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that is being considered is to regress to traditional teaching styles. At the Afro-American studies conference in Atlanta, Drimmer proposed that “a track system... for Whites and Blacks, possibly with White instructors teaching the Whites and the Black instructors teaching the Blacks” would be required (441). Although this suggestion caused a turmoil among the audience, it brought up an unmentioned viewpoint to the Afro-American subject: “blacks and whites bring various levels of awareness and…

This year marked the 50th Superbowl. However what a lot of people overlooked was that it was also the 50th anniversary of the Black Panther movement. Beyoncé was the halftime show this year along with Bruno Mars and Cold Play. While many were expecting widely popular songs like her hit singles Single Ladies, Diva, and many more, instead her new song Formation surprised us. Formation, along with the performance, was a complete masterpiece. She turned an event into a political stance. She chose to…

be celebrated, loved and accepted. Wangechi Mulu: “… Part of my challenge…is to envision, not so much blackness as a race, but the existence of African elements in culture in the future and how is that possible.”, she will continue to inspire other Afro-futurists and continue to blossom…

Both “Kiswana Browne” by Gloria Naylor and “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker focus on female characters with identities in conflict with the way in which they were raised. Kiswana, formerly Melanie, revolts against the older generation’s investment in politics of respectability, instead searching to reclaim her older, African roots. Kiswana is dedicated to a movement that advocates pride in being black, rather than a conformance to white normativity. This approach, unfortunately, splits the world…

their outer appearance. ‘Nappy headed brothers never had no ladies’ this shows how black males are also effected by societies view of black beauty the text suggests men who have nappy hair are seen as unattractive it just insinuates the ideology that afro-kinky hair is seen as undesirable because it’s not seen as a norm of society. ‘corporate wasn’t hiring no dreadlocks’ this highlights how black beauty is not seen as it conforms to culture and heritage, the stereotypes that a person who has…

with folk myths and legends from the African Diaspora. The author draws on Afro-American legends about Africans who could fly and who used this marvellous and magical ability to escape from slavery in America. Stories about Africans who either flew or jumped off slave ships as well as those who saw the horrors of slavery when they landed in America and in their anguish sought to fly back to Africa are very popular among the Afro-Americans. In Song of Solomon the main feature of Morrison's…

Tyler Perry Productions: An Awkward Perspective of American Life There is something about the quality of Tyler Perry comedies and movies that just resonate the root theatre characteristics. Roots Theatre is a prolific and dynamic theatrical movement in the Caribbean. Root theatre or grass root theatre a form of bawdy comedy filled with sexual innuendo. Perry’s comedies are an impressive exposition of the grass root working class expression of Black American life. Perry’s work is saturated by…

According to Malcolm X in his 1962 speech entitled “Anger,” he states “The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman.” (X) The fact of the matter is that this problem is still an issue today and luckily, we have Beyonce Knowles to slap us in the face as if to say “WAKE UP.” In April 2016, Beyonce Knowles released the revolutionary album “Lemonade” that left her…

W.E.B.’s The Souls of Black Folk acts as one of the most profound and important pieces of literature in the contexts of American racial tensions and sociology. This pioneering book provides invaluable insight into the struggles of African-Americans in the early twentieth century through the means of individual essays divided into chapters. In these essays, Du Bois brings to center stage a spectrum of issues that African Americans faced in everyday life, such as the color-line, “The Veil,” and…

Over the course of the years that African American Studies has been a separate functioning entity, there have been different ideological and political reasons for why African American studies are needed in institutions of higher education. Scholars such as Nathan Hare, John Henrik Clark, John W. Blassingame and Devere E. Pentony have given their own varied rationales as to why they believe African American Studies is a necessity within these institutions; if it is even one at all. Each of these…