Takaki’s thesis in chapter 3 is that because of slavery society has changed their views and opinions about diversity, making it the multicultural America we now know. Takaki mentions that the slaves were monster like, and how they compared to apes. He mentions that the Indians were able to escape the enslavement by the whites, and were also able to fight back against the whites. This deterred the English from exploiting them as slaves (52). Even though the Africans were continually being shipped over to Virginia, they were still a minority, and counted for very little of the population. He explains that in the early 17th century, most of the “workers” were white, to be exact about 75% of them were white. They were the “out casts” of society coming from England, Ireland, and Germany. These “out casts” consisted of whores, a bonds, and cheats (54). However, all of these people were forced to come to America; they were kidnapped of some sorts. Takaki mentioned that with time, it became sin like to associate with the black slaves, and that if a white servant was caught associating with a black slave, they would be lashed out. He states “Africans, unlike whites, were being degraded into a condition of servitude for life and even the status of property.” (57) Takaki thought that Africans would eventually threaten the “purity” of white people, and that eventually a war of races would happen.
Did racism already exist? Or did the English who decided to establish the American land socially create it? Takaki seems to think that because the whites thought they were of a higher power, they created tension. Because the white population already saw the blacks as “monsters” thus giving them a negative image of them, they ended up with less rights and privileges (the blacks). Eventually the laws of slavery were established and the tension between the whites and the blacks grew stronger. It was evident that nothing positive could come from this situation, only with time would the gap begin to shrink.
I thought this chapter was moving, I was never really taught the different aspects of slavery in school, and was almost intrigued by how unbelievably ridiculous the whole thing even was. On the other hand, I am a white female growing up in a mainly white town my entire life, I never dealt with segregation or difficulties that came with having those situations. It made me feel a bit guilty when reading this, because of the fact that I was so naive to the concept of slavery. I was really uneducated, thus not really paying attention to the negative consequences we currently face as a society and as a country. This chapter opened up my eyes to a different side of the word “racism” and “slavery”.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Takaki chp 3
Ricky Woodie
Ethics
Chp 3
September 25, 2007
Chapter 3
In chapter 3 of Takaki, his thesis is that the arrival of servants here in America in the early 1600s, is what brought about slavery and ultimately racism towards blacks. It starts out talking about how the blacks were viewed as vile to the English and how they got their skin color from the devil. The Africans were compared to apes and were considered savages. In the begging it says how Africans and whites came here together as servants. Both would receive similar punishments and both would run away together. Since they were integrated owners separated them more and more and made it illegal for them to fornicate. They began to be separated more and more and blacks started to be treated harsher than whites. Blacks began to be come slaves in the 1660s when they were begging to become servants for life. Once they became servants for life, owners began to turn away from white servants and got more black ones because it was more profitable to have them for life. So that blacks would not over throw the government, every white man was required to bear arms. At the end of the 17th century nearly half the work force was African American. In 1680 slaves were denied