The book focuses on white American myths because Keim feels they are the most dominant, negative, and in need of change. Keim’s argument is that through the media, magazines, newspapers, and children’s books, stereotypes and inventions about Africa are seared into the minds of Americans.
A People’s History of the United States: Reflection Chapter 3 Persons of Mean and Vile Condition To summarize, Zinn again takes his stand against the upper class by retelling history from the points of view of those put down by society. In this chapter, he covers POVs from slaves, indentured servants, and Indians, and talks about the violence and clashes that went on in the southern colonies. He explains the rebellion and the revolt that occurred as a result of social rest, and talks of the relationship between white settlers and native Indians. Zinn’s take on this chapter can most easily be summed up in this quote: “the poor people wanting to go to America became commodities for profit,” (Zinn 43) and it’s clear the message of the chapter is that there was extreme tension in the working class and in those of even lower status. My reaction to this chapter is one that is mildly surprised.
Nhi Tran Professor Nicholas Cox History 1301 25 November 2014 Persuasive Strategies from Harriet Jacobs Anti-slavery or abolitionism is a movement to end slavery in the nineteenth century. Many abolitionists and writers such as William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and Lydia Maria Child use literature to fight for slaves’ freedom and human equality. Another standout abolitionist is Harriet Jacobs, an African- American writer who escapes from slavery and becomes abolitionist speaker. She contributes to anti-slavery movement in American history with her Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, one of the first autobiographical slave narratives. Under the pseudonym Linda Brent, Jacobs uses her pen to describe her struggle for freedom,
Natasha Villagra Ms. Pasemko ELA 10-1 May 21 2014 Racial Prejudice Expressing the notoriety of racial prejudice and the impact it has on society’s views as seen from social status, racism, and its treatment of coloured people. Harper Lee’s central idea of prejudice in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a theme to be noted and learned from. Stressful as it is the racial prejudice as seen in the novel is society’s critical judging of other people’s choices of clothing, behavior, and attitude towards problems that are part of our daily lives. Explaining the racial prejudice of the novel, the modern world and comparing them to each other are the three sub topics on prejudice. The racial prejudice of the novel demonstrates the treatment of black people and those who associate with them.
This journey takes Rutherford into an enterprising passage of horror and self-discovery. The Middle Passage and The Book of Negroes are two novels written by African-American scholars, as they both clearly depict the social and psychological conflicts that result from the invasion of a self-contained African society by the white man and his culture. Thus, in this paper, I argue that post-colonial theory is a useful tool to analyze the dynamics of colonization, both in Lawrence Hill’s The Book of Negroes and Charles Johnson’s Middle Passage. In particular, I investigate the novels depiction of truth and its betrayal according to the process of colonization from the perspective of the colonizer, the perspective of the colonized and the process of decolonization. The first step to utilize post-colonial criticism is to understand the impact of colonization through the perspectives of the colonizers.
Mary P. O’Malley HIST 365 Prof. Nation June 22, 2008 Essay Exam 3 What was the basis of the pro-slavery defense in the South? In the early to mid-1800’s, white southern leaders began to defend themselves against what they perceived as attacks against their way of life and the “peculiar institution”, which facilitated it. As the abolitionist movement grew, Southern leaders defended slavery citing, Biblical, historical, sociological, political, and economic justifications, which were all ultimately tied to race. The Bible was commonly cited in pro-slavery arguments. In the Old Testament, God’s chosen people, the Israelites, were slaveholders, and it was argued that Africans were descendents of Hamm, whose curse was to live in servitude to his brothers.
In contrast Gardner portrayed Grendel and Beowulf completely different than how Orwell did. We could see a more in-depth complex view of Grendel, the monster himself. The text explains Grendel’s horrible life and includes the explanations to why he does the evil deeds. Gardner shows readers that
Cyril Enagbare Dr. Grubbs History 2110 15 November 2013 The Narrative of Fredrick Douglass The “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave" strived to education concerning the slave's troubles. This powerful account contains Douglass' desire to escape from damaging restrictions, which lead to the writing of his story. In the Narrative, Douglass uses many themes, and representations to teach people on the reality of slavery. The Narrative’s main purpose was to teach humanity of the unnaturalness of slavery and the significances it had on the enslaved and the masters. Douglass’s Narrative really displayed how white slaveholders kept slavery by keeping their slaves ignorant.
Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength.” is used by the Party to control or manipulate its citizens. The Ku Klux Klan stresses the importance of white supremacy while the neo-Nazis live to accomplish Adolf Hitler’s goal of “the Master Race”. Skinheads represent a new streak of racism. They not only strive to achieve a goal of white supremacy, but also Hitler’s goal of, “the Master Race”.
Race, Class, and Gender Patricia Hill Collins' article, entitled, "Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection," takes a different approach to the subject matter that looks at how oppression affects people. Collins looks at the three main dimensions of how oppression affects people within society, with those being, the institutional, the symbolic and the individual. Schools, businesses, hospitals, the workplace and government represent the institutional dimension of oppression. Racism, sexism and elitism all have concrete institutional locations. In her article, Collins uses the issue of slavery as an example.