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Between America and other European nations, stereotypes and misrepresentations have ultimately plagued the continent of Africa. To every side there is often another story, yet unfortunately for the many countries of Africa, they are ultimately victimized and suffer through further oppression. According to Curtis Keim’s book Mistaking Africa, Keim suggests that Africa is essentially under the public microscope, it tends to be scrutinized, and compared to European nations and America. Keim elaborates on human natures need to group people, places, and things, which creates the theory of superiority or dominance over races, cultures, and even religions.

When I survey the landscape in black America, it does not take long for me to recognize the massive impression of a vehement struggle of a collective group of people to simply keep their head above water. The problem in the black community is that it is where every ill of this nation is felt first. It is the place in which much of the economic devastation is felt and absorbed in order to relieve some of the pressure off of this nation’s more affluent citizens.

For centuries, European nations had been trading slaves, gold, ivory, and more with the west coast of Africa. Throughout the early 1800s, Europeans barely knew anything about the rest of the country of Africa. This quickly changed as Europe grew a sudden interest in exploring the rest of the country and taking advantage of their many valuable resources. Many wonder what motivated Europeans to Imperialize Africa, or extend their country’s power throughout Africa. The driving forces behind European Imperialism in Africa were the strive for ultimate power in Africa between competing countries, the need for money and technological advancements in European civilizations, and the constant attempt for Europeans to spread their cultures throughout

The poem “No Country for Black Boys” by Joy Priest represents the sorrowful incident which happened on February 26, 2012 for Trayvon Martin in Florida. Trayvon Martin was an innocent African-American young boy who bought iced tea and some skittles. On the way back to his father’s home, he got shot by the neighborhood watch and treated as a victim because of his skin color. Guilt was not defined by what Martin did but by what he said, also it determined something deep-rooted in the young age. No weapon was needed to identify him as a victim. He is a young black boy, so he is already guilty enough to be killed. Black people have the same rights as the other people, however in reality, America’s society discriminates against them compared to other nationalities.

In this first-hand account, Blyden speaks directly to African American people encouraging them to embrace their Africa roots. He wants African Americans to feel a connection to Africa, as well as understand important information about Africa. In several places in this text he tries to dispel some myths that were commonly held in the 19th century, and even today. Myths like there was never any great society that existed in Africa, and Africa was completely uncivilized. However, even though Blyden dispelled many of these myths, he also played into them. He did this by stating that African Americans could go to Africa and help “furnish a development of civilization which this world has never seen” (201). He makes an argument that Africa is civilized, and

“Power” is an outcry at what is going on and has been going on with the African American peoples throughout the last four-hundred years: “they had dragged her 4´10´´ black woman’s frame/over the hot coals of four centuries of white male approval” (35,36). The lack of

In the chapter,” Prisoners of Hope” Cornel West argues that black America is a despite state of inequality and corruption that’s jeopardizing the quality of life for the blacks. He focuses on the escalation of wealth inequality and class polarization to emphasize his argument with solid evidence. West gives a brief description of America as a mother whose care is eroding and being replaced by injustice all in the means of financial satisfactory for the elite. He begins by examining the struggles of the middle class through their fear of further underemployment and unemployment. West gives historical context for the need to speak up for equality through inspiring stories of Martin Luther king Jr. and Rosa Parks. On page 296, West says “We’ve forgotten that a rich life consists fundamentally of serving others, trying to leave the world a little better than you found it” trying to advocate the message that we should be helping each other make the world better, helping our race stand as one and advance as one. However, the oppression of black by white supremacists is slowing the process of advancement, rather its placing Blacks in an absurd situation, one where their anger is manifesting as physical violence. His strong call for action in the name of justice is emphasized in the tone and her use of important people who have made a contribution toward equality for blacks c, such as Malcolm X and Mohamed Ali.

As we fast forward in time we go back to the Christopher Columbus era. Europeans came to Africa and their mission was to erase all of the knowledge and power we had before their arrival.

Representing whiteness in the black imagination is an article based on black perceptions and emotions regarding whites and their wrongful actions. Bell hooks, the author, voices the true emotions of blacks and discusses different ways in which whites attempt to modify these perceptions. She includes real-life experiences of people of color and stresses their emotions and fear when witnessing a white person. The article, Representing Whiteness in the Black Imagination, by bell hooks, abandons traditional studies focused on white perceptions of black and instead is based on discovering the hidden views of the oppressed towards the oppressor. The author investigates ways in which whites attempt to deceive blacks through binaries between black and whites, invisibility approaches, and assimilation and forgetfulness, in order to maintain a positive perception of whites, despite their unjust actions.

The concept of discovery is a manifold notion. It comprises exploring something for the first time, or it could be rediscovering something that has been faded or lost, forgotten or concealed. People may experience different types of discovery which could be sudden and unexpected just to name few. However it may affect them physically, emotionally, intellectually and spiritually. This essay will focus on idea of discrimination and racism and how is related to the concept of discovery. This is well demonstrated thought the texts “rainbow end”, the two poems “Son of mine”, and “We are going” by Kath walker as well as my chosen related text, the film ‘One Night the Moon’ and also how each text present variety of discovery aspects. This is well

On February 26th, 2012, a metaphorical war started again taking African-Americans back to the 1900’s when they had no rights. Dr. Hardaway introduces this ode poem by mentioning this “ How dare you walk around black and living” essentially implying blacks should not be living. Hardaway came to that conclusion because of how society has portrayed “black people” to act like. That night George Zimmerman was on duty as a neighborhood watch, because some houses had been broken into in a gated community. Zimmerman had seen Martin wearing a hoodie and automatically assumed he didn’t belong there and that he fit the description of the crime because he was black.

Africa is a continent plagued by misinformed and false stereotypes, rarely being seen or portrayed as what it really is. Countless amounts of myths and ideas are formulated based off of single stories or one-sided stories from the region, often without a second thought. These stereotypes give Africa an overall negative image to the rest of the world and suppress the reality that is hidden behind the slew of stereotypes. The belief that all of Africa is poor and undeveloped is an uninformed statement that harms the reality and worsens the image of the continent by perpetuating an incomplete idea into the world.

Immigrants and other foreigners see America much differently than Americans do; many non-natives have an almost grotesque stereotype of Americans and the same is true for the reverse. The typical American sees immigrants, specifically African immigrants, as one mass, though they are all very different with different cultures. Akunna remarks that many people in her class at the community college seem to think of Africa as a completely undeveloped continent: “They asked you where you learned to speak English and if you had real houses back in Africa and if you’d seen a car before you came to America,” (116). The fact that Akunna was asked if she “had real houses back in Africa” illustrates the misconceptions that many Americans have of African people. They believe what the media shows them of Africa is all that Africa is when the media’s representation of Africa is only a very small part of Africa.

This essay doesn’t seek to provide solutions neither does it seek to find a problem where a solution is needed. It just seeks to enlighten on the role of the African elites in the game they are playing and also elaborate on the game from the vantage point of the western world

Over the last few decades, global media conglomerates reporting on Africa, often portrays the continent in a state of distress and in need of humanitarian aid. On the other side of the world, the United States’ coverage on Blackness and correlated the Black experience with civil rights movements, racial disparities and inequities in social mobility. Despite the technological advances and access to transnational exchanges of culture, this analysis will investigate the propagation of cultural myths and frameworks with the support of global news networks, specifically focusing on the mythic frameworks surrounding Africa as an exotic monolith and Black Americans as hyperviolent and