus, many African Americans turned to writing, art, music, and theatrics to express their selves.

Cross cultural is other cultures are studied to see similarities. For example, communication is examined to see what worda they may have in common or how they communicate to other cultures. I had to think deep and see how cross culture is in my life. There are many examples from the previous chapter. I chose to go with chapter 18. I want to discuss the African slave trade, and how the African culture shaped Black American culture in north America. When slaves were brought to America they were striped from their culture. They were around other African cultures as well. These different cultures could have been a rival tribe. So the Africans culture identity was challenged here in America. Through the challenges, Africans brought about a new culture here in America.

The history of the African-Americans is full of struggles, but the heroic acts of many great figures, institutions, and organizations made it possible to overcome the struggles. Facing and overcoming the struggles both portrayed many themes. Among the various themes, integrationism, black nationalism, and transformationalism were the three main themes portrayed throughout the history of the African-Americans even from the beginning of slavery. The integrationism theme simply refers to the united bond the African-Americans formed in order to face the struggles. The black nationalism can mean simply as the separate racial status and ability of the African-Americans, especially in that period of the time. And lastly, transformationalism signifies the social and political change in the African-Americans throughout the history. Although, there were few circumstances that made these themes to be appeared as a conflict, they actually complimented each other for the most part. The evidences flow throughout, as the various organizations and great figures not only represent, but also adhere to these ideologies. Not only that the evidences point out who or what supported or adhered to these ideologies, but also explicitly portray how and why they supported or adhered to these ideologies. Nevertheless, even though, there are countless example of people and organizations that adhered to these ideologies, people like Booker T. Washington, W.E.B Du Bois, Marcus Garvey and organizations

I grew up in an African American household. Growing up, dinner at my grandmas house was fried chicken, collard greens, macaroni and cheese, fried okra, fried catfish, and grandma's favorite fruit cake. I have been been to three different places in my lifetime Germany, Oklahoma, and now El Paso. I feel like each place me and my family lived in,we took that food into our household and made it our own. For example in Germany we found the famous bratwurst,and me and my family loved them so much that we now cook bratwurst on the regular basis. When we lived in Oklahoma, we brought into our household "Indian tacos." Now that we live in El Paso my mom, now likes to cook with different spicy sauces. Whenever we go out to eat we usually don't get something my mom can cook at our house, because we are so use to it that we would like to try new and different things.

For change to take place, there must be a call for action. Someone has to stand up and demand that a way of thinking or a set of laws be changed. Those who bring attention to the problems at hand, and who demand for change to take place, are called activists. The term activist means “a doctrine or practice that emphasizes direct vigorous action especially in support of or opposition to one side of a controversial issue.” (Merriam Webster Dictionary) Activists are essential for us to have a world that runs efficiently. If everybody was afraid to speak their mind, and if nobody pursued change, then we wouldn’t have means of transportation (cars, boats, planes, etc.), the New World would have never been discovered, and there would still be slavery. The activists that I am going to be talking about are Maya Angelou, Harry Belafonte, and Miriam Makeba. Each of these people are

What is personality? How does it relate to Blacks? These are just a few of the questions that might surface when researching human personality. According to Webster's Dictionary, personality is the "totality of qualities and traits, as of character or behavior that are peculiar to a specific person." Personality is characterized by the collective character, behavioral, temperamental, emotional, and mental traits of a person. While personality relates to all persons, when studying Black personality, one must take into consideration the experiences of the African community as a whole.