American Studies 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: African-American Culture, Malapropism, Tyrant

• School: Western University
• Department: American Studies
• Course: American Studies 1020
• Professor: Tom Cull

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American studies lecture 5 oct 19 2015. The meaning of slavery to america is summed up in two words, original sin. It happens at the very origin and will forever change the course of and psyche of the nation. Woven into the fabric of american history and culture. Obama is the personification of america striving to make a more perfect union. This original sin is a corruption of those original ideas the nation was supposed to be founded on. Slavery played a large role in the fundamental institutions of the us which include, the bank of america and ivy league schools. Southern businessmen would invest their slaves in the banks. The threat of physical pain was used systematically in order to increase production. America is in a new phase of confronting slavery. A big movement that demonstrates against unfair incarcerations against black people as well as police brutality.