Just when you thought you could finally get away from pictures of my ancestors, up pops another one. But this one is also relevant to our discussions for the next 2 classes after exam 2. This is my 3rd great grandfather, Ephraim M Black, born 24 Jan 1833 in Bedford County, Tennessee and died 05 Oct 1917 in Aztec, San Juan, New Mexico. In the census records he is shown as a farmer, a stone mason, and a miner, but he was also a slave runner. It is said that my great grandmother was embarrassed by this fact and didn't like to discuss it. In the era that she grew up in, it was becoming increasingly unpopular to treat blacks as inferior, and she felt that it was inhumane. But Ephraim was raised in the deep South in a different era when his family and neighbors considered it normal and expected. To have thought otherwise would likely have been criticized by his family and friends and possibly even been dangerous for him to be considered a sympathizer to the plight of blacks prior to and during the Civil War era. I'm not excusing Ephraim; I'm just using my Sociological Imagination to understand his culture.
During the next race/ethnicity chapter we'll look at historical and modern ways that minorities have interacted.
Review the following links IN THEIR ENTIRETY over the 2 weeks that we study this chapter.
YouTube: Jena 6
"A Class Divided"(the 58 minute video, not the trailer)
Keep in mind that in the "experiment" below, subjects were 2-3 years older than in the original experiments. Younger children are more likely to feel differently.
Video: Black Children Prefer White Dolls
Two Friends: ABC News video: 20/20 True Colors
Matchmakers: Babies Buying Babies (audio only) DON'T MISS THIS ONE
Also do your compensation homework. It's not about right or wrong or whether compensation should be awarded, it's just an exercise in finding out if there ARE differences and how much they might amount to over the course of a lifetime.
Christa
Here are some additional videos from the ABC News series "What Would You Do?" Let me know if any of the links aren't working, or send me links that you found and like for this chapter.
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