Stereotypes Of African Americans

There are many stereotypes placed on Africans and their country. Africa embodies many different cultures, that many other countries are unfamiliar with. For instance, in America because we are more industrialized, we classify Africa as an undeveloped country. We learn at an early age that many slaves were exported from this country, and respectively, in my opinion, that has shaped the country tremendously. Countries around the world possess many negative and positive qualities in their daily encounters in life. These qualities may vary across the continent, but these powerful virtues make up each country exclusively. African cultures have many great qualities, that should be applauded instead of frowned upon such as their ability to cohabitate
Many of us have never been and maybe never will go to Africa, so to form an opinion on a place we have never been can be considered a little absurd. Hollywood has a way of gaining the attention of their viewers and forming conceptions, that are mostly untrue. According to Wainaina, “Among your characters you must always include The Starving African, who wanders the refugee camp nearly naked, and waits for benevolence of the West. Her children have flies on their eyelids and pot bellies, and her breast are flat and empty. She must look utterly helpless (93).” The United States of America, along with every other country has homeless people living on the streets everyday. In Columbia, South Carolina, we have homeless people eating and sleeping in a park right across from the governor’s house. I applaud African men and women who seek help for their family. It shows courage to survive another day. But lets not forget, that this does not mean the entire country Africa is starving nor does it mean it for Columbia, South
When societies such as the west, observe Africans remaining in such environments, because they are not accustomed to it, they see it as a form of underdeveloped. Though westerners may see it as this, Africans are at home; they essentially do not know civilization outside their environment and therefore they are better off. They do not know what is outside of their environment, and are at their best in these terms. The Bushmen possess so many skills, such as being able to find water underground, but in other cultures, one would not survive because we are not accustomed to living in a desert where even animals leave once the dry season arrives. Essentially, Africans have many outstanding skills that are worthy of more than just your typical negative