Rites Of Passage In African American Culture

Transitional experiences are ceremonial occasions that exist in all sort of cultures and religions all around the world. A rite of passage, in fact, illustrates the significance of a person's status, and some ceremonies and traditions are performed to represent a milestone that an individual reached to pass on to the next position. Typically, the display of these functions are before a group (or tribe) they are a part of, and can some of the time be hard to get it. The significance of rites of passage varies from one society to another, one religion to another; one culture to another and so forth. Since there is an absence of established rites of passage in African America culture, not to mention America, the progress from adolescence to adulthood is not pertinently evident when it transpires. The transition from youth to adulthood and the lack of established rites of passage in African America is hard to characterize because this is how one becomes acknowledged in a social group, sometimes it is a social, physical or mental change, and causes disarray about the roles we are relied upon to play as adults. Throughout this paper, I will explore a facet of my way of life through an etic point of view of an outsider, and I will examine an aspect of another culture from an insider's perspective to end up more comfortable with the inspirations driving their

Nevertheless, where there are, but remnants of long-established rituals, African American youth creatively create new traditions that are relevant to their existence. Unfortunately, however, misguided search for self-identity, empowerment and social respect leads to routines that sometimes include weapons, drugs, and antisocial behaviors. Without community supervision, these rituals are the first step down the path to violence, self-destruction, and social