ENGL 281 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Light Skin, Institutional Racism, Intertextuality
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Black gathering where they discussed "the negro problem:" --> all the different ethnic groups by africa are all considered one, flattening them to make it visually easier to identify people if they are all considered under one simple category of colored. Light skin, colored eyes, straight hair= white: and yet these categories can still be attributed to a person of color. -> we still have these ideologies of race because of the notions of race as being a function of phenotype, or physical traits. The systems of privilege are based off of physical traits. Constitution actually never dealing with systematic discrimination among races or sexes. In 1845, jonathan walker helps 2 slaves escape from florida in a boat where they are caught, he is sent to jail and the: he is branded on the hand as a slave stealer (ss).
