African diaspora refers to individuals in communities throughout the world that have resulted b from the movement of peoples of African origin, primarily those who moved to the Americas but also around the world. While some of this migration has been voluntary, the term “African diaspora” has been generally utilized in particular to describe the descendants of Africans who were enslaved and shipped to the Americas during the Atlantic slave trade. The current attitude and notions pertaining to the African Diaspora which have historically and continue to be used stigmatize this community have been molded and reinforced by the past. In a careful examination of the ideologies and philosophies of Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Dubois, Marcus Garvey and A. Philip Randolph, the impacts of The Civil Rights social movements and the social movements of Hip-Hop we can clearly visualize this chronicle of events in which race has created an environment that cannot support this newfound post-racial societal theory-in spite of the presidency of Barack Obama.
Booker T Washington (1856-1915) was born enslaved and later became an educator and orator. Washington had an politically
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He believed that blacks would gain the most through practical, vocational studies such as carpentry or agriculture. Washington also emphasized his belief that the fundamental element to obtaining equality and acceptance from their white counterparts was through the accumulation of wealth. Washington’s beliefs and viewpoints were popular amongst whites, southerners and some blacks during the era immediately following slavery, however they would be blamed for the lack of progress in the black community in subsequent years as the racial divide failed to