My African-American Experience

African vs. African-American Experiences and Relations in Determining the Binding Factor between the Two Groups of People

The African American experience is one that is quite different from other racial/ ethnic groups. The majority of the first African American came over, unwillingly, on ships from various African countries. They were brought to America by white, European settlers to be used as slaves in an order to plant and harvest their crops and make money for the white man. This racial group was treated as if they were property and not people. However, with the ending of the American Civil War, African Americans gained freedom, freedom that not all white American were quite ready to handle. After gaining their freedom came the need for education, jobs and suffrage rights. Now in America this racial group has come a long way, having elected its first African American present for two terms, yet still there are many issues that are very prevalent. This racial group has been fighting their way to equality since the birth of this nation. African Americans have experienced an array of conflict, violence, stereotypes, prejudice acts, and discrimination against them throughout their history in America.

I would like to take you on a journey, a chronological journey through time of the African Americans in this country. This journey procede year by year, sometimes month by month, and day by day as we follow the life of the African American. This journey is about where we came from in Africa, and why we were brought to this country. Also, how the African came to the New World, and the contributions made by the African Americans to help build this nation. We will look at the laws that affected the African Americans, in and out of slavery. The journey will illustrate some of the positive, and some negative events in history, as well as, some of the movers and the shakers in the African American’s quest for equality. This is also a brief history

Although each of the objects found within the image represents some of the struggles that were encountered by African-Americans, everyone that is included within the image helps us understand the perspective of those who dealt with the issue of slavery. The figure on the left is a depiction of an Irish-American who lived in New York during the 1860’s. Although the man lived in New York, he was an immigrant and therefore couldn’t make much money. This fact helps explain why he is depicted as wearing clothes that were commonly associated with the working-class. During this time, there was also a stigma against Irish-Catholics throughout the United States due to the fact that vast amounts of them immigrated to the United States following the

Growing up as an african american male it was hard to identify my character throughout my educational career. At a very young age my dad alway wanted me to succeed in life, but in the back of my mind I always thought “ Am I really cut out to becoming successful”. I grew up in a culturally diverse suburban area. Growing up in the suburban area I made unbreakable bonds that will forever exist.

I am classified as a junior but really only in my second year of college so I have at least two more years to become more assured and refined in my study of Chinese. In my level 3 Chinese course, I feel that my upcoming semester in Beijing will vastly improve my speaking and listening. I hope my plan to follow a pledge of only speaking and using Mandarin unless I’m contacting family and close friends will assist me in this challenge. I expect that my full-time language courses will also help since I will be taking twenty class hours per week focusing on comprehension, speaking, listening, and reading. I predict that being fully immersed in class and going to as many tutoring and group events will help me grow in my understanding and use of Chinese.

Now this is when the confusion sets in because I look up and a young African American woman has slipped in the door. She then proceeds to announce that she is a student volunteer and that her name is Amani!! Everyone looked up dazed, confused and trying to figure out who this girl was. I have never met someone with my own name I’ve been introduced to Imanis (ee-mah-nee) Armanis but never another Amani. This student then calls the volunteer offices and realizes that there has been a mix up the man in charge thought that this woman was me! After learning this information I she disappeared. The judge in charge off all volunteers was momentarily distracted and as quickly as the student had come she also left never to be seen again. Thankfully,

1877 was a critical time in American history. However, 1877 was the point in time where African Americans were cheated out of the opportunity to achieve true racial equality in America. After Reconstruction ended, a slew of racist regulations, such as Jim Crow, and illegal housing laws were passed that handicapped an African American’s ability to pursue the American dream. Furthermore, the deferring onto the later generations regarding the topic of racial equality in America is the reason why there is racial unrest in our present time.

What I observed growing up in the 70s was the all natural big afros or pressed hair styles, platform shoes and bell bottom pants and dashiki shirts was apart of my African-American culture. Shoes had to be shined, even sneakers had to be wipe clean and cloths had to be pressed before you was able to walk out the door. Growing up I had three different styles of clothes. I had church clothes, play clothes and schools clothes.

I am a member of the African American group and I would like to tell you a bit about the group of when I am a part of. Let me start by saying that my African American group originated from Africa and growing up in America can be tough for people of my race, the African Americans.

When you have influence on someone or something you have the ability to change things unknowingly. African Americans have influences upon the United States in numerous ways. Socially, politically and emotionally the black experience embodies influence on our lives today. When I reflect on the issues that African Americans faced centuries ago, and the issues that we are facing today it seems to be a reflection. I am a African American woman staring in a cracked mirror watching the issues of the past reflect back in the world I live in today. African American political experience from the 20th century have an affect on us as we continue to experience things today day we are striving to grasp change, equality and justice.

African Americans have endured many trials and tribulations over the centuries. Our people have suffered from war, violence, and anguish simply because of the color of our skin. Our history has been so blatantly missing from textbooks and the K-12th grade educational atmosphere. Our educational system continues to neglect the history of our African American ancestors and fail to provide them with the educational resources to inform them of our past and allow them to learn about the true origins of our culture. We have made many significant contributions to the world but those have also been highly ignored as well.

In my opinion, generally defining the black experience is a hard tasks to complete. Being that there are so many black people who experience different struggles on the daily basis, I think I wouldn’t do their experiences justice with a general definition. However, I can characterize the black experience as being personal, evolving, and sometimes relatable. In terms of those characterizations, relatable is the most impactful one, in my opinion.

The mission of the students around the country who fought for an education that would shed light on African Americans. The progress the students created is seen today in American Universities ,and also HBCUs, where (AAS)African American Studies is implemented into the curriculum. Before, the dissection the formation of AAS, it should be noted that without the sacrifice from others I undoubtedly would not be writing about AAS ,or reflecting on the significance it has created for generations so far.

: I think the story’s timeline and the character’s nationality affected the characters because the nationalities of the book’s characters were African-American and during the story’s time line the people mistreated African-American because of their skin color. In the book the main characters were always mistreated by most of the Americans since during that story’s time line Americans thought of themselves as more superior than African Americans. For example, one of the events in the book that affected the main characters are that since they were African-American they had to walk to school, but the most Americans children were given a bus to ride to school. Another example in the book was that the schools of African-American children were given