AP African American Studies // Unit 4 test review PART 2

What was the Negritude movement?

an anti-colonial cultural and political movement founded by a group of African and Caribbean students in Paris in the 1930s who sought to reclaim the value of blackness and African culture.

Where di the negritude movement take place

Paris

How does it compare to the new negro movement

It was very similar to the new negro movement and focused on the enrichment and bring back value to the black population

What was the boomerang effect of colinization

when somebody treats another person like an animal, they begin to think of themselves as an animal.

what is the main thing that carl is trying to address

colonization is a bad thing and that the countries that rationalize it are bad countries

what does carl refer to colinization as

thingification

What are rationilizations of the european people for colonization?

They say that they are builiding infrastructure for them and advancing their country as well as bringing them christianity when they are really just hurting the people.

What does fanon say is always a violent phenomenon?

decolinization

Why does decolinization not go unoticed

because it is a completer reversion of things and an unintuitive thing for the people involved (the first shall be last and the last shall be first)

what bible verse does decolinization put the pracrtice of?

The first shall be last and the last shall be first

How does fanon think that territory should be reclaimed

It must be gained the same way in which it was colinized, through violence and hard times.

What was the GI Bill?

It provided tuition money to veterans of WWII, this money could helpe to pay for schooling and training programs

why did fewer african americans get the prioveleges of the GI bill

They had a lot of troubles trying to claim their GI bills as discrimination made it hard to do so

who was ossian sweet?

Ossian Sweet was an African-American physician in Detroit, Michigan. He is known for being charged with murder in 1925 after he and his friends used armed self-defense against a hostile white mob protesting after Sweet moved into their neighborhood. Stones were thrown at his house, breaking windows.

what caused ossian sweet to gain national attention

when he was charged for murder

what eventually happened with the trial?

the charges were dismissed

What were the affects on the sweet family?

his wife and daughter both caught turberculosis while in jail and died, this led ossian to eventually take his own life

How does the story of ossian sweet relate to modern day?

There have been large strides, but there are many similar challenges that still happen today like unfair police, trial, and mistreratment.

What was the NAACP?

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, led by web dubois Ida b wells abnd others, secured the voting rights act of 1965

What was CORE?

The Congress of Racial Equality. They organized the Freedom Riders trip. led by James leanard farmer JR.

What was the SCLC?

Southern Christian Leadership Council led by MLK jr and advocated for nonviolent resistance to segregation., march on washington

What was the SNCC?

The SNCC is Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Organized the Freedom Rides. led by stokley carmichael and put together sit ins boycotts and other protests

what were the four points from MLK that proved the effectiveness of non violence

It resists, It doesn not seek to defeat or humiliate th opponent, the attack is directed against the evil rather than the person, it avoids external physical violence

Who was Ella Baker?

An administrator with the SCLC who helped organize the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to facilitate student sit-ins

what did the SNCC say that african americans were willing to endure for freedom

jail, ridiculed, spat upon, and physical violence

why was SNCC apprehensicve to accept adults?

they thought that aduilts might capture the student movement

Why does MLK think that slave songs are still being sung

because black people are still in bondage and the songs bring hope

what did MLK say that the most powerful weapon

the convocation that they were right

How did protestors practice before an event?

they had thongs thrown at them and getting yelled at

Who was bull connor?

Theophilus Eugene "Bull" Connor was an American politician who served as Commissioner of Public Safety for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, for more than two decades. A member of the Democratic Party, he strongly opposed the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.

what was the ten points of the black panther party?

freedom, full employment, end of the robbery of capatilists, decent shelter, decent education, completley free health care, end to police brutality, end to all wars and agression, black people gert proper jury, (land bread housing, justice, and peace)

what civil rights organization did women have a dominant role in?

the black panther party

what percentage of the black panther party was women?

two thirds

how did black feminists resist white american beauty

they wore afros and african inspired clothing, they embraced their own style

Who was Kathleen Cleaver?

part of the black panthers, worked through grassroots and political organizstions. Was famous for her grown out afro and embracing dark color of her skin.

anglea davis

black panther, advocated for prisoners

Sonia Sanchez

used things like art and poetry to settle racism, was an integrationsist turned sepratrist

What is Meta-Language?

a set of terms used to describe another language

why does the author say about white feminists?

they vouch for feminism yet still exclude blacks

what is the difference between womanism and feminism?

womanism is fmaily oriented and feminism is femal oriented

What is intersectionality?

the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.

what did black women do to try to look more 'BEautiful"

straightened their hair lightened their skin

how has black beauty evolved

black women now embrace their beauty so much to the point that white women try to emulate it

What is Afrocentricity?

- A mode of thought & action in which the centrality of African interests, values, & perspectives dominate.

- The placing of African people in the center of any analysis of African phenomena.

what challenges afro centricity

white supremacy in education

is the history taught in schools multiculturalist

no, it is eurocentric

what are the five framing characteristics of black studies?

Intersectionality, nonlinear thinking, diasporic persoective, opression and resistance, solidarity

what percentage of the black population still lives in the south?

one half

how many black people had masters degrees in 2000 in and 2019

5 percent and 9 percent respectivley

what percentage of black households made over 5o k in 2019

almost 50

what did the black conservative have to say about obama?

he said that he voted for obama because he was black, but obama was priveleged and the things he did didn't help the black people

why did the conservative lady vote for trump?

Because he aligned with her christian values

why do most of the black voters go democrat?

they said that they were picking the lesser pf two evils

roles of the chuirch

the church for many years served as a way to push racism and oppresion away with its support

what are methods of disenfranchisemnt

poll taxes, literacyt tests, election laws, sanctions, violence

National Baptist Convention

-Formed in Georgia in 1895

-Second largest Baptist denomination in America, after Southern Baptist Convention

-Currently over 5 million members

what are repearations

things paid to the black population after the many years of injustice that they have faced.

what does the bible say about reparations

it says that reparations must be paid to a formerly enslaved and that they must get enough so they are not subject to a very hard life.

Belinda Royall

said that she used to be enslaved and now was not able to find proper work to make a livng, she was granted 12 pounds and fifteen shillings

how did quakers go about reparations for slaves

they siad that in order to be a quaker you must compnsate your former slaves

the freedmans response to the angry planter

The planter says that he is losing a day of labor and to counter the slave says that he has lost a whole life af labor and making a living because he was enslaved. (slaves lost a lot of money they could have made because they were enslaved)

what was the chicago tribunes response to reparations

they said that black people had been taught everything that they needed to know like the english language and the christain faith

what are some modern questions regarding reparations

who will be payed, what will we pay them, and how much.

why would the ted talk proffesor be questionsed teaching african a,erican studies

because he is not an african american

what was his response

you dont have to be mexican to eat taco bell

what were manning marables three things that african american studies should be

descriptive, corrective, prescriptive

qhat three things need to be corrected

distortions, misrepresentations, and omissions

what does you cant love the fruit but hate the tree

you cant enjoy the traits and accomplishments of black people without enjoying the people themselves

What is Afrofuturism?

The reimagining of a future filled with arts, science, ​and technology seen through a black lens. ​

how does black panther portray afro futurism

it combines the african identity with scientifc and technological advancement