Sonia Sheryr
CODES 123
Dr. Bradley
30 March 2025
Article Annotation
This article provides insight into the Gullah and Geechee families and how they represent a narrative of Black life in the United States. Also, how collective land ownership brought the power of opportunities for culture and traditions. To figure out how this work played a factor in the sustainability of Gullah and Geechee culture, interviews were conducted between several nonprofit advocates, social workers, local families, and regional research centers. In 2007, interviews were conducted with nine individuals, and the research method that the author chose was called snowball sampling. Each individual represented families, reflecting various situations and actions being taken to address the problem and maintain control of their land.
The history of past generations and their property describes how Black communities made their own ways and compromises for the better when they were excluded for the future of their own generations. This research article is credible, and the author’s research is associated with St. Olaf College. This research article also includes ethnographic research, a method that focuses on qualitative research. Ethnographic research focuses on the systematic study of people in their natural environment to better evaluate their culture, viewpoints, and perspectives. This research article provides various amounts of information to educate and inform. There could be a bias in this research article due to the interviews possibly being viewed as being focused on the thesis statement regarding cultural outlook.
I found this research article to be very informative, and I gained a lot of information I did not know previously. I learned how crucial it was to understand how land becomes a representation of a family’s health, how to reflect on the success and failure of heirs’ property, and how to pass it down to future generations.