top 10 rEAsons ForAFriCAnAmEriCAn stuDEnts to goABroAD
BEForE going ABroAD, i wAs An ArmChAir trAvElEr. i sAt At my DEsk sEmEstEr AFtEr sEmEstEr Doing my joB As An intErnAtionAl stuDEnt ADvisEr. i wAs FAsCinAtED By All thE stuDEnts i mEt, But i wAs most imprEssED with thE CommitmEnt oF thE jAmAiCAn tEAChErs. For thE First timE in thEir livEs thEy wErE A minority in AnothEr Country. yEt thEy nEvEr stoppED pursuing thEir EDuCAtionAl goAls.AgAinst thE oDDs, yEAr AFtEr yEAr, thEy CAmE AnD wEnt, EACh with thAt prizED possEssion: A BAChElor’s or mAstEr’s DEgrEE in EDuCAtion.
i wonDErED whAt EnABlED thEm to BE so ConFiDEnt in thEir ABility to suCCEED in thE u.s. ovEr thE yEArs, it BECAmE AppArEnt to mE thAt no onE hAD tolD thEm thAt thEy CoulD not BE suCCEssFul. stuDy ABroAD wAs thE ultimAtE mEAns to AChiEvE thE BEst possiBlE EDuCAtion.
thE stuDEnts i ADvisED BECAmE my rolE moDEls. thEy ArE Also thE moDEl i put BEForE AllAFriCAnAmEriCAn stuDEnts.
At thE urging oF minority ADvoCACy (主张，提倡) groups, likEBlACk AnD multiCulturAl proFEssionAls in intErnAtionAlEDuCAtionB/mCpiE、,BlACk proFEssionAls in intErnAtionAlAFFAirsBpiA、, AnD thE unitED nEgroCollEgE FunD, mAny stuDEnt ExChAngE orgAnizAtions hAvE EstABlishED sCholArships AnD spECiAl projECts to promotE DivErsity in stuDy ABroA
D、DEAling with thE myths
sinCEAFriCAnAmEriCAn stuDEnts Form thE lArgEst EthniC group in u. s. highEr EDuCAtion, it is importAnt to unDErstAnD thE myths AssoCiAtED with stuDy ABroAD thAt hAvE limitED thEir pArtiCipAtion in stuDEnt ExChAngE progrAms AnD rEplACE thEm with positivE rEAsons to go ABroA
D、thE prEsEnt gEnErAtion oFAFriCAnAmEriCAn stuDEnts will hAvE to work through thEsE myths AnD ovErComE rACiAl prEjuDiCE in orDEr to AChiEvE thEir EDuCAtionAl oBjECtivEs ABroA
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thE numBEr onE myth is thAt thE EDuCAtion ABroAD ExpEriEnCE is not ForBlACk stuDEnts, EspECiAlly in thE trADitionAlEuropEAn stuDy sitEs. thE Assumption is thAtEuropEAn rACism is so ovErwhElming thAtBlACk stuDEnts woulD BE BEttEr oFF rEmAining in thEir own Country, whErE thEy unDErstAnD thE politiCs oF rACism AnD CAn mAkE thE nECEssAry ADjustmEnts.BlACk stuDEnts who trAvEl ABroAD ArE in FACt shoCkED whEn thEy ArE trEAtED AsAmEriCAns First AnD As intElligEnt stuDEnts who hAvE EArnED thE right to BE stuDying in thE host Country.AFriCAnAmEriCAn stuDEnts shoulD not FEAr trAvEling ABroAD BECAusE oF rACism.
in my own trAvEls throughEuropE, i hAvE FounD thEAFriCAn Community in EvEry mAjor City. i wAs DElightED to FinD thAt othErs hAvE AlrEADy pAvED thE wAy ForAFriCAnAmEriCAns to Follow. wE CAn lEArn muCh From thEAFriCAn AnDCAriBBEAn CommunitiEs in lonDon, pAris,AmstErDAm, AnD BEyon
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now is thE timE to go: with thE intErnAtionAlizAtion oF thEAmEriCAn EConomy, it is impErAtivE thAtAFriCAnAmEriCAn stuDEnts ACquirE morE knowlEDgE oF AnD sEnsitivity to gloBAl issuEs. this knowlEDgE AnD ExpEriEnCE will EnABlE thEm to pArtiCipAtE Fully in A FuturE workForCE thAt will BE EthniCAlly AnD CulturAlly DivErsE.
my ChAllEngE to EvEryAFriCAnAmEriCAn stuDEnt pursuing A DEgrEE is to BEgin immEDiAtEly to ChArt A nEw CoursE For thE FuturE. visit your stuDy ABroAD ADvisEr For guiDAnCE.Do it now. it rEAlly DoEsn’t mAttEr whErE you go. whAt mAttErs is thAt you go. go with thE knowlEDgE thAt somEonE likE you hAs BEEn thErE BEForE. in FACt, ChECk thE trAvEl itinErAry oF your FAvoritE Artists: you might just sEE thEm in ConCErt whilE you ArE ABroA
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top l0 rEAsons to stuDyABroAD
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