We learned the relevance of Black Studies and how the curriculum and programs are both important and relevant. Studies of all types of people and ethnicities are important and people should think about taking these so they can learn about diversity and other types of people. African and African American Studies are not only part of our nations history but are also an inspiration to our country. We can look at how far we have come and how far we are able to go.. especially now that we have our first African American President and family in the white house. Barack Obama is just one of the many African Americans who bring inspiration to our nation as a whole.
Now that our group projects are starting to wrap up it is a big relief. When we first got this assignment I was not excited for it at all. I don't usually like working in groups because I usually get stuck with a bad group with people who don't want to participate and who don't contribute to the discussion. For this group project I got lucky. I really liked working with my group, group #9 Individual Sense! My group showed a lot of effort and I think we all really cared about our topic. We were lucky to get a topic like politics because that is something that is extremely important in the world of African Americans right now. With out first black president we have a lot to look forward to in 2009. Although our final project didn't go exactly as planned (our audio didn't work) I still thought we did a fairly good job. I can honestly say I enjoyed this group project and I'm happy we did it!!
I also have enjoyed the blogs. I think they were a good way to express more in depth how you felt about certain topics. It was interesting to read other classmates blog posts cause you got to see different perspectives on issues. I thought the most interesting blog we did was the free blog and the privilege blog. I liked the free blog because it was a way to kind of describe yourself and it was easy to just write about something that really interested me. The privilege blog was another one I liked because it really made me think. After we did the activity in class and took the time to really think about the privileges we have over others, it was crazy to realize all the things I have that I don't even realize and I take for granted. It definitely made me think. It was also cool to read other peoples blogs on privilege because everyone had something different. We had our own perceptions on what privilege was and how privilege differed from person to person.
Overall I thought this class was really interesting and I'm happy I took it. We talked about stuff that happened in the past and how it led up to today and we also talked about current issues. We talked about different important leaders, the history of our nation and the horror that African Americans had to face and we even talked about hip hop in our nation today. This class definitely made me more interested and I would suggest it to others and hopefully get a chance to continue on and take another AFAM class!!!!
