African American culture

capitalism, and family. Young African Americans describe the drug trade as something they use to finance future legal ventures. Bergmann says that African American youths in Detroit have a unique journey due to the involvement in the street drug trade. Many cultures have specific rites of passage or rituals that transition individuals from childhood to adulthood, for example, the Christian confirmation ceremony and the Latin American Quinceañera. Although each culture may have their own unique…

ethnicity and non-religious life. Because I am African American I am thought of as a bad person. I’ve had many people surprised by who I really am. They are surprised at the fact that I don’t follow stereotypes of “black” culture. I like to draw and learn and I’ve taken many AP and IB classes. Many people are surprised that I even made it in honors classes. I’ve been put down before and called “white” because I don’t live up to the stereotypes of African Americans not going high up in life. I…

popularized by the African-American culture, and was said to have originated in the 1970’s, in New York. This genre spread very quickly because it was not just a music style, but included a very unique expression of lyrics, beats, dancing, and style of dress. Under the formation of Hip Hop, rap music was also invented as DJ’s and MC’s spoke to a beat using rhyming words. Hip Hop was very influential, so as time went on, the style of music spread, which eventually began to grow a new culture. As…

Although certain aspects of rap and hip hop music may be thought of as a misogynistic or violent influence to American culture, modern-day rappers such as Kanye West and J. Cole are creating music that projects a healthy viewpoint on women, informs the public of struggles found in African American culture, and constitutes a new art form with rap. Due to past rappers creating music that is considered misogynistic (reflecting or exhibiting hatred, dislike, mistrust, or mistreatment of women), a…

1. What factors led to distinct African-American cultures in the eighteenth-century?  The Chesapeake slaves were given the privilege to learn English and not only experience the Great Awakening but also white culture. While in South Carolina and most of Georgia there were two societies that arose. One group was involved with African culture while the other one resembled an American culture. North Slaves also had different cultures than the other slaves due to them being raised up in the north…

changed the face of Africa dramatically, as a result Africa inherited the European culture. The problems lay when African rejects their own culture and follows the traditions of their oppressor. By renouncing their culture, they are doing exactly that Europeans wanted in first place; for instance, believing in Christianity, a God that allowed oppression upon Africa. Christianity believes is a European God and not African God. The European legacy in Africa is highly noticeable. The continent that…

How did the African slaves sent to America maintain aspects of their culture? Throughout the years, Africans have undergone a dramatic change in terms of how they are viewed in society (this is a movement still ongoing today in America). During the 1800s, the slave trade brought many millions of Africans, primarily from West Africa, to North and South America, where they were owned by, and forced to work for the wealthy. Despite the tough conditions that the African slaves were forced to…

Have Africans Forgotten their Cultures in Favour of Western Cultures? No man is an island to himself, in the same rationale, no country is an island to herself. As Chimamanda Ngozi Azide once said, “The point is that the only authentic identity for the African is the ethnicity; I am Nigerian because a white man created Nigeria and gave me that identity .I am black because the white man constructed black to be as different as possible from his white. But I was Igbo before the white man came” (qtd…

combinations most familiar with African Americans, such as blues, boogie woogie, jazz, jump blues and gospel. Typical instruments found in early rock and roll consisted of the electric guitar, double bass, bass guitar, and optional piano or saxophone. There were later many different types of rock music that emerged after the first wave in the 1950s, but rock and roll has made its biggest impact of all rock culture in the music industry. With early influence of African musical tradition and…

and white television sets to see this band from England. Unfortunately, two University of Mississippi students heading back to campus, one Cecil Brown, and his roommate came to the sudden realization that they would miss the show. The pair, both African-American’s, deep in the south during a time of open prejudice and violence against blacks, pulled over and walked up to the door of the first house they came across and knocked on the door. Beatlemania had landed feet first in Mississippi over a…