I wanted to include the following in my 5th Anniversary Class Notes personal statement, but didn't have the space. Here, then, for your viewing pleasure:
"Yeah, but what can you do with a degree in African American Studies?"
Well, whatever the heck I want, as it turns out. Especially when I decide that what I want to do is teach and work in museums. Some people will say that when you yourself are African American, majoring in the topic is really just a deeper study of yourself – and why limit yourself to just that, they say? I appreciate what I learned about my history in that major, but through that field and its related disciplines, doors have opened and opportunities have arisen that have taken me far beyond the narrow scope that people associate with such a degree.
* The image is one I took while visiting an art gallery in NYC several years ago. I don't remember the artist, and have no idea why I didn't take a better photo, but I do know what it says:"A brown girl is always underestimated...but that isn't necessarily a bad thing."
Amen.
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