Three-fourths completed with sophomore year I was faced with the task of choosing classes for junior year. Upon filling out my schedule my space for a history class was left blank. I could recall hearing my older friends, who happened to be juniors and seniors, talk about Afro. Through many conversations the class was described as eye opening, interesting, and fun. It was surprising to hear kids who normally don’t like school have passion behind the words they spoke for this class. I was able to get insight during the black history assembly. Students in the class presented poems, artwork, and gave a performance demonstrating a deeper understanding of the unit at the time. Said experiences intrigued me very much as I felt our history was rich
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Just based off the title of the unit I wanted to hear more. Throughout my entire life I heard people specifically in America being classified by race. Without any question I accepted race as an existing concept that has been proven by scientist. Upon reading our first documents I learned that race itself was a construct. Scientists used race to classify people making it easier to results in data. Race only appears real when consequences and benefits of being a specific “race’ are evident in your day to day life. We see it come to life in the way black people are treated compared to whites. In recent times police brutality amongst people of African descent compared to those of european descent is night and day. The people of African descent are treated with more force and suspected of wrongdoing based solely off appearance. I have learned that theories such as the Degenerate Theory and Pre-Adamite Theory have solidified the use of race into real life. Words from respected scientist at the time were used by politicians, and other people in power to justify the treatment and laws put onto people who were not white. This unit in particular made me realize that everyone has a personal motive and will do whatever is necessary to achieve such outcomes. Sophomores who will learn this information need to truly understand that words from hundreds of years ago still affect them in many ways. Recognizing our history will allow us to
Just based off the title of the unit I wanted to hear more. Throughout my entire life I heard people specifically in America being classified by race. Without any question I accepted race as an existing concept that has been proven by scientist. Upon reading our first documents I learned that race itself was a construct. Scientists used race to classify people making it easier to results in data. Race only appears real when consequences and benefits of being a specific “race’ are evident in your day to day life. We see it come to life in the way black people are treated compared to whites. In recent times police brutality amongst people of African descent compared to those of european descent is night and day. The people of African descent are treated with more force and suspected of wrongdoing based solely off appearance. I have learned that theories such as the Degenerate Theory and Pre-Adamite Theory have solidified the use of race into real life. Words from respected scientist at the time were used by politicians, and other people in power to justify the treatment and laws put onto people who were not white. This unit in particular made me realize that everyone has a personal motive and will do whatever is necessary to achieve such outcomes. Sophomores who will learn this information need to truly understand that words from hundreds of years ago still affect them in many ways. Recognizing our history will allow us to