Recently, I
asked myself about African-American people place into The American society. After
what they had to face (Segregation, racism…) we can ask ourselves if they
really are integrated or if they are apart. Of course, segregation has been
abolished but, in my way of think Black American people are creating a society
inside of the society of the United States of America.
On the one hand,
American society is a big mix of people from everywhere with different origins.
On the other hand, it seems like if there were a lot of different societies into
the country. For example, we mention communities like Italian or Chinese people
creating neighborhoods like “Little Italy” or “China town”. They are living
into the United States but, they are still having a strong link with their
country.
Black
people have created a Black community as well. They have their own TV channels,
their own newspaper, their own music and sometimes their own political
movements or religion.
Now, we can
ask ourselves if there is still some kind of segregation.
Animation: "The proud family"
To be honest I don’t
think it would be an appropriate word. First of all, contrary to segregation, those
movements have been initiated by black people. I don’t think they are excluding
people with a different skin color if they are interested in their culture. I mean
that during the segregation period, black people were completely excluded. It
is just that they have their own culture and if a Chinese guy wants to discover
this culture, nobody is going to prohibit that. Second of all, having many
cultures inside of this country is part of the history and the identity of the
United States of America.
Obviously
their history is based on immigration and various cultures… so, what’s your
opinion?
Source: My
head
