Miseducation of African Americans

Dr. Gbadegesin’s lecture stated that we as African Americans must increase our academic knowledge by advancing and transforming orthodoxy. We can advance our orthodoxy by researching. We must research our past, the real past. We must find out our African roots all the way back to classical Africa and confirm that they are accurate. Once we correctly see where we came from we can move on and grow from that because we have the right foundation. Dr. Carr emphasized the importance to find out our true African roots so we can reach and strive for intellectual freedom. When obtaining intellectual freedom, one must not keep the knowledge to him or herself. They should be inclined to share it with the community. Omo Olu Iwa Bi is a well rounded person that earns respect and educates “to the service of the community.” Education is a cycle. Those that get educated pass on their education to the next generation and so on. However, a good portion of African Americans have not been educated with the proper education. Therefore, the current cycle of education must be broken and started over because we have not been taught the proper information. Dr. Carr and Dr. Gbadegesin stressed the importance to research our roots so we can start the correct cycle of education. Attending Howard University will allow me to begin working on intellectual freedom because I was not aware of some of the mis-education I have been presented in my life.