African American Culture Research Paper

When I came to the United States in 2010, I was teased for being African not by white students but by black Americans; they were always trying to play with my intelligence. Many African Americans are ignorant about African immigrants; they think we want to kill them so that we can eat them. I remember back in high school, a black student once asked me if I had seen a Lion or a Tiger. I told her, “Yes, we all lived together in our tree house.” In Africa, we admire the American struggle for civil rights, but when some of us came to America and discovered that black is not so beautiful, we insist on maintaining a separate identity. African immigrants and African Americans have shared complexion, but their cultures are diverse because of food tradition, …show more content…
They believe that “the older you get the more knowledge you gain.” Adolescent girls are not allowed to wear any clothes that are above the knee and walk around in the town; failure to do so will lead to a huge fine. Pre-marital sex is an abomination not only to you but to your entire family. Any girl caught performing a sexual act with a man who is not her husband will be forced to marry him; however, if he is already married, she will become his next wife. At the age of ten to thirteen, both girls and boys are send to the Sande and Pro society; during this process, the girls learn how to cook, clean, and plait hair while the boys learn how to cut tree, and hunt. Rape is a crime, but if the elders feel that you encouraged the act maybe by seducing the rapist, you will be in trouble. Pregnant women are not allowed to take bath at night. Children should respect their parents. Beating your child/children is not a crime but rather an act of discipline. Women are to respect their husbands as they respect their fathers. Couples cannot fight …show more content…
Some of them are respectful. Students have no regards whatsoever for their teachers, mostly in high schools. For example, a former classmate of mine in Butler High School told our Sociology teacher Mr. Heather to “shut up” when he was told to leave the class because he did not want to put down his cellphone. Parents and their children fight and throw curse words at each other; my little brother Thomas yells at his mother whenever he is asked to do task. Teachers are not allowed to yell at students or discipline them in any way but they are required to impart knowledge to the students. Black adults, especially the men have no respect towards women and girls; they call them all sort of names. Personally, my children will not be raised in America. I love the freedom and the education systems, but I will also love for them to respect others. Most black kids have no respect for others because of how they were