1st Blogging Entry: Self-Assessment

I have taken Black Studies 169br with professor Daniels, 102, 103, and currently Black studies 1 with lecturer Otis Madison, 118 and 4 with professor Johnson, 5 and 7 with professor McAuley, 136 with professor Banks, 153 with professor Stewart and currently taking 125 with Strongman.  My first class in the department was Afro-Amerikkkan history with professor Daniels and since then the readings, dialogue and lectures that i have been a part of in majoring in Black studies have helped me become more aware and better informed on the condition and struggle that Black people face in Amerikkka on both a historical and contemporary level.  Coming into UCSB as a transfer student I knew very little about Black history, but my knowledge has evolved into a better one and all credit is due to the professors, most particularly Gaye Theresa Johnson and Otis Madison.  These two individuals have given me the vocabulary and material necessary to understand and better articulate capitalism and racism on a level that i couldn't even begin to understand as a transfer student.  Having been aided with classes on Black Feminism, the Caribbean, and Black music my two years on this campus has become in fluxed with the rich knowledge and history that African-American and Black people have contributed to the world and Amerikkka.