In Chapter 1 and 2 of “Creating Black Americans,” author Nell Irvin Painter addresses an imperative issue in which African history and the lives of Africans are often dismissed (2) and continue to be perceived in a negative light (1). This book gives the author the chance to revive the history of Africa, being this a sacred place to provide readers with a “history of their own.” (Painter 4) The issue that Africans were depicted in a negative light impacted various artworks and educational settings in the 19th and early 20th century. For instance, in educational settings, many students were exposed to the Eurocentric Western learning which its depiction of Africa were not only biased, but racist as well.
More than 200,000 African Americans were deployed to France during WW1. Their service stirred black pride and raised the African American community 's political and social expectations, even though it did little to improve race relations in the U.S. More of the country 's racial demographics changed considerably as a result of the war. New jobs in manufacturing and other industries, combined with a shortage of cheap European labor, translated into opportunities for African Americans in New York, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Chicago and other northern side cities. Drawn by the potential for better pay and living conditions, approximately half a million southern black agricultures moved north from 1914 to 1920 in what is known as the Great Migration.
This shows that the primary motivation for Europeans to industrialize Africa in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries was for economic profit. It is possible to infer that, had the Europeans had access to the right technology, the age of imperialism would have occurred earlier. One example is King Leopold II of Belgium, who was interested in the large amounts of rubber located in the African territory known as the Congo Free State. The king claimed the land for himself in the late 1800s and contracted private companies to extract the Congo’s resources at the lowest cost possible in order to gain immediate profit. He implemented harsh restrictions in order to reach this goal which resulted in the deaths of more than ten million Congolese people over twenty years.
Reconstruction was an attempt reconcile the country and bring it back together, however it was not the success Abraham had hoped it to be when initiated before being assassinated. The failure had many effects on African American communities in both the north on the south both negative and positive. Socially black slaves were freed but not really accepted into society. Black codes were utilized which placed pressure on African Americans about things like when to meet with friends and where they should live. Discrimination against black flourished as the Ku Klux Klan a group of people who wore robes and mask went around pretending to be the ghost of Confederate soldiers.
Being enslaved was not an easy job for African Americans. African Americans survived slavery through their connection with their culture. They then went on to contribute to the economic and social development of the South and America. African Americans survived the institution of slavery and Africanized the American South. They helped free themselves by sticking together as a family, resisting, as well as wanting slavery to change.
In another analysis of this debate between good and bad imperialism, it is claimed that Africa gained a “Technical advance--a significant technical advance in the modern period has been, quite simply, the introduction of new crops to many African regions. Other technical advances have included agricultural techniques, improved transportation and communication, etc. Most modern technical advance seems to have resulted from diffusion to Africa of innovations made elsewhere, rather than from research and development in Africa led, for instance, by colonial governments” (Manning). The European and Western businesses also brought more commerce to Africa, “European firms and governments invested in such enterprises as railroads and ports in Africa. The investment brought wages to workers, and better transport brought better prices to African producers and consumers” (Manning).
There are many open wounds in the African-American community that have not healed what so ever. Disintegration of family structures in the African-American community has been a persistent problem for far too long. High out of wedlock birth rates, absent fathers, and the lack of a family support network for many young African-Americans have led to serious problems in America's urban areas. The persistence of serious social problems in inner-city areas has led to a tragic perpetuation of racial prejudice as well. African Americans still face a litany of problems in the 21st century today.
Between 1910 and 1930, African Americans migrated from the rural South to the urban North in search of better economic opportunities and as a means of escaping the racism of the South, but they were disillusioned with what they encountered. To begin, African Americans still experienced racism—segregation, profiling, and unjust law enforcement—In the North, though it was more subtle. As a result, blacks were forced into lower-paying jobs than whites. Thus, while the northern white, middle-class population grew wealthier during the post-WWI economic boom and were moving to the suburbs, blacks and other poor, working-class groups were left in the cities, the state of which grew progressively
This has secured resources such as oil and minerals to sustain its rate of industrial development and economic growth of around 9–10% per year. China also gives vast amounts of aid to African countries to build key infrastructure such as ports and railways. This could be seen as an example of neo-colonialism despite that, supporters argue the investment is desperately needed. Yet we can conclude that this certainly extends China’s influence on the global stage. There is a growing number of embassies, consulates and missions that China has around the world which are all contributing to the success of being a superpower.
The association of poverty with Africa goes together like apple pie and America. From the advertisements of malnourished, African children to our education, or rather lack of education, about African countries in the American school system, the concept of Africa as an impoverished continent has been engrained into our minds. This rhetoric of Africa has lasted over decades, with a substantial amount of aid being given to African countries to rectify this problem. And yet, sixteen of the world’s poorest countries were identified as being in sub-Saharan Africa as of 2013. This insinuates that foreign countries and organizations that provide aid, need to reevaluate why aid isn’t making a bigger impact at fixing the problem.
Arrivals enlarge it hundreds of times and using it in order to profit. Slave trade caused by need of labour, desire of money and other reasons became tragedy of all people especially Africans. In colonialism era millions African people were enslaved and transported to other continents. A lot people from Europe, New World and Africa participated in slave trade as merchants. At the same time there was destroyed local social political economical structures and dignity of
population-over 41.7 million people” (“Demographics”). “Black immigrants in the United States migrate from adverse set of countries, including countries in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, Europe, and Africa” (Hamilton, 2013, p. 817). According to Hamilton (2014), “Black immigrants, who emigrate primarily from Africa and the Caribbean, are an important part of the overall flow of immigrants to the United States. In 1960, approximately 60,000 black immigrants resided In the United States. By 2005, this population had grown to more than 2.8 million (Kent, 2007).
• Since 2000, Africa has experienced an economic boom with a GDP growth of almost 5% per year, which was strongly linked to commodity prices and high levels of foreign investments. • However, the high levels of GDP growth was not translated into the creation of formal jobs, • The informal sector turned into one the main sources of employment across the continent. •
"The slave trade actually prevented the coming into being of an agrarian revolution in Ghana, and likewise an industrial revolution. Because before you can industrialize you need to have stable agricultural production.” (“Slavery 's long effects on Africa”, para 6) Since during that time they got attacked to kidnap people and burn places they had nothing to start living. “The period between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries was a time of economic stagnation for Africa, which fell further and further behind the economic progress of Europe as the years passed by.” (“Riches & Misery: The Consequences of the Atlantic Slave Trade”, para 5)
Many countries, ruled by the Europeans, have struggled to secure their individuality; they eventually succeeded getting the freedom. Africa is not allowed to get its real freedom. And again Africa which seems to suffer the pain as the European culture has started to emerge, the cultural and tradition of Africa has started to submerge. It causes many local feuds and the ethnic groups continually went up against the
