Afrocentrism

viewpoint, and warp anything they can in an attempt to say that “they were African”. There are tons of these lies going around the internet, with enough people who believe in Afrocentrism religiously, convinced that the white man hid knowledge of past African greatness. This will be a series of posts on Refuting Afrocentrism, with each successive piece focusing on a different part of the Afrocentric narrative. I’ve had an interest in Mesoamerican history since I was a kid. I was reading adult…

Throughout the play A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, division of race and family are prominent figures. In the time of this story, characters are faced with a choice of who they aspire to be. Within these struggles for unity, the author uses clothing to represent people's assimilation into different cultures. George's white shoes, Asagai's native African clothing, and Beneatha's transition into different style, represent who they are and the culture they want to represent. George…

that has been used to separate the human race overtime. This being the case, race was invented to create social class ranks; which sanctioned the appalling treatment of non-whites throughout the past couple of centuries. Is Afrocentrism a response to racism? Afrocentrism has enabled the domestic and diaspora African community to think highly of themselves, and rightfully so. Over the past four hundred years, the African…

The main three grand philosophies that are associated with the theories of Social Work are; structuralism, modernism and post-conventionalism. These grand theories are not just used for Social Work, many other professions practice them too. These philosophies are used all around us in today’s day and age, people can see a product of this from a photo, song, website, building, or from pieces of art. The theory of Post-Conventionalism is all about knowing that there are many answers to a certain…

What is African American psychology? African American psychology is defined as “the body of knowledge that is concerned with the understanding of African American life and culture. African American psychology recognizes the commonality of experiences of African people throughout the world” (Fairchild, pg. 93). There are two perspectives in which African American psychology can be presented. The first way in which the reaction of African American psychology to racist attacks on black people by…

The commodification of worldwide cultures has manifested itself in numerous forms. Expressions of culture have been used to create tourist experiences for external participants, to sell goods, and to legitimize claims for land. In all of these cases, the culture that is being commodified and sold is distinct from the original culture from which the commodities are born. In some cases, the original culture is forced to adapt and become easier to commodify, while in other cases it is simply not…

Truth is not a simple task to understand. We cannot stand with an extremist’s belief and not believe anything else. Dr. Cornell West argues in his essay Race Matters that it is not just one race that is to blame for the racism and inequality, as people often believe, but that it is an individual’s decision to decide if one race is better than another. He is mirroring the idea, unknowingly, that Deborah Tannen writes about when she says that truth is like, “…a crystal of many sides. Truth is more…

Pg 88). African Americans faced racism on a daily basis in the 1900s. Lynch mobs and burnings terrorized African Americans, causing them to be skeptical or in fear of leaving their own home. They were denied industry jobs and were forced to work low end jobs. This resulted in to poor living conditions which affected their mental health. Picking cotton was their main source of income. African Americans began to question their self worth because as of minorities they were not able to express…

Our culture dictates many parts of our lives, whether it be through conscious understanding or through subconscious ritual and belief. For some, their culture defines who they are fundamentally. Alice Walker, in her short story “Everyday Use”, uses the differing mindsets of two sisters to explore African-American culture in rural America. Also explored is how heritage, reflected in where and when one grows up, interacts and affects culture. Although Mama raised both sisters the same way, they…

Civil Rights Movement Ashley Plunkett November 28th, 2017 Book Review #3 Waiting Til The Midnight Hour: A Restoration of The Black Power Image in America Peniel E. Joseph’s Waiting Til The Midnight Hour desperately tries to eradicate the limited perception that a majority of people have surrounded the American Civil Rights Movement. In the world of Martin Luther King's and Rosa Parks, the Black Power Movement tends to fall into an oversimplification consisting of…