What is the difference between African American studies and cultural studies?
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African American Studies strictly teach about the culture American who have african desecant while cultural studies study differeny culture from all around the World.
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Sociology is the study of everything having to do with humans with respect to society.  you study things such as culture, gender, religion, tradition, social stratification, political systems and their effects on society, sex, age, the media etc and their effects on society. in other words, you study society and all the specific things that make it up and affect it. \n\npsychology is more the study of human behavior and human thought.  of course there are tons of different sub-areas within psychology but you study things such as personality, emotions, disorders of various types (social, mental etc), and then of course there are the different approaches to how to deal with certain issues.\n\nas you can see, although they are very different in their main focuses psychology and sociology overlap in many areas and each discipline takes into consideration many of the factors from the other.  they complement eachother. \n\nthere are some areas of psychology however, that are directly related to sociology such as Social Psychology.  in this branch of psychology you focus on human beings as members of a society. you might deal with issues such as Identity, Social Anxiety disorder etc. \n\nthey are both very interesting and like i said, both complement each other and overlap with eachother although they are very different in that their goal and their focus is different from eachother. \n\ni hope this helps
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Sociology= study of society, social institutions, social relationships; or the systematic study of the development, structure, interaction, and collective behavior of organized groups of human beings\n\nAnthropology= the study of human beings (human beings and their ancestors through time and space and in relation to physical character, environmental and social relations, and culture)\n\nEthnography= the study and systematic recording of human cultures\n\nEthnology= a study that deals with the division of human beings into races and their origin, distribution, relations, and characteristics. so basically it's anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures
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Either is just fine with me! Black seems more comfortable...it seems like a lot of times when people say African American they are trying really hard to be respectful, which is appreciated, but its not necessary, especially if it makes them feel uncomfortable in referring to me.  As long as you don't call me the n word, we're cool!
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Hi! Don't know but hope the link below will provide you with some answers :o) . Another idea would be to post your question on the "Arts & Humanities", "Social Science", "Psychology" section if you have not done so already. Good luck!
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The difference between a BS and a BA depends somewhat on the university that you obtain them from. The traditional difference--a BA is in the humanities/arts/social sciences and the BS is in the sciences is not consistent.\n\nAt my university the BA is a liberal arts degree, it can be in any discipline, and it includes four semesters of foreign language. The BS is more like a professional degree and typically does not include a foreign language.\n\nThey are both bachelor's degrees.
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General studies are somewhat about everything, math, science, etc. University studies usually involve majors chosen by the students.
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the anthropology is the study of humankind, sociology is the study of man in a social environment. So a man is an individual with many characteristics but he's also a part of a society as soon as he's not alone. What man will always do, no matter of the environment is an anthropological subject, evolution of a man in different "societies" is a sociological subject.\nBut if you believe in the statement: "man is a social animal", you will find that the part of anthropology that studies the ability of a man to socialize is the same as the first study of a man as a sociological subject...
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most black people of the 20th century were born and raised in the United States and if u haven't seen the news lately, a lot of stuff has been going on in Africa... (diseases, killings, and poverty) just to name a few... \n\nAfrica is the place where we orginal came from...but if u are born and raised in a country... u tend to consider the country u live in as your home and not the place you came from in the past generations...You rememeber the past and where you come from, but ur eyes are looking toward the future...\n\nAmerica seems to have a lot more freedom, especially when u look at the news and see wat is going on in Africa right now...
