Reflection On African American Studies

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

Ever since the Europeans forcefully brought Africans west, black people have struggled with a loss of their true culture and identity. The vulnerability of a displaced and victimized race subjected them to view conformity and assimilation as a panacea for racism, discrimination, and oppression. It wasn't until the 1960s that students began to realize and protest the

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.

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.

The service learning project was created for the students to interact with individuals from a culture different than our own. The exposure to an individual from a different cluture promotes cultural awareness and sensitivity. Cultural awareness enables an individual to acknowledlge differences among people and also to show respect for practices and traditions that one is unfamiliar. In short, cultural awareness assists in teaching the individual to think broadly and not be narrow minded. Healthcare providers often interact with individuals from varied ethnicities, religions and cultures. In order to effectively practice the Hippocratic oath, healthcare providers should have the skill to treat patients using a world view perspective.

Throughout the era after the Civil War, Blacks struggled to show themselves and create an identity outside of the confines of slavery. There were many different ideas that display how Black should be perceived and how Blacks should carry themselves in order to uplift the race. Uplifting the race was one of the most influential ideas of the time. Miscegenation, sexuality, and education are just three of the issues that were influenced by the racial attitudes of the times. Many authors commented on these issues and the other issues of the time. Nella Larsen, Booker T. Washington, and Charles Chestnutt are three authors that share their views with their readers.

Afrocentric perspective is the viewpoint of individuals with African descent. Although, a lot of children benefit from Medicaid one of the group of children is those of the African American race. When it comes to African American children only a little over a half of them are on Medicaid (Health Coverage n.d.2015). Assuming that some African American adults do not have any insurance changes have been made to the children medical insurance program. There is some states that has changed and expanded children eligibility for Medicaid and CHIP (Health Coverage n.d.). Many people only know about Medicaid, but there is another insurance program for children. The other program for kids is known as (CHIP) which stand for Children Health Insurance

Black Studies should promote the worldview and culture of the African people and their descendants, attributing to students’ comprehension of the subject matter and how the field relentlessly develops over time but maintains its prestige. Students throughout history have expressed the necessity of Black Studies being an outlet for “the political need for turf and place, the psychological need for identity, and the academic need for recognition” (Huggins, 1985, p. 327). In order to stress the importance, Black Studies in modern higher education should not be taught using conventional methods but instead through an African-Centered Worldview. Furthermore, Black Studies should reflect the Kemetic culture, as well as its philosophy as it relates

A.E. is an eleven year old male who is in the sixth grade at Stucky Middle School in Wichita, KS. He is the oldest son of C.E., who is African-American, and A.E., who is African-American. Her mother states that A.E is an intelligent and outgoing. His father states that he is reserved, talkative and outgoing. The mother, C.E. and the father, A.E is present the entire interview.

While in nursing school my group was selected to do a presentation about the African American culture. I wanted to be the leader of the presentation. When we all got together I had everyone discuss what information needed to be gathered, what resources we would use, and how we would present it. I assigned my group members roles on what parts they had to do and encouraged them to help one another out if someone was unable to find any information about their section. Over the weeks I would make sure and send out emails that consisted of additional ideas the group had, information that could be useful for the presentation, and followed up with everyone. Before we were going to present I set up group meetings so that we could organize the presentation

The topic that was chosen for the educational class was African American Heritage and Nutrition. Speaking for the group, none of us had ever had experience with teaching a lesson, needless to say, without the effort of each person, creating the lesson form my view would have been a lot more difficult alone than without the group. My Experience was more positive, than Negative, but one of the negatives was keeping up with the group member’s schedules. Scheduling out a time to meet and communicate about ideas and compiling the information of the project was difficult, but we managed by sending group messages and utilizing the file share folder provided on blackboard. The plan we had come up with, was to have roughly enough slides to cover all

The beginning statement sets the entire tone for the following passage, D.T. Niane is speaking to anyone of African origin. He’s stating his belief on how “the west” has brainwashed us into believing stories passed down from generations are implausible. Which is similar to our discussion in class about how Europeans wrote about their experiences in Africa. I feel like the way they control people is by telling or in this case “writing” what they want them to know. Imagine if those folktales and legends are shared they could possibly unlock a whole new world for some. So, in closing the question why do they fear us from knowing our history?

My experience in this course was educational and informative. I learned about the different religion and heritages of African American as being Christians. For instance, we come together to give God glory and worship Him, they also gathered together to offer thanks and praise to God and to be spiritually fed by the Word of God. The impact of the foundations in Theology course has had on me to continue to prepare for ministry in the 21st century is that, we must learn to worship the Lord in our own Spiritual way. We must continue to worship the Lord in spirit and in truth. It takes the power of the Holy Spirit to help prepare us for the events to come. We must always seek God and have a personal relationship with Him. We must continue to study

Being from Eastern Asia, I have had some experiences with being treated differently at some point in my life. Thus, I was surprised by the result of the RACE IAT test. The data suggested that I have a slight automatic preference for European American compare to African American. At first, I thought it was because the way I took the test especially when the description was being switched from one side to the other. My motor memory might have an effect on the test result as I might response to quickly to one description compare other others. However, I was then agreeing with the test result after thoroughly reflecting on my personal life and experiences. Like others, I tend to learn from my experiences and might have clouded my perspective,