Is Barack Obama an African American?

I feel that racial identification is very wrong. I agree with the author statement in Chapter 1 about if Black and African American is used properly their should be no real dilemma. Something in Chapter 1 that caught me off guard was that African Americans are not a minority. I will be honest and say that I have been a victim of titling African Americans as a minority. Being a Criminal Justice major this is how my field identifies Non-Caucasians. People who do not know anything about our president instantly look at his skin color and his middle name. Because of this people instantly start giving him a racial identification. So far i feel that the African American history is African American studies because we really haven't focused on anything else but the past.

2/19/2009 - iTunes and VoiceThread

In class on Thursday, Munindra Khaund came into speak to us about iTunes and VoiceThread. I found him to be very helpful. He clearly explained to us how to record our voice on Audiocity and then how to transfer it to iTunes and VoiceThread. Without his help i would have been lost because I have never used any of these programs. It is also helpful to know that if anyone of us has trouble with these programs down the road we can go to the media lab for guidance.

2/12/2009 - History Makers

On Thursday, I was introduced to History Makers. I found this application to be very helpful in learning about African Americans' impact and feelings about Criminal Justice. It is very appealing to learn African Americans views on the Criminal Justice system, and how they feel in can be changed. I also found many people who not only talked about Illinois, but also Springfield. I'm not sure if this is just a program for Illinois' students, but it kinda caught me off guard because they were talking about the state that I lived in.

2/10/2009 - Film

I found the film in class to be very interesting. I found it very intriguing beacuse i did not realized how hard African Americans worked to get African American studies into schools. I read a little about it in our book, but it did not really give me a clear understanding of the dedication it took for this to happen. I did not pay any attention to this in the past because i was never introduced to this situation, but I am very glad to have learned this. I am looking forward to learning more about African American History.

Introductions, For Real, Y'all

My major is Criminal Justice, I was born in Springfield, IL, Junior in College, I currently do not live on campus therefore i do not participate in many school activities. My future goal are to become a State Trooper or County Deputy, and I might get my masters and go into the FBI.

Beginning Considerations

Now that you have finished reading Chapters 1 and 2 in Anderson and Stewart, and Chapter 1 in Hill-Collins, take some time to reflect on their significance. What does reading this material make you want to know more about? List three facts presented in these chapters that surprised you, and list 3 questions about the assigned chapters that I and your classmates can respond to further.

The reading material of Chapter 1 in A&S makes me want to learn more about David Walker's Appeal: To the Coloured Citizens of the World. I want to know how the book marked an end to moral suasion to end slavery and why it was followed by violence and oppression. In Chapter 1 of A&S, I was very suprised to find out that Mary Ann Shadd Cary graduated and became the first Black female lawyer at the age of 60. It suprised me when i read in Chapter 2 of A&S that in Little Rock, Arkansas, President Eisenhower had to enforce the law and let Black students to enter thier own high school. Finally, I was suprised to read about all of the Third World student organizations that support the strike by the Black Student Union.

What is the Montgomery Improvement Association?

How inspiring are the students of San Francisco State College to African American students today?

Do you feel that Maria W. Stewart has substantially influenced African American women to become politically involved?

White Mainstream

I feel that white mainstream is the social norms set by white people. These individuals feel that everyone should follow these norms and nothing else. They feel that this is the only road to take when really it is not. Anyone who does not follow these norms are looked down upon.

Tell Me More

I grew up in a small town and went to a small high school where i was not around any African Americans. I feel that this class will give me the chance to learn more about the Afican American culture and race as a whole. I think that this class will help respect and be more considerate of African Americans.