Pan African Studies Reflection

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This spring quarter I didn’t know what to expect in my pan African class. I went in not knowing what it was about, but after completing the course and by doing the final project I learned so much. The elements that my PAS class taught me made want to learn more about the new cultures and different back stories, especially in the assignment where I had to interview someone about their story. It was a hard to think about how much work will have to be put in and I didn 't think it 'll interest me but I was wrong. Out of all the people to choose from I had my person in less than a second and knew what I had to do. Also gave me a mental flashback of what this class had done for me.
The class I took which is Pan-African Studies (PAS) encompasses
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As we progress so do our ideologies and ability to understand that people shouldn’t be afraid of what they don’t understand. My interview made me open up my mind to see that people will always have different views about everything and as time changes so do people. While there has been much progress made towards the idea of racial equality in America there still is work to be done. Educating the youth and optimizing their environment to support equality and racial tolerance that the form of racism is not one to keep growing and causing more …show more content…
She has delicately shown me that trust is the basis of all relationships. Her patience and wisdom has also given me the ability to care for those around me without apprehension. She has truly inspired me to become at least half the person she is. This class and its fundamental elements taught me about cultures and the views they all have on society. Even though some may construe as being or good it is all about the way it is shown. I learned so much about history and about the experience people had in the past and how everyone has a story, you just have to

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