Falsification Of Afrikan Consciousness Summary

Why do Wilson, Said, and Acuna emphasize history and culture? These essays emphasize history and culture because those two topics tend to get lost, twisted, changed and neglected throughout time. In history when reading about an important event, most likely the story is one sided; because those who are victorious get to tell the tale. Throughout many young people's experiences, when learning about other cultures in school the specific section is either limited and just goes over how they were conquered,colonized or killed. Accorroding to dictionary.com “cutlture is the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits...that which is excellent in the arts, manners... a particular form or stage of civilization, as that of a certain nation or period”. Culture is the concept of traditions and the ways of life that people will pass down through generations so their ways of life will not be forgotten. Occupied America was …show more content…
Why should people study history? Because history shapes the psychology of people. Wilson says that we need to study about the african american history in a way that threatens their power. “We must be instructed by history and should transform history into a concrete reality into planning and development into the construction of power and the ability to ensure our survival of the people... If they can celebrate our history and see it as something positive that it means that we are not using it in the revolutionary since they do not see our study of it as a threat to their power if we are not studying it in the way that is a threat to their power then we are sitting at incorrectly and I celebration of it is helping to maintain us in the state of