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    Courtney E. Brown African American Psychology CSUDH March 1‚ 2013 1. IN THE THOMAS PARHAM ARTICLE‚ DESCRIBE AFRICAN PSYCHOLOGY’S INFLUENCE ON AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY. African Psychology can be traced to Ancient Egypt known as Kemet. The people of ancient Egypt studied the human psyche or soul and the higher mental processes as a holistic environment. From their perspective‚ they believed that there was a continuity and harmony between nature and God. They had three levels components

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    could Africans resist the dehumanizing forces of the Middle Passage and seasoning and use their African Cultures to build black Cultures in the New World? Overview: enslaved Africans‚ not free to openly transport kinship‚ courts‚ religion‚ and material cultures‚ were forced to disguise or abandon them during the Middle Passage. Instead‚ they dematerialized their cultural artifacts during the Middle Passage to re materialized their African cultures on their arrival in the New World. Africans arrived

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    Reparation for African Americans Ryan Edmonds Baker College of Jackson Nov/8/2011 Reparation for African Americans Anta Majigeen Njaay a thirteen year old African girl was awakened at the crack of dawn on a spring morning in 1806‚ to the sounds of screams and gunfire. As she looked outside to see what all the commotion was about‚ invaders were raiding her village slaughtering and kidnapping her countrymen and women in front of her eyes (Horton & Horton‚ 2005‚ p. 13). By the end of the

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    The revolution that took place in America (1775-1783) is referred to as the American war of revolution or the war of US independence. The conflict ascended from growing strains between inhabitants of the thirteen North American colonies of Great Britain as well as the colonial administration which exemplified the British circlet. Skirmishes between the Colonial militiamen and British troops in concord and Lexington began the armed battle‚ and by summer that followed‚ the insurgents were pursuing

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    time they were especially‚ was during the Civil Rights Movement. In the 1950s and 1960s‚ African Americans were struggling and fighting to get the same rights as White Americans‚ and they wanted segregation to stop. African American‚ white folk‚ and women musicians shaped and influenced the movement. Throughout the Civil Rights Movement‚ musicians acted as leaders by expressing the

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    language or dialect of a place‚ region‚ or country.” In terms of African American history‚ the evolution of vernacular is very important and a very unique part of the culture. The African American vernacular has aided the development of a distinct culture in terms of what African Americans were subjected to from the installation of slavery. The African American vernacular was used as a way to expose the atrocities that African Americans were imperiled to through songs and language. “Go down Moses ‚”

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    African Americans tend to fall under a lower class due to discrimination. African Americans are less likely to own a house‚ less likely to have a consistent job‚ and less likely to have the same pay as Caucasians. According to Shin‚ a personal financier‚ “The median white homeowner’s house is worth $85‚800 compared to $50‚000 for black homeowners. Discriminatory lending also exists today: Mortgages obtained by households of color tend to have higher interest rates” (Shin). African Americans are discriminated

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    instance‚ in the city of Chicago‚ the area is still divided into several isolated neighborhoods‚ for Hispanics‚ African Americans‚ Asians‚ and lesbians and gays. And the community of African American is clustered in the southern part of the city‚ and is oftentimes associated with violence‚ disorder‚ and public insecurity‚ and white people especially wouldn’t want to be in African American neighborhoods. In South Africa where apartheid has been outlawed for a decade‚

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    My Historical Report on African American I choose to go with African American Race; I know more about African American culture personally. I grew up with mostly African American and bi-racial friends as a child and enjoyed being around them. What have been the experiences of this racial group throughout U.S. history? Throughout the U.S. History the African American race have experienced Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) who pushed strides for freedom. He believed that people should have the

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    jail? This thought went through my head as I saw that one out ten of my classmates had or have a family member incarcerated. Being an African American female incarceration never really crossed my mind on how many people in my cultural are going to jail for crimes that they didn’t commit‚ minor crimes‚ and because of the way they look. For example‚ African American males are being imprisoned all over the United States for crack‚ cocaine‚ weed‚ and the modern day Ecstasy (Molly). Growing up in a community

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