HUMAN 1C Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Voyeurism, Ethnography
26 Apr 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Jessica Mangold
HumCore
Dr. Connell
Week 4 Seminar 2
4/26/18
Lecture Review
- What prompted OSFW’s?
- US did not have a large enough labor force
- needed more to perform hard labor
- ex. “stoop labor” -> farm work
- labor that white laborers did not want to do
- paid Filipinos less for same type of labor
- would work for less
*white Americans felt that they were competing w/Filipino workers
- wanted to be paid more for the same type of work
- Filipino workers exploited
- economic inequality became part of social structure that created race-based
problems
- many Filipino workers are seamen, nannies, nurses, child caretakers, house
cleaners, etc. -> care work
- American institutions that needed more laborers -> brought in Filipinos
since not enough white laborers
- considered respectable form of labor in Filipino culture
- valued working to care for others
- needed to fill labor voids in American care system
Minstrelsy and Figurations of the “Black” Filipino
- Opening
- many Americans during time period were illiterate
- ethnography becomes more effective for those who cannot read
- makes information more accessible
- becomes lens through which everyone understands a group of people
- put in news publications + seeps into advertising
- Concept of Minstrels
- minstrel (def): a member of band of entertainers with blacked faces, performing
songs + music associated with the black communities of the southern US
- US history: white people would darken their faces in order to put on shows
- many Jewish participated in minstrel shows
- wanted to be accepted by white culture
- middle class could afford to go to the minstrel shows
- usually was variety of acts -> singing, dancing, acting
- heavily racialized w/lots of stereotypes
- ex. picnic with fried chicken
- reinforced racial stereotypes
- white appropriation of black entertainment
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Document Summary
Wanted to be paid more for the same type of work. Paid filipinos less for same type of labor. *white americans felt that they were competing w/filipino workers. Us did not have a large enough labor force. Labor that white laborers did not want to do. Economic inequality became part of social structure that created race-based problems. Many filipino workers are seamen, nannies, nurses, child caretakers, house cleaners, etc. American institutions that needed more laborers -> brought in filipinos since not enough white laborers. Considered respectable form of labor in filipino culture. Needed to fill labor voids in american care system. Many americans during time period were illiterate. Ethnography becomes more effective for those who cannot read. Becomes lens through which everyone understands a group of people. Put in news publications + seeps into advertising. Wanted to be accepted by white culture.
