Afrocentric Cultural Values

Racial identity development is something every African American child has to go through. The main approach is normally linked to racial identities, awareness, and ethics. African American children awareness is normally reflected by their mental ability to distinguish an individuals’ basis based on characteristics. Growing up the main influences that influenced my personal development was social networks, family, and historical events. Family helped influence personal development because they expose me to black culture. Historical events fall along the lines of celebrating holidays such as Black History Month in school or even church.

By simply ending the War on Drugs, I do not believe the existing problems of racial structures will be solved. Just as with anything else, education is the first step in reducing racial discrimination. Similarly situated blacks and whites are treated differently in regards to the system, however, those who are knowledgeable about this issue can raise awareness and have a better understanding of the social processes impacting African Americans. Strategies should also address discrimination on both the institutional and individual level. By doing so such racial inequality can be considered in the development of improving strategies rooted in the programs, beliefs, and stereotypes. While education and knowledge is an important key factor, influences on behavior and motivation can influence change as well. Altering one’s own behavior may require individual support of others. Effects of behavior should also include a basis of evaluation on outcomes of the learning

In Song of Solomon, Morrison illustrates internalized racism through appearance, self-worth and love as important components of self-identity. The book Song of Solomon by Tori Morrison is about African Americans who search for their cultural identity. One of the main characters, Macon “Milkman” Dead is isolated from his family, his community, and his historical and cultural roots. His aunt, Pilate and his best friend, Guitar helps on his physical and spiritual journey to reconnect with his past and realize his self-worth. However, he is not the only character who has a hard time coping with her appearance and identity. Steve Marabli once said, “Love yourself. Forgive yourself. Be true to yourself. How you treat yourself sets the standard for

Both sources agree that in fact, race takes a toll on how it specifically effects the children. In Tatum’s article she highlights a part of when adolescence start to “sit together in the cafeteria” (375), it is when they get offended due to the color of their skin. She had addressed the definition of what being “black” really is and how that shouldn’t effect growing up in a very diverse school. Inevitably, it does. In Chapman and Mullis’s article they express the coping styles of adolescence, which one mechanism they are drawn to is close friends. In both Tatum and Chapman/Mullis’s articles, state that there is comfort in seeking friendship based on similar experiences. Chapman and Mullis explain, “Social support strategies are more common among African Americans” (157). By giving the experiences of the young black adolescence youth, Tatum is trying to convey this exact same

One trend that African Americans have developed that best relates to chapter two is the trend to get incarcerated. Incarceration best relates to chapter 2 because of one main statement, “Then there are those who wait to have someone force growth on them. They permit the influences to drive them to prison or drug treatment programs, mental hospitals, or some type of religious cult . . . but as soon as they must take responsibility for their lives they find a way to get “re-canned” (p. 17-18). According to, WHO, “If current trends continue, 1 of every 3 African American males born today can expect to go to prison in his lifetime, as can 1 of every 6 Latino males, compared to 1 in 17 White males” (p.88). According to WHO, “Most of us don’t know

The strengths and resilience of African American single mothers has historically changed families and communities for the better. However, African American single mothers are often a vulnerable population at risk for poor physical and mental health with negative outcomes outweighing both their female and male counterparts (Hatcher, Rayens, Peden, & Hall, 2012). There has been numerous race comparative self-esteem studies and research on the effects of single parenthood on child and adolescent self-esteem. Yet few studies focus on the factors that impact both positive and negative self-esteem exclusively in African American mothers apart from their children. Most of what we know about the self-esteem of African Americans

Racial health inequities continue to exist and even increase in the United States, particularly among Whites and Blacks (Williams et al., 2010). While research tends to focus on the genetic determinants of racial health inequities, it fails to consider how various structural determinants impact the health of these groups. Examining how such determinants can impact health outcomes can offer an improved understanding of racial health inequities — structural racism and segregation are the best structural explanations to understanding racial health inequities.

The strengths and resilience of African American single mothers has historically changed families and communities for the better. However, African American single mothers are often a vulnerable population at risk for poor physical and mental health with negative outcomes outweighing both their female and male counterparts (Hatcher, Rayens, Peden, & Hall, 2012). There has been numerous race comparative self-esteem studies and research on the effects of single parenthood on child and adolescent self-esteem. Yet few studies focus on the factors that impact both positive and negative self-esteem exclusively in African American mothers apart from their children. Most of what we know about the self-esteem of African Americans comes from children

Many of academic research have been based on pinpointing and addressing social problems has been geared toward studying African American. Over centering on an exact group within a race with exact variables can create racial stereotypes. African American single mothers have had negative connotations because of false traditional rules for family life.

With the rapidly rising of biracial youth, it has been proven that the population is a vulnerable group facing potentially higher risks for mental health and behavioral issues compared to their mono-racial counterparts. Identity development, a central psychosocial task of children, is a complex task for biracial youths since they must integrate two ethnic identities. For biracial youths, mastery of the psychosocial identity developmental task can be overwhelming as they face stressors such as racial stigmas and negative stereotypes, which may lead to identity problems manifesting during adolescence. Biracial teenagers are a growing population who have some unique characteristics, related to their ambiguous ethnicity and their need to define

In the book “The American School” written by Joel Spring there was a lot of talk about the influences of other cultures who impacted the United States. The popular minority cultures talked about in this book are the African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans and the Naïve Americans. They all had historical events that impacted their culture. They are were faced with challenges and obstacle’s they had to overcome. Each of these cultures brings a negative and positive aspect to the American culture. They all gave us something to learn from and they gave us something to enrich our American Culture. The African American culture had a really big impact with historical events, challenges and obstacles and things the American Culture can learn from them. If the African Americans were never brought over to the United States things would be a lot different here.

Blacks demonstrate behavioral patterns which set them apart from mainstream society. The intermixing of two cultures, one of blacks born into slavery and the other of newly arrived African slaves, have created a strong basis for black culture in the United States (Hale 1982). Naturally, the values and mannerisms of the culture are often transliterated into the classroom. In school, black students tend to share a set of characteristics which distinguish them from their peers. Their mode of interaction is animated, interpersonal and confrontational (Kochman 1983). For blacks, these are considered normal forms of interaction, but utilizing their definition of normality in the school may be problematic.

As an athlete retires from sport, it is looked upon as a pervasive problem that’s exposed through anecdotal depictions by the athletes retiring or have retired (Fisher & Wrisberg, 2007). Prior to retirement their lies the stage of transitioning, “transitioning,” was best defined by Schlossberg (1981) in counselling psychology as ‘an event or non-event which results in a change in assumptions about oneself and the world and requires a corresponding change in one’s behavior and relationships.’ The transitioning experienced by athletes are considered normative (expected and prepared) or non-normative (unexpected and unprepared). Along with discussing the transitioning process, we must also address the influence of capitalism and how it is a driving

It’s been said that curiosity killed the cat, meaning that being inquisitive about other people’s affairs may get you into trouble, well so far the only thing that curiosity has gotten me is a better understanding of what social psychology is and the impact that it has on African American

An Analysis of the Problem of Racial Socialization in African American Children in Support of “The Village Talks: Racial Socialization of Our Children” by Harriette Pipes McAdoo