REL 399 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, African-American Culture, Black Panther
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A slave of slaves, a slave to his brothers! Blessed be god, the god of shem, but canaan shall be his slave. God prosper japheth but canaan shall be his slave (genesis 9:25-27). Canaan: his dad is noah, noah cursed him. Out of this text a lot has been said; what has been said has a racial connotation. Canaan= black sheep, the black one of the family, he is going to be the slave of others, mean- ing that the black one. =the blacks are the slave of the slaves. Canaan= bad place, until god tells them to go and get this land and conquer it. Cursed and should be the slaves of others; even the slaves of slaves. Used by christian slave owners to justify the slavery of black peoples. Because uncovered fathers nakedness (used to justify the state of blacks in slavery); biblical. In religious studies= developed within christianity, but used outside of it now.