In my opinion, Black History Month is a waste of human thought, and should be abolished. Black History gives no type of moral support on the matter at hand concerning African American rights. How does a month, dedicated to black Americans , help serve the public? In reality the month is only recognised by the school. Every one in this generation had a time when it was black history month and all we did was to color martin Luther King, or right an essay about ”What Mr.Kings Dream Means to me” or something like that.
For example, “Momma I aint’ goin’ to no class today” is a form of Black English. “Mom, I’m not going to class today” is correct Standard English. By the end of the essay Jordan’s class eventually develops a 40 point guideline for writing in Black English. Many people thought it was a waste of time to teach something like that in a college class of all things. When African Americans were brought to this country as slaves, they didn’t have any formal education on English or even how to write it.
He speaks of letting it be known about how African Americans in the South are treated due to the color of their skin, and what it felt like for a white man to be an African American in the South. Since communication between the whites and African American races did not exist, neither race really knew what it was like for the other. Due to this, Griffin felt the only way to know the truth was to become an African American and travel through the South. He informs his wife of his idea to change the pigment of skin and stay in New Orleans for a week to conduct this type of experiment. He would not change his name, clothing, or his true identity, but simply only his
Born in Mississippi on June 25, 1933(Wikipedia) He was raised on a farm and shortly after he finished high school he joined the military. Education was very important to James and after he served 9 years in the military he started to attend an all-black college. However that was not enough for James, in 1962 he became the first African-American student at the University of Mississippi and continued to earn his degree in law. He dedicated his life to enforce civil rights for African-Americans. Throughout the next decade people just like James rose and fought for what they believed in, Equality.
PRE MIDTERM STUDY QUESTIONS Discussion Questions: Reader for Race and Ethnicity, 3rd edition Chapter 3: Katzman 1. How does Katzman distinguish between nationality and ethnicity? 2. Explain the roles of politics and mythology in manufacturing nationality. What examples does Katzman offer?
Name of Book: We'll Always Have the Movies: American Cinema during World War II Authors: Robert L. McLaughlin & Sally E. Parry Publisher:The University Press of Kentucky (March 3, 2006) I. Why did you choose this historical area and this book? I have always wondered what life was like for my parents growing up during war times. They were born during World War II, they were just toddlers then. My Dad told me when his parents escaped Hanoi, North Vietnam, to Saigon, South Vietnam; they had nothing on them but the clothes they wore.
With no ability to advance in society, he wondered if settling for a job like a janitor is really worth it. He began to read books on the history of Africa or on any topic he could find while he was incarcerated. Numerous of his thoughts of how whites are able to oppress blacks came from those books. He believed that the blacks were being taught inadequately, and whites were able to ignore history and teach blacks that whites have always been superior. Due to the level of education that the blacks were receiving, whites have been able to teach inaccurate information without the blacks knowing otherwise.
In 4 hours I would land in New York. Everything look different to me; from the streets, to the car, and even the people. Soaking everything in like a sponge eyes full of tears of joy, knowing that at this moment my new life had just began. Years later became a citizen, those significant event led to a major impact in my life both good and bad. I started my first school in America in 7th grade, a school named Riverview garden, however I only spent one year at that school, come to think of it out of the 4 school I transferred to my life in America, 2 years is the maximum years I spent at a school.
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I had very little knowledge about the Great Migration prior to taking this class. After reading chapter six, the unit and some online articles, I gained a better perspective on the subject. I came to understand that the massive fleeing of Africans Americans from “the rural South to urban northern centers” (P.561) was caused not only by the pursuit of freedom and better job opportunities by the African Americans, but also due to more complex socioeconomic factors. The explanation of the “Jim Crow” laws (P.566) was very helpful in the understanding of the way African Americans were segregated in every aspect of their life. “The Sport of the Gods” (p.566) tells the story of how Berry Hamilton, the butler of a wealthy southern family, the Oakleys,