Reflection On African American Culture
1) I first classify myself as an African American before anything else. My family are Catholics but I personally I believe in something more than religion, although I do have ties with what my parents believe in. I speak English since it was the first language I learned. I was born in Washington D.C., but raised in both South Carolina and Virginia. Both sides of my family are 2 completely different African American culture plus my own mixed into one. My moms side is considered Gechee, which are people from the Deep South known for practicing African heritage more than an other African American community in the United States. My dads side of the family are from the south too, Alabama, but they are way more crazier than my moms side. I think more than what I perceive. I think outside the box because being open minded has many opportunities to it. My social rules change drastically since I try to adapt to the different environments it involves the laws and perceptions I set within my self. For example, I know that in a
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All of these play a major role in the African American community because they define us as a whole to the outside world or individually between one another. Some of the most common stereotypes for African Americans is that we always eat fried chicken, we like watermelon, we always show up late to events or anything honestly, and that we are just ghetto. To get into details African Americans do really love fried chicken like who doesn't? It's crispy and juicy. The stereotype about watermelon is not always true because watermelon to me is personally nasty asf unless I put salt on it. We are always late I swear because for example if we have a family function my aunts will say it starts at 3 but it really started at 8 pm!. Not all African Americans are ghetto so the fact that people see us as ghetto and ratchet is kinda offensive in a way but
All of these play a major role in the African American community because they define us as a whole to the outside world or individually between one another. Some of the most common stereotypes for African Americans is that we always eat fried chicken, we like watermelon, we always show up late to events or anything honestly, and that we are just ghetto. To get into details African Americans do really love fried chicken like who doesn't? It's crispy and juicy. The stereotype about watermelon is not always true because watermelon to me is personally nasty asf unless I put salt on it. We are always late I swear because for example if we have a family function my aunts will say it starts at 3 but it really started at 8 pm!. Not all African Americans are ghetto so the fact that people see us as ghetto and ratchet is kinda offensive in a way but