I admire how the students all showed interest and followed through with the course experiment. At first everyone was hesitant, not believing they could change their lives. The students later realized they could and were all willing
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.
Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Date of Submission American History Introduction Latino Americans are currently considered the largest minority groups in the U.S.A. They went through a lot of periods, setbacks and activities before reaching this stage. The paper explores the events of the years between 1900-1950, 1950-1970, and 1980-2012. It discusses how these events helped shape the history and impacted the lives of the Latino Americans.
During the course of history, some have said that the change and continuity in the lives of African Americans in the south during 1865-1890 was not significant. On the contrary, African American lives changed significantly during this period of time. As the confederacy was being transformed during Reconstruction, the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments were passed which gave African Americans citizenship, freedom and the right to vote. These amendments changed their lives as African Americans now had the chance to be free and live a better life. Several other events also changed the lives of African Americans during this time period.
Peter Schroeder Dr. Christopher Marshall Modern United States History 2/2/17 Writing Assignment 1: The African-American Experience with Reconstruction Reconstruction among the south refers to the point in time which the United States was attempting to establish a relationship between the union and the rebels. The Union had won the civil war, so the next step was to begin to mend the broken relationship between the north and the south. Though historians cannot agree on when it began, there is merit in saying that it started before the end of the Civil War. After victory, had been solidified for the Union, attention of President Lincoln turned towards reconstruction.
Slaves and free blacks battled for the Continentals and for the British amid the Revolutionary War. At Monmouth, African Americans confronted each other. That fight did not make a difference much, nor, toward the finish of the war, did it much make a difference for which side blacks carried weapons, in any event as it concerned their flexibility. A couple of American slaves for their support of the agitators were remunerated with freedom, however the agent word is few. Generally, slaves who battled for the revolutionaries remained the property of their lords.
Though it may seem that “the concept of heroes is gone,” heroes are almost everywhere and their legacies still exist today. There is a common belief that a hero is someone who saves lives and tries to maintain justice in the world. However, there is more to the definition of a hero. A hero is also someone who fights against the culture of death, maintains good moral values, and inspires others to do the same.
African American history isn’t just for African Americans, it is for anyone who is willing to learn about the less exposed sides of “American” history. By eliminating African American history after Reconstruction, one would be contributing to the erasure of some of the most significant landmarks of African American progress towards equality. In fact, the bulk of progress came after Civil War. “Battling segregation, discrimination, and other barriers to success and equality, black Americans were able to distinguish themselves and grow politically, socially, and culturally through the beginning of the twentieth-first century” (Lesson 8).
The time that I become aware of my cultural identity was when was in elementary school when I heard my parent talking to my brothers about how society work for African American and that the laws not the same for us and everybody else. That we have to be 2x better, smart, and hard work to be on the same level as everybody else. The benefit being African American is being capacity to rebound from setbacks and become stronger in the broken places, a passion for life and having high energy in a creative way to meeting life’s challenge and being categorized and being able to prove people wrong. Some of the name that I heard people called African American is Black, nigga, Nigger, color person, people of color, and monkey. The one that are acceptable in my opinion is African American, Black, People of color and the unacceptable one is nigga, nigger, color person and monkey.
For once in my life I felt pride because of who I was, and craved to know more, learn more. You see before this class I had thought that I was evading this destiny of failure with all of my efforts, running from those who hated me because of how I was
Living in a place where you don’t know if stepping on your porch, or going to get your mail may be the last day of your life. I come from a very happy family but a very cruel world, everything that looks good is not good. Momma always told me no matter how bad a situation is I can drop to my knees and God will be there, and wherever I am his angels are always with me, so fear was rare. Often African Americans couples are not together, my mother and sisters father split up in the year of 2011. She was married to my sibling’s father for 17 years.
For my cultural experience I chose to go to the Cincinnati Underground Railroad Freedom Center and tour the center as well as the Kinsey Collection of African American Art and History. I found myself changing in attitude as I walked through the center, I entered feeling “highly educated” so to speak, I had been learning about the history of African Americans since first grade. I knew about slaves, I knew about what they did to escape, I knew they worked hard and lived bad lives, however the freedom center made these realities true realities for me! I think there’s always been a bit of a disconnect with the fact that the most gruesome parts of our history actually happened, so although it was hard to come to terms with, I think this experience was important for me, eye opening, and forced me to really take a
Raising a family while in slavery was a very tough task in the 19th century. Families were constantly concerned with whether they would be able to stay together. Mothers worried how to give their children the best quality of life possible even though their life on the plantation was not always so pleasant. Being an African American family in the 19th century in the southern states was a time when you had to be strong-willed, and motivated. Otherwise the family unit would fall apart.
Students indicated that this was an educational and engaging course that exposed them to resources on campus. One student stated, “I enjoy learning how to better my Wisconsin Experience.” Furthermore, students like that the class was small because it allowed them to get to know their classmate well and also allowed them a space to connect and share their stories with other minority students. For example, one student expressed, “this course opened my mind in becoming more understanding toward others by placing my feet in their shoes before I judge them.” For areas of improvement, some students felt that the course needed “more structure” as discussions and dialogues can become “too boring and long” especially when not all students talk or engage.
Before I take this Harvard bias test, I’m going to take three different sections that race, sexuality, and disability. For take race section, I might be difficult to decide which races(African American and European American) are more beautiful, intelligent and good. If I’m 4 or 6 years old, then I would choose a white person is most intelligent, good and beautiful and a black person is dumb and ugly. When I watched Internet news and Television news media, many American inmates who detained for robbery, murder, rape and other kinds of crimes are African Americans. Interestingly, detainee African Americans in the American prisons have more, than detainee European Americans in the American prison.
