Black Culture is used all over the world. Most of the traditions of black culture are rooted in the blend between the native African cultures of West Africa and Central Africa and European culture. Black culture has influenced other cultures, traditions, and people greatly. Without black people or our culture, the world wouldn’t be the way it is today, seeing as we made the world a better place.
Being black in Arkansas isn’t really hard compared to being black in other states. Although most of the time I think about how I adore black people and our culture, other times I try to put myself in other people’s shoes and imagine what I would do in situations like police brutality or having racist names called at me. I think the videos I’ve seen of all of the black people dealing with these things have encouraged me to not trust any white person ever. They handled their situations very well without much of a choice since people are literally ruthless.
Learning about Civil Rights in school has always been boring to me since the 2nd year 0f learning about it. I’ve lost interest because they always talk about the same people: MLK, Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks. Thinking about it now makes me think they really didn’t care to do much research about the of Black People, Black Culture, or black people’s experiences. Who I think should be talked more about are people like Sojourner Truth, Sadie Alexander, and Emmett Till.
A few languages or things we use that are a part of Black Culture are Tutnese, Ebonics (AAVE), Yoruba, Twi, Wollof, and Arabic. African Americans also used singing as a way to communicate during voyage and were able to look for kin, countrymen, and women through song. Music, food, and tradition are important in Black Culture for obvious reasons and just like other things, this was also stolen. All of these things have impacted the world all over, making us the blueprint.
As you can see, Black Culture is more than just eating watermelon, fried chicken and other stereotypes people put on us. Black People (mostly black women) have always and, in my opinion, will always be the blueprint and who others look up to. Even if we are just minding our own business, people will somehow find a way to mess with us, fight with us, talk about us, and/or kill us. In conclusion, Black Culture is the best thing that has happened to the world.
