my identity and personality. It gives me spiritual‚ intellectual and emotional distinction from others‚ and I am proud of it”. African-American culture‚ also known as black culture‚ in the United States it refers to the cultural contributions of African Americans to the culture of the United States‚ either as part of or distinct from American culture. The African American‚ and also my own culture are made up of a lot of things. In common with some and very different from others. My culture involves
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There is Black Gospel and Southern Gospel. “Black Gospel music finds its roots in African-American worship‚ much of which was born out of the oppression many African American people faced during times of slavery and segregation” (Doucette 13). During the time of slavery and segregation is basically dangerous. Slaves could get whipped if they were caught singing spirituals or hymns
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from a dead language. All European countries examples American‚ Canadian‚ West Indian add their own uniqueness and culture to the English language. African cultures are also shown in English today by reflecting their own ideas‚ thinking and philosophy. Our forefathers believes that it was a dreadful betrayal and produced a guilty feeling when there were forced to use another language. In Africa there is a call by the government for an African Renaissance‚ and the complications arise when there is
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educational policies in the United States that have resulted in intentional patterns of oppression by Protestant‚ European Americans against racial and ethnic groups. The historical context of the European American oppressor is helpful in understanding how the dominant group has manipulated the minority groups. These minority groups include Americans who are Native‚ African‚ Latin/Hispanic‚ and Asian. Techniques for deculturalization were applied in attempts to erase the oppressed groups’ previous
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For as long as I can remember‚ the concept that African American people are expected and assumed to act differently because of our race has often left me bewildered. On multiple occasions‚ I’ve been told by both my African American and Caucasian peers in school that I was "acting white" because I was articulate‚ and I took my education seriously. Making assumptions about how a person should think or act based on their race pigeonholes both the person making the generalization and the person being
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Around the world today a lot has been going on with African American male’s lives being taking. It’s getting to the point where I have to think. Will African American males be able to walk down the street or go somewhere without someone having to go with them. They shouldn’t have to live their lives like this. Each and every one might do wrong in a time in their lives but you can’t hold that against them. Everyone make mistake in their life time. These are people children that are being taking away
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competition‚ so when there are different groups going against one another‚ we tend to separate ourselves with people with common characteristics and this eventually leads to prejudices and discrimination. African Americans have been highly effected by social
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exercise‚ lifestyle choices and genetics‚ which may be different among different ethnic groups in America. These risks associated with cardiovascular disease‚ obesity and diabetes are more common in African-Americans than in white-Americans. The Association Between African-American Eating Habits and Disease African-Americans are more likely to suffer from disease that are directly link to diet and eating habits. As we mention
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each one is different because of certain characteristics that help to make that genre stand apart from all the others. One of these genres is Jazz. Jazz is a type of music that was created mainly by black Americans during the early twentieth century‚ and is a combination of American and African tribal music. There are many different characteristics that set Jazz apart from every other kind of music‚ but there are three main distinctions; the first is its particular combination of rhythm‚ melody and
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NOTE: Todays post is different. I plan on submitting the response you’ll find at the end of the article “For the Forgotten African-American Dead”; as it is going in the New York Times. I would ask everyone to critique my response to the article“. Did I misinterpret what they said? Did I state an erroneous fact‚ misspell something? May-be you could divide your post into a critique of my response then your own comment? Thank you. There are those who make every issue racial. They use their
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