<p>Long post
@nms230</p>
<p>I’m sorry for being so annoying lol…take my words with only a grain of salt because you know what is best for you at the end of the day. If you are certain that you are interested in African American Studies, than I would definitely suggest that you take some classes in it, maybe even minor in it. Honestly this major probably would hurt you in the job process, but I can see why you would want to study it. It is an area that isn’t thoroughly discussed. Depending on the high school one goes to some people probably think African American Studies is slavery and MLK. I personally believe that we need more scholars in the field if we ever plan to progress as a community. But then again you have to decide which path is best for you…If you want to be a scholar or an activist then maybe you should major or minor in African American studies…if you want to do info tech than it may be sort of a stretch to do anything but minor in African American studies …</p>
<p>@aglages</p>
<p>I really don’t understand you. Do you just check this board periodically for instances in which you can make a condescending remark? By the way, last time I checked whites do not have to take White American History because a plain ol’ history degree basically fulfills that. White American history is the construct and default of the history and American history majors. When whites want to study their history they can do it under the guises of the aforementioned and Russian studies, Slavic Studies, German studies, French studies, and Italian studies majors. Believe it or not Africa is not a country and the study of particular ethnic groups within Asia, Africa and Latin America is a rarity. I know plenty of whites who were history majors, art history majors and even some East Asian lit majors and have become very successful, even though, quite honestly, they studied an area that was replayed over and over again in high school and elementary school. The snarky example you gave is illegitimate because it completely ignores the context of the world we live in and the reality of history curriculums being taught in colleges that rarely have more than 10% minority population w/in their faculties. If you are here to sputter your opinions (w/some falsities) and not really help this person or these people on this forum, why are you here?</p>