African American History No Longer Recognized As

[Shombay]

AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY NO LONGER RECOGNIZED AS
“LEGITIMATE” by COMMUNITY COLLEGES in the STATE of NEW
JERSEY

In a startling move, the Community College Academic
Officer’s Association (CCAOA) of New Jersey excluded
African American History from the New Jersey Community
College General Education curriculum. The murder of
African American History within the academic
curriculum directly contradicts the State’s recent
apology for slavery. The Association’s reasoning that
African American history is about a “subset” of people
creates even more dissonance with the supposed
apology.

African American history was the only history
excluded. The Association accepted Latin American
History, Asian Civilization, American History, World
Civilization and Survey of African History with the
explanation that these courses are more “global” in
nature. The use of the term “subset” to describe
African Americans is reminiscent of the historical 3/5
of a person designation for southern slaves.

The restructure comes as an outgrowth of the new
Lippett transfer legislation. The Lippet Legislation
will require all four year colleges to accept all of
the General Education courses a student completes when
they graduate from a New Jersey Community College with
an Associates degree. The omission of African
American History from the General Education category
reduces the likelihood that students will be exposed
to this important part of American history.
Importantly, this categorization invalidates the
important history and critical contribution of 14% of
the population of New Jersey that is African American
and the overall move towards a global economy.

The CCAOA also removed all African American and
Women's literature courses from the General Education
curriculum. This move to eliminate these courses is
very far reaching. It affects all community colleges
and their students through out the entire State of New
Jersey. Ironically, the State passed the Amistad
Legislation in 2002 which mandates the incorporation
of African American history into the teaching of
American history in all primary and secondary schools
through out the state.

The Newark Branch of the NAACP, New Black Panther
Party – Newark Chapter, the African Commission of the
City of Newark, and the Coalition of Concerned
Educators of New Jersey (CCENJ) are diametrically
opposed to this action. Educators are in the process
of appealing this inexplicably narrow minded decision.
For more information contact
murderofafricanamericanhistory@gmail.com.

[BlkSpartacus]

Getting rid of our history as Afrikans is getting rid of the history of civilization in a whole.