Cultural Assessment and Analysis: The African American Culture Abstract In order to provide culturally appropriate care‚ an examination of one’s personal views‚ beliefs‚ and prejudices must be examined. The first portion of this paper will examine my personal values‚ beliefs‚ biases‚ and prejudices. The remaining paper will analyze the African American culture relating to the Ginger and Davidhizar’s Transcultural Assessment Model cited in Hood (2010). This model uses six key cultural
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problem in the United States for a long time‚ ever since African American were taken as slaves and forced to assimilate into the Western culture has made the relationship between African Americans and Caucasian very hateful. Those who integrate to the dominant culture were often forced to learn a new language‚ traditions‚ religion and norms. Progress has been made towards racial equality in the United States; unfortunately we still see discrimination taking place .African Americans have experience more
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African Americans: Fighting For Their Rights During the mid 1950s to late 1960s African Americans started responding to the oppressive treatment shown to them by the majority of white people in the country. They responded to the segregation of blacks and whites during that time and the double standards the African Americans were held to. African Americans responded to their suppression by participating in boycotts‚ marches‚ sit-ins‚ and trying to get legislation passed so that they could overcome
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who was a Southerner and also thought that African Americans shouldn’t have a role in Reconstruction‚ American Historian‚ Robert Cruden said of Johnson‚ "His Jacksonian philosophy had perhaps an even greater flaw in view of the problems he confronted: it had some place for the Negro as a free man‚ but it had none for him as an equal"1. During the Presidential Reconstruction‚ 1865-1867‚ Johnson appointed provisional governors and ordered them to call state conventions in order to establish new‚ all
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African Americans have been in American cinema for many years. Since the introduction of African American in cinema‚ there has always been a misrepresentation or negative outlook on this race in cinema. For instance‚ in early cinema there was a wide use of blackface in many films. Blackface was designed to represent a Black person by a White character. For example‚ the actors would dress as mammy’s‚ sing folk songs‚ or use improper language. This act was insensitive and misleading but was used as
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today ’s society being an African American woman is a rigid task to live up to. It means to reside to what their ancestors have left behind‚ which means to be stronger than ever. Rosa Parks was strong‚ Harriet Tubman was also strong‚ and Jezebel was even stronger. So what exactly does it mean to be a woman? It means to stand up for what is right‚ even if that means sacrifice‚ it means to be strong whether it be physically‚ emotionally‚ or mentally. African American women are perceived to be
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progressed during 1865 to 1932‚ African Americans have experienced a variety of American liberty. There were many hurdles African Americans had to overcome before they reached any type of freedom. The first challenge they had to overcome was that they were slaves and considered to be property‚ not a person. Once this was outlawed‚ they had to overcome the discrimination from the government and other Americans. They finally achieved some of the benefits of American freedom by being able to vote‚ work
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Development of African American Studies Scholars have dedicated their time and attention to furthering the discipline of African American Studies and can define the field with many different definitions. Through looking at the origins and development in the study we can see how it became a legitimate academic field. As we study the writings of the African American intellect‚ it will fully explain the importance of the discipline. Their work will justify the study of cultural and historical experiences
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Running head: AFRICAN- AMERICAN ADOLESCENT MALES AND SUICIDE 1 An Exploration of the African- American Adolescent Male and Suicide Tonya V. Fentress Norfolk State University Author Note Tonya V. Fentress‚ Department of Interdisciplinary Studies‚ Norfolk State University. Correspondence concerning this paper should be addressed to Tonya V. Fentress‚ Department of Interdisciplinary Studies‚ Norfolk State University‚ 700 Park Avenue‚ Norfolk‚ VA 23504.EMail: t.l.valentine@spartans.nsu
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In the 1900’s‚ there was a large population of African Americans who lived in the South. However‚ around 1910’s and 1920’s‚ they started moving out to other states. Some of them moved to other states looking for better jobs‚ while others moved looking for better education for themselves and their children. Some just wanted to escape the racism and the discrimination they were facing in the South. African Americans tried to go to the big Northern Cities because they thought they would have better
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