Black Psychological Reflection

After reading the chapters 7 Production of Black Psychologists in America and chapter 8 Francis Cecil Sumner, my perspective on life has changed. In the graduate work at Howard University was outside the ordinary. Howard University had two courses designed to enable students to pass the language exams in order to get into graduate school. Schools may vary on languages taught in school; however, I believe it is important to be fluent in another language other than English. It is important to know more than one language, especially in America. America has many different languages, and currently there are cultural clashes because people often times do not how to react towards other people that are not like them. Today, there are many cultural clashes for a variety of different reasons. At Howard University, the languages were German and French, whereas today most schools often Spanish. In other countries, people are expected to know English at such a young age, but yet America is lacking with children that …show more content…
It is also interesting to know how many blacks were from the North, especially since this was before the civil war. It caught my attention that not only did whites go to school during the 1920s, but so did blacks. I thought a lot of blacks attended school after the civil rights. I am disappointed in myself that I am so oblivious. It is great to know that both blacks and whites were attending school in the early 1900s. There were many people that fought for education and proved to the world that things are possible. These people lead by great examples. Every journey is different, some may be easier or harder than others, but what matters is the courage and strength in everyone that stood up for what is right, and proved to many people that is possible to get degrees in college, even at the highest level of