SOC 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Jim Crow Laws, Louis Agassiz, Drapetomania

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Race does not exist from a biological perspective: no one characteristic, trait, or gene distinguishes all of the members of a so called race . Race has to be socially and politically constructed and elaborate ideological work is done to secure and maintain the different forms of racialization (john storey) Racialized; norm = whiteness, racialized = race applied to non-white individuals, other . The concept of race and racial classification did not appear until the 16th and 17th centuries during spanish and english colonial expansion. Ideology of race justified european domination and exploitation of colonial lands and peoples. 1620s: indentured servants brought back to north america from europe to work on labour-intensive cash crops (irish, scottish, english) Before 1705, european indentured servants lived and worked side by side with african slaves. 1705; the virginia slave codes became law, making people of african descent the property of slave owners. Blacks and mullatos banned from owning firearms.

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