POL SCI 51A Lecture 1: Memo Gordon wk1
Document Summary
Lewis gordon is trying to inform readers about racial superiority mainly between whites and blacks and the theory of mixed-race. He begins his work by first providing a quote from. Part of the quote reads, it is not safe for black blood to circulate in our veins. " . He includes details from pico della mirandola"s oration on the dignity of man to elaborate the hatred races and racism. Often times, racism is used to show superior to others. Gordon provides an example of the idea with hilter"s autobiography, mein kampf. In mein kampf, the superior group has the ability to control the inferior one because the superior group is boundless compared to the inferior one. Usually, blacks are excluded from other races except from their own. For instance, there are more mixed-race with whites than blacks, which shows an increase of more whiteness.
