Dear White People By Justin Simien: Categorical Paradigm

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The Africological approach define by discovering in human experiences with historical and contemporary in all the African and exploring all the Africans from around the world. It is supposed to advance the African culture, bring harmony to the world, project a higher level of morality, avoid bitterness and promote racial healing, and promote African collective consciousness. It is too look at all the experiences and perspectives of Blacks from all around the world not just in Africa. Since Blacks were diaspora from Africa to get a full experience we need to learn from all the different Blacks around the world. In Black Studies, it is our job to rescue, recover, and reconstruct what has been told about Africa and its people. The goal is to search for truth, understanding and appreciation of African initiative, experience and culture, challenge and alternative the views of social correction that deals with human freedom (race, class, and gender), and giving mutual respect that will benefits all human wants. It is taking what we learned and apply it to life. It will teach …show more content…

In the movie “Dear White People” by Justin Simien addresses many different themes that the four black main characters had faced through the movie. He addresses white assimilation that Coco was doing because she did not like being Black and wanted to be White. It talks about racism by the opening credits of the movie with different recordings that suggest Blacks are being ghetto or not knowing the children father. It also dealing the stereotypes Whites thinks about Black by having a blackface theme party. It even dealt with the “acting black” theme that is still happening in today society. Basically, you do not do enough things to be considered black or you are doing too much to seem like you are black. It dealt with the different social class like Troy being privilege based on his family versus Coco who had to work hard to get into

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