African American Studies Essay

Next is John Henrik Clark, who refers to African America Studies as Africana Studies because he believes that Black tells you how you look, not who you are. He goes on to state that he calls African American Studies “a dilemma at the crossroads of history” (Clark 32). This is because European people knew history well enough to distort it and use it, as well as political weapons such as the gun and bible, to control the world. This is the reason why a look at African culture will show what Africana Studies are about or should be about. Africana Studies should embrace the Africans all around the world, in places like Africa, North and South America, the Caribbean Islands even those in Asia and the Pacific Islands. Clarke states that Africa is

He believes that because African American Studies was established in a quick manner it may be “cruel hoaxes played on black students” (Blassingame 149). The eagerness of the white colleges to support these programs can lead to “separate but equal” facilities for blacks which are something they have been praying for. Blassingame believes that instead of focusing on African American Studies, black students need to have a better understanding of American society. This can be done by studying things like business, high finance, labor law, judicial procedures and communications

He makes a very good point when he says that the more knowledge black workers have the less control unions would have on them. Blassingame goes on to state that African American Studies will have a relatively short cycle because it has already been deemed a “soft program that these students can pass” (Blassingame 152) and institutions “are not seriously committed to African American Studies because they feel the demand will die out shortly” (Blassingame 153). Blacks need to broaden their horizons to be able to teach other fields such as math, biology, engineering and law. This will begin to truly integrate schools and there won’t be any unfair “separate but equal” facilities. Blassingame makes an argument saying that African American Studies shouldn’t serve as an “emotional reinforcement” (Blassingame 160), which means black students having support from other blacks to better live with racism, because there have been many blacks before them at a time when racism was more prevalent and they have succeed without it. African American Studies should be used to enrich educational experiences of all students and teach them to think and understand more clearly, the problems of their