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Below is an article from Race Traitor (http://racetraitor.org). I thought that being a sociology major that it might interest you.\n\n\nNow that White Studies has become an academic industry, with its own dissertation mill, conference, publications, and no doubt soon its junior faculty, it is time for the abolitionists to declare where they stand in relation to it. Abolitionism is first of all a political project: the abolitionists study whiteness in order to abolish it. \n \nWhiteness is not a culture... Whiteness has nothing to do with culture and everything to do with social position. It is nothing but a reflection of privilege, and exists for no reason other than to defend it. \n\nVarious commentators have stated that their aim is to identify and preserve a positive white identity. Abolitionists deny the existence of a positive white identity. We at Race Traitor, the journal with which I am associated, have asked some of those who think whiteness contains positive elements to indicate what they are. We are still waiting for an answer. Until we get one, we will take our stand with David Roediger, who has insisted that whiteness is not merely oppressive and false, it is nothing but oppressive and false. As James Baldwin said, "So long as you think you are white, there is no hope for you."\n\nWhiteness is not a culture. There is Irish culture and Italian culture and American culture - the latter, as Albert Murray pointed out, a mixture of the Yankee, the Indian, and the Negro (with a pinch of ethnic salt); there is youth culture and drug culture and queer culture; but there is no such thing as white culture. Whiteness has nothing to do with culture and everything to do with social position. It is nothing but a reflection of privilege, and exists for no reason other than to defend it. Without the privileges attached to it, the white race would not exist, and the white skin would have no more social significance than big feet.\n\nBefore the advocates of positive whiteness remind us of the oppression of the white poor, let me say that we have never denied it. The United States, like every capitalist society, is composed of masters and slaves. The problem is that many of the slaves think they are part of the master class because they partake of the privileges of the white skin. We cannot say it too often: whiteness does not exempt people from exploitation, it reconciles them to it. It is for those who have nothing else. \n \nEither America is a very democratic country, where cab drivers beat up city councilmen with impunity, or the privileges of whiteness reach far down into the ranks of the laboring class. \n\nHowever exploited the poor whites of this country, they are not direct victims of racial oppression, and "white trash" is not a term of racial degradation analogous to the various epithets commonly applied to black people; in fact, the poor whites are the objects of race privilege, which ties them to their masters more firmly than did the arrows of Vulcan bind Prometheus to the rock. Not long ago there was an incident in Boston in which a well-dressed black man hailed a taxi and directed the driver to take him to Roxbury, a black district. The white cab driver refused, and when the man insisted she take him or call someone who would, as the law provided, she called her boyfriend, also a cabdriver, on the car radio, who showed up, dragged the black man out of the cab and called him a "nigger." The black man turned out to be a city councilman. The case was unusual only in that it made the papers. Either America is a very democratic country, where cab drivers beat up city councilmen with impunity, or the privileges of whiteness reach far down into the ranks of the laboring class.\n\nWe are anti-white, but we are not in general against the people who are called white. Those for whom the distinction is too subtle are advised to read the speeches of Malcolm X. No one ever spoke more harshly and crit
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I have to agree to the responders by saying that you need to consider what each universitiy's strength and weaknesses is.\n\nSuggestion: If you would like to take Ethnic Studies (such as Raza, African American, Asian American), the best place is San Francisco State University that offers the College of Ethnic Studies, the only such College in the nation.
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HBCU = Historically Black Colleges and Universities\n\nThe Higher Education Act of 1965 defines an HBCU as any historically black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of black Americans...\n\nThe United Negro College Fund and NAFEO can provide additional information about HBCUs.  Many Land-Grant institutions founded in 1890 are HBCUs as well.
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WEB Dubois used his analysis of the economic and social inequalities of blacks in many areas to argue against the accomidationist lectures of BT Washington.  This set a 50 year debate about the best way to advance the cause of black people- while Washington advocated ignoring social and political equality and liberal education for economic advancement and industrial education, WEB Dubois advocated the intellectual rise of blacks and resulting social equality, reasoning that the self-respect and respect of the rest of society would further equality more rapidly.  He feared that the long-term consequences of Washington's philopophy would result in blacks becoming an physical labor underclass...better off economically but trapped by a lack of any blacks with higher education and social status.  The entire story and analysis of the conflict between these absolutely brilliant thinkers in the early 1900's is fascinating and is incredibly relevant in the modern world-I would recommend study of this to anyone who wants to understand not just the plight of African-Americans, but the social philosophy underlying the advancement of women, Jews, and immigrants, and how each group chose different paths.
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When you aren't really white as you put it, you are more insecure and want to highlight your whiteness by downplaying anyone "less" white than you.  That goes for a lot of cultures that are not northern european yet still not african.  They try to distance themselves from black.  After all, who wants the plight of the African-American.  Also, "Traditional" implies less wordly, less educated, so you'd tend to be more racist.  Racism and ignorance are correlated.
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Are you asking about fields of study, also known as academic programs or majors? If so, then the correct terms are "public relations" and "human relations." So to answer this question, the study of human relations is the same as psychology.
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AA=Associate of Arts=humanities, arts subjects.\nAS=Associate of Science
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A friend of mine is currently pursuing his doctorate in U.S. history here at the University of Wisconsin - his dissertation's on African-American athletes in the 19th century. It's a fabulous school and has strong grad programs. You should check it out.