Blog 1

African American Studies is a relevant class to my undergraduate study because of my major. My major is American Studies, which is an indterdisciplinary study including History, English, Literature, Philosophy and probably some other things as well. What this means is that as an American Studies scholar, one looks at events and how they happened, why they happened, how it affected the future and how we can learn from it. It's a study that's grown over time to recognize African American and Women studies. Having grown from a very elitist WASP scholarly group, it's important to understand as much about American society as possible which includes all races of people here.

We are a salad bowl of a country, so it's important when studying America to understand every piece of the salad in order to understand the synergistic relationships each group has with every other group to create the diverse country we have now.