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melissa basso

Brief history of racism - 0 views

libcom.org/...a-very-brief-history-of-racism

#race #slavery #humanrights

shared by melissa basso on 06 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • melissa basso on 06 Sep 13
     
    Another very informative website that goes into much more detail and provides analytic insight into the ideas of race from 800bc through today. The most interesting find in this work is that during roman times, racism did not exist. According to the site "slaves were both black and white". It wasn't until the end of the 16th century that the slave trade began using only African-Americans as slaves. Because religion frowned upon the type of abuse and humiliation that the slaves were enduring, governments had to state to society that they were an "inferior race", thus racism began. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat because she knew that races should not be divided, that the segregation that began as a way to separate people based on their skin pigment was unjust. The photo is directly related to the history of racism.
Drew Yost

Sharecropping | Themes | Slavery by Another Name | PBS - 1 views

www.pbs.org/...sharecropping

#class #sharecropping #slavery

shared by Drew Yost on 04 Oct 13 - No Cached
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      Drew Yost on 04 Oct 13
       
      Because Allie May Burroughs was a sharecropper's wife, I thought this website would be a good connective tissue between our two units.  The film "Slavery by Another Name" discusses sharecropping and how it replaced slavery but in turn forced people into another poor quality of life.  This gives us some background information on the type of life that was experienced by Evans' subject.
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