Publication Cultural Continuity of African Cultures
During my first semester at City College, on my way to school, I was approached by a middle-aged African-American man who was selling his books on ancient Black civilizations on the sidewalk. I was not interested in buying a book, but I stayed around to talk with him. We spoke about the Caribbean and its many connections to Africa. He was particularly interested in Africanisms – the cultural continuities of African cultures in the Black diaspora. In the midst of…...
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Publication Four Social Factors
Race, ethnicity, culture, and socioeconomic status play an integral role in the academic well-being of all students. These four social factors determine how well students are viewed and treated in schools. The meritocratic nature of schools favors “the prevailing values of mainstream society, values that privilege certain forms of cultural expression while oppressing others”. In other words, from preschool to high school, students are forced to become conscious of racial and ethnic expectations that mark their appearances, attire, language, and…...
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Welcome To The 21st Century
Where anyone can be whatever they choose to be. You go to school or work every single day and you see other races and people of different cultures. Think about it, the more you’re around your friends or family the more you pick up their habits or the slang they use. If you’re around a certain ethnic group and you feel like you fit in, you might try to claim it as being your own. You inherit your own ethnic…...
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Critical Incidents Self Efficacy in African American Women
The workforce has become more diverse in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). However, women in STEM career fields are not proportionate to their male counterparts. Women represent 24% of the STEM workforce, but African American women are a population of this percentage that is significantly underrepresented (Noonan, 2017). Moreover, 11% disparity existed in 2015 for African American women versus white women who were between the ages of 25-34 who graduated with an undergraduate degree and were employed in STEM…...
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Our Sense of Self Affects Our Mental And Emotional Stability.
This is Béatrice and this is her story: ‘‘I have Madagascan blood in my veins, but otherwise, yes, I’m closer to France [...]. The family that adopted me is French, I took my first steps on French soil, I learned to talk in France and was educated here. But, well, I know that I am Madagascan and anyway I’m proud of it’’ . Our sense of self influences our mental and emotional stability. In Béatrice’s case, she has a clear…...
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