HISTORY N100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bachelor Party, Sean Bell Shooting Incident, White Pride
18 Aug 2016
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Resistance accomplished: more costly slave trade (buy more crew members and materials to control slaves, decreased number of africans entering the trade, discouraged europeans from buying some enslaved africans (some areas more rebellious than others) Calling attention to idea that every black man is a perpetrator. Political controversy; song banned from radio; nwa targeted by fbi; became a rallying cry for those rising up against government. Frustration and fantasy of nwa provoked fear in others. Police abusing power and hiding behind badges (similar to patrollers emboldened because backed by the power and authority of the state) Denied right to testify (fugitive slave act denied fugitive slaves jury trials/ability to testify on their own behalf) By the 1700s most people of african descent had few if any political rights: denied right to vote, could not bring suit against someone in court, could not testify (against whites) in court.
