01:014:203 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Political Correctness, Stanley Elkins, Morehouse College
11 Oct 2016
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Black experience quiz 1: cheat sheet (lecture notes) Time, racial identity-black, racial framework, slavery in the u. s. Black presence in the americas (invisible vs. visible) **did not actually organize montgomery bus boycott (lasted 1 year) Dexter avenue baptist church (to become a reverend) wanted to be president of morehouse college. History is used to justify owns position & marginalize the accomplishment of others. Hypothesis: black presence in america in pre-columbian america, linguistic evidence-leo weiner, Cultural/religious similarities, architectural evidence, botanical evidence, account of european explorers o. Not by date, but by interpretation of history (***origins and beginnings***) We tend to think we know what race is, but we don"t. Phenotype, skin color (ran into problems, ex) south indian, dravidians. ***on what basis does ivan van setrima come to conclusion that there was blacks in. America before columbus*** there is a scientific structure (genes) to classify people o o. In political world, these genetics have no meaning in a way.
