My Spirit Is My Strength Analysis

My Spirit is My Strength The class Black Literature and Faith has helped me to deeply reflect on the real meaning of what my culture is. Throughout the class we analyzed books, songs, and poetry of many African American individuals for an understanding deeper than what I have ever been shown before. In this class, I have seen examples of women and men who have stood up trying to change the minds of others to stop the world from seeing in just black and white. From this I have been shown how my culture has developed from the suffering, protesting, and amazing works of art blacks have created. I have also seen the opposite, where others believe that there is no discrimination happening at all. This in turn, gave me the ability to always stand …show more content…
Your culture goes hand in hand with your spirit because accept the meaning to your life that is what you choose to live by. Being black is a way of living and it is who I truly am. The most respectable aspect of my culture is that it is always evolving and constantly copied by others. It is more than just a race; it is a way of being. When you have every possible odd against you and still continue to excel, that is great power. We act the way we do ,because the world is trying to conform us all to be one negative image. My spirit is so defiant, because I never have been a part of the inherited part of society. Now that I know this, I will continue to break down barriers in an attempt to let those who do not know that they are being deceived open their eyes. We must declare that this is not acceptable. Before this class I did not know about people, like Michelle Alexander, who discuss incarceration. She says it is a way of keeping us black people in lower class. Our rights are being taken away slowly and no one realizes this. In Michelle Alexander 's interview she says “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” she says, “The nature of the criminal justice system has changed. It is no longer primarily concerned with the prevention and punishment of crime, but rather with the management and control of the dispossessed.” This highlights the control of our society that no one has seem to noticed. Our rights as African American …show more content…
In terms of creating diversity the first year seminar achieved the ideals. This was achieved mainly by our discussions in class. As each class carried on I seen many students step up to speak on their own behalf. For example, there was a discussion on whether a African American people can be racist or not. They class was heated not only because this was a sensitive topic, but also it was two people of different races debating. As I said before, the class was so effective because there were different races put into it. The discussion also stood out because the white male said that he thinks blacks people can be racist too. As he continued to explain I thought to myself I see why there 's so much division. Everyone is too caught up hating each other and seeing one another as enemies. We should realize that we are all humans who should not continue to point the finger at who is right or wrong. The fact that he was able to speak up for his people was where the term “diversity” came into play. He was comfortable with the class enough that he was able to express his true feelings. This is something that is extremely rare. Since this fear was eliminated everyone became united. They found their true power to genuinely speak from the