Social Class
What are the benefits of travel for Afropolitans?
It allows for experiencing different cultures or economic success
What is compulsory heterosexuality?
the social system that normalizes heterosexuality and enforces binary gender roles in Ghanaian society
What region in Ghana is racialized as “muslim?"
The North
Drawn from sociologist Gillian Creese's work, Adjepong argues that this aspect of racialization can be used to mark someone as inferior
accents
What term was used to describe David’s attitude towards his experiences moving through different environments?
Mr. Worldwide
What is the conflict between self-protection and invisibility surrounding the LGBTQ community in Ghana?
This tension describes how LGBTQ individuals in Ghana may privately support queer identities while publicly distancing themselves for safety.
What is one example that was mentioned of how Christianity is embedded into the fabric of American society?
Our money says, “In God We Trust,” OR children recite the Pledge of allegiance in school and say “one nation under God,” OR presidents usually swear the oath of office with a Bible.
What phrase is used to describe the middle class in Ghana that typically went abroad for higher education and then returned to Ghana?
Ahaspora
How does education allow for socioeconomic success, and more specifically, what HBCU institutions, referenced in Chapter 1, facilitate this?
It helped foster a higher socioeconomic status and cultivate a sense of community with Ghanaians as well as other Africans
Texas A&M and Texas State University
What is akwei yoo?
This term refers to gender-expansive men in Ghanaian society who historically held visible and socially integrated roles
What does Christianity provide to Ghanaian Americans in Houston, Texas?
cultural citizenship/national belonging OR access to modernity OR justification for discriminatory practices
What is Fela Kuti's concept describing the unconscious belief in the superiority of whiteness, which Adjepong connects to how traits like formally spoken English become associated with being superior.
colo-mentality