Afro-American Studies

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Dehumanization

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The idea of reducing humans to things

• -One must be wiling to inflict suffering to such degree that it seperates the sufferer from the oppressor.

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Dislocation

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Psychological and physical shift from their African center. Their names were changed to Christian names.

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Ebonics

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A mixture of English words and African structure ans syntax. Evolved to serve Africans in communicating

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Religion

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Forced to give up own beliefs and accept Christianity

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Personal Traditions

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Rites of passsage which was associated with marriage, death, wtc. If they failed this they were not allowed to get married

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What did they speak in Africa?

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They spoke mostly Arabic with an African mix to it.

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Jungle

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Rainforest

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Tribe

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Clan, family

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African Costume

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Traditional dress

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Backward/Primitive

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Traditional