The members of the African diaspora have suffered countless tragedies. Western colonialism, slavery, neocolonialism, and internal colonialism have impacted Africa, African Americans, and the millions of other African descendants around the world. These western practices brought much discord to African Americans and the black family. Western values and culture created male-female inequality by separating men and women in their labor system, persuaded African American’s to reject their own culture, and encourages black people to refrain from teaching their children about racial pride. Through these actions, African Americans have found themselves at odds with the Western world. Male-female inequality in the African and African American community
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Beginning in the 1960’s, African Americans have endured “attacks of a cultural, economic, social, and political nature” (T’Shaka 238). One example of these cultural attacks is the white records business attempt to gain control over the Black music market (T’Shaka 249). In order to gain the popularity and success the Black companies, such as Motown, white record companies had to learn and take on their methods. As a result, white companies developed relationships with Black radio stations, placed more Black people on staff, and took major Black artist away from Black owned labels (T’Shaka 250). This is not the only way the African Americans were rejected their own culture and creations. As Black people moved into the middle class, they change their musical taste and preferred crossover music to blues (T’Shaka 249). Additionally, with the onset of integration, Black people neglected blacked own businesses and instead patron white hotels and restaurants (T’Shaka 250). Through actions such as these, African American helped the West’s economic interest while hurting their own. These actions result in the West’s culture being prioritized over that of African American’s. Yet, this behavior has impacted the black family in such a way that is leading to its …show more content…
A study conducted by Dr. Lawford Goddard and Dr. Wade Nobles examined Black-parenting attitudes from 1976-1979 (T’Skaka 252). The purpose of their research was to “measure cultural orientation or the world viewed” of the participants (T’Shaka 252). Two groups were examined in this study, Black teenagers both with and without kids, and older Black parents (T’Shaka 252). Although the majority of the results did not cause alarm, the answers to one question bring uneasiness. In response to if they thought it was important “to teach race pride to their children,” only 44 percent of the teenagers thought that it was (T’Shaka 253). This frightening result is because of the actions taken on by African Americans beginning in the 1960s. As mentioned earlier, integration led Black people away from the own culture, values, and businesses, and instead put them in the grasp of the West. Because if this shift, younger Black people would not have the same desire and passion to teach their children about race pride as older Black people did. According to Oba T’Shaka, the results of that question revealed that there is “a serious erosion in race consciousness, a value that has inoculated our youth against a white supremacists world view” (253). By adopting the views of the West, younger Black people did not feel the same about racial pride as the older
Beginning in the 1960’s, African Americans have endured “attacks of a cultural, economic, social, and political nature” (T’Shaka 238). One example of these cultural attacks is the white records business attempt to gain control over the Black music market (T’Shaka 249). In order to gain the popularity and success the Black companies, such as Motown, white record companies had to learn and take on their methods. As a result, white companies developed relationships with Black radio stations, placed more Black people on staff, and took major Black artist away from Black owned labels (T’Shaka 250). This is not the only way the African Americans were rejected their own culture and creations. As Black people moved into the middle class, they change their musical taste and preferred crossover music to blues (T’Shaka 249). Additionally, with the onset of integration, Black people neglected blacked own businesses and instead patron white hotels and restaurants (T’Shaka 250). Through actions such as these, African American helped the West’s economic interest while hurting their own. These actions result in the West’s culture being prioritized over that of African American’s. Yet, this behavior has impacted the black family in such a way that is leading to its …show more content…
A study conducted by Dr. Lawford Goddard and Dr. Wade Nobles examined Black-parenting attitudes from 1976-1979 (T’Skaka 252). The purpose of their research was to “measure cultural orientation or the world viewed” of the participants (T’Shaka 252). Two groups were examined in this study, Black teenagers both with and without kids, and older Black parents (T’Shaka 252). Although the majority of the results did not cause alarm, the answers to one question bring uneasiness. In response to if they thought it was important “to teach race pride to their children,” only 44 percent of the teenagers thought that it was (T’Shaka 253). This frightening result is because of the actions taken on by African Americans beginning in the 1960s. As mentioned earlier, integration led Black people away from the own culture, values, and businesses, and instead put them in the grasp of the West. Because if this shift, younger Black people would not have the same desire and passion to teach their children about race pride as older Black people did. According to Oba T’Shaka, the results of that question revealed that there is “a serious erosion in race consciousness, a value that has inoculated our youth against a white supremacists world view” (253). By adopting the views of the West, younger Black people did not feel the same about racial pride as the older