Review Of Dr. Na 'Im Akbar's Article The Creation Of The Negro'

“The New Negro” written by Alain Locke illustrates a revolution in which one does not depend on older time-worn models, instead embodying a new psychology and new spirit. Harlem was essentially embraced as the ideal location for the creation of renewed conception of black racial identity because the landscape of Harlem has various representations of what being a black American represents. Additionally, Locke adds that Harlem is the home of Zionism and the pulse of the Negro. Furthermore, Locke makes an effort to shift the foundation of common black leadership towards innovative credibility to the “rank and file” of Negro life. According to Locke, the focus was that the ‘New Negro’ should eradicate radical, social, and psychological prejudices

“An Original Man: The Life and Times of Elijah Muhammad”, “Black Nationalism: A Search for Identity in America”, and “The Black Muslims in America” are some books that go into very descriptive detail to portray the person Elijah Muhammad was and how he used his religion, The Nation of Islam, to deliver his messages and gain followers as well as traction in his movements. These books proceed to enlighten the reader of the plight of African-Americans in the 20th century and how Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam was a sign of strength and fortitude which encouraged those within its reach to better themselves and their communities. Although the Nation of Islam helped a lot of African-Americans, its message also helped limit its reach from a lot of African-Americans, which is described in these books. In the 1st book, “An Original Man: The Life and Times of Elijah Muhammad” written by Claude Clegg, Historian Claude Clegg proposes that Elijah Muhammad was one of the most influential black men of the 20th century.

(Souls, 2) Blacks are linked to the negative stereotypes of being uncivilized barbarians who have no etiquette in society. There negative image only continues further and further into the future because it is never broken by the white man. This negative imaging is only a constant trap to the black man because they are stuck in the constant cycle of degradation. This is one of the many ways that white Americans are constantly able to keep blacks in check because no matter what happens, blacks will continue to be born into this misfortune of being an outcaste at birth. Another misfortune that blacks cannot avoid is the natural clustering of social

Both of these men were contemporaries and without a doubt their personal experiences and perhaps the overall black experience in the United States guided their conscious to adopt certain strategies and tactics in order to uplift black people politically, economically and socially. This is where these two leaders fundamentally disagreed, which was followed by suspicion, name calling, distrust and an unwillingness to concede and perhaps recognize the strengths and weaknesses that existed in both of their philosophies. They were divided and they left black America divided and yet their arguments are still highly debated in academic circles and laypersons circles alike throughout America. Lastly, this research study is limited in scope and has not met all the academic restraints consistent with a scholarly paper, nevertheless, at the same time, it will display objectivity and sound research methods by briefly exploring in an unscientific manner, the slave plantation personalities (giving in the seminal study by John Blassigame) and how perhaps those historical values—culture) impacted slave behavior, as well shaped black personalities that proceeded from this peculiar institution.

Throughout history of the United States of America from as early back as it is available African American have suffered terribly at the hands of their white counterpart. According to history.com website “the continent of Africa was deprived of its most valuable resource – its healthiest and ablest men and women.” Unfortunately for them their status changes as they now take on a name role – Slaves”. (history.com) Marcus Mosiah Garvey a Jamaican born and Jamaica first National Hero stated that "A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.

In the essay, “A Genealogy of Modern Racism”, the author Dr. Cornel West discusses racism in depth, while conveying why whites feel this sense of superiority. We learn through his discussion that whites have been forced to treat black harshly due to the knowledge that was given to them about the aesthetics of beauty and civility. This knowledge that was bestowed on the whites in the modern West, taught them that they were superior to all races tat did not emulate the norms of whites. According to Dr. West the very idea that blacks were even human beings is a concept that was a “relatively new discovery of the modern West”, and that equality of beauty, culture, and intellect in blacks remains problematic and controversial in intellectual circles

Throughout chapter three of The Myth of the Negro Past, Melville Herkovits writes about the African culture back before slaves were brought to the Americas. He refutes many previously thought ideas that African Americans have no past or shared culture which the myth in the title of the book. In chapter three entitled, “The African Cultural Heritage,” Herskovits argued that African Americans descended from a people with a rich series of cultural traditions (Willaims 3). One of the aspects that Herkovits looks into is death in the African family and funerals rites. The ties between ancestors and gods are extremely close in Dahomey and the Yoruba cultures, he even says the power of man doesn’t end when that person dies,

Spanglish is the future. It’s a new language being born out of the ashes of two cultures clashing with each other… Words that aren’t English but at the same time are both….Our people are evolving into something new” (Quiñonez 212). As language is a dominant culmination of a culture, to deny a full adoption of the English language is to deny a complete assimilation to Anglo-American culture, and to deny a rejection of

Mr. Marcus Garvey argued there was no-other purpose for Africans in America. Marcus felt there was no way for black to ever achieve real peace in a land that where they are the poorest group, the least influential group and one of the smallest groups. He realized however that some black minds had accepted the inferiority complex imposed on them by their slave masters; he calls these weak minded men vagabonds that cannot contribute to his cause. “I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there.” (Marcus Garvey 1920).

Will society ever view African-Americans as people and not as less than? In “Chokehold” Paul Butler will discuss this very idea depth. Butler provides history on why and how society sees African-American men as violent thugs. Butler goes on to explain in detail how the chokehold plays a part in oppressing African-American men and how to avoid the ramifications of the Chokehold, if possible.

Ethnic Notions: Divided From The Start The film 'Ethnic Notions ' illustrates various ways in which African Americans were impersonated during the 19th and 20th centuries. It follows and shows the development of the rooted stereotypes which have generated bias towards African Americans. If a film of this kind had such an affectionate influence on me, it is no surprise people adopted these ideas back then. The use of new and popular media practices in those days was more than adequate in selling the black inferiority to the general public.

In her essay, “Spanglish Spoken Here”, Jamie Castro talks about the entry and the usage of Spanglish in American society. Firstly, he illustrates a few examples of Spanglish usage in American daily life. Then, he explained about Spanglish becoming an important part of American life. Spanglish actually was brought into Anglo homes and families through children and television shows. This language also has variety of forms, which varies from Southern California to the Cuban American divers.

8). Some of the many forms of English, (for example, Australian English, American English, Spanglish et cetera.) stemmed from the English language, which came about through many languages such as Latin, Italian, French et cetera. , These forms of English came about due to the introduction of English into the particular country. In Australia alone there are multiple variants of English, which have formed due to the interpretation of English by Australia’s original Native people (Aborigines) as well as Australia’s vast multicultural population. When the first settlers arrived in Australia they needed a way to communicate with the local people, so the English language as it was in Australia started to change.

PART A TASK 1 I find the text “The day I became black” very interesting. This is a text by Willem Reerink, where he writes about “when he became black”. What he means with that is that one day in school, some of his classmates was talking about that it was no African American kids in their class, but Willem was in fact African American, but it didn’t show. His skin was caramel, so nobody had ever thought of him as “black”.

Dialects are not just accents but also grammar, vocabulary, syntax and common expressions used. One is able to identify and distinguish between different people, different ethnicities and races as people speak different languages. Each human belongs to a community which makes them speak a specific language and dialect that represent their community and differentiates them from others. Language connects people to their community as they are connected to people that speak the same