Culture Repression And Assimulation - 2042 Words

Culture: Repression and Assimulation Ashley Fenn Even though African-Americans have equality as far as the law is concerned we have yet to be treated as equally as our white counterparts, African-American people have a loss of their own culture and are a repressed group because Blacks have less sense of who we are because it was stripped from our ancestorswhen the first slave ships set sail to America. – Ashley Fenn During the 17th and 18th century’s slavery was the law in all 13 colonies in the North and South alike, the importation of slaves was provided for in the U.S. Constitution, and continued to take place on a large scale even after it was made illegal in 1808. Over the course†¦show more content†¦Over 10 million died as direct consequences of the Atlantic slave trade alone. But no one knows the exact number: Many died in transport, others died from diseases or indirectly from the social trauma left behind in Africa. Not only was Transatlantic Slavery of demographic significance, in the aggregate population losses but also in the profound changes to settlement patterns, epidemiological exposure and reproductive and social development potential. The attack on African history manifests in blame reassignment, normalizing (everyone had slavery), and statistical downsizing. In terms of how this had affected the cultural stand point, Africans became Black or Negro once enslaved . This was the first indentity cloth to be stripped from enslaved Africans in America, this process was critical in disconnecting any notion of having a Motherland. This worked wonders for the masters, because this skillful tactic engrained a fear of loss and abandonment to slaves. They no longer had a sense of pride and strength, so now mentally the slaves would have no other option but to obey. African family traditions, which varied according to national origin and religion, could not be replicated in the New World after Africans were forced into slavery. The slave trade was responsible for breaking up African families. Husbands, wives and children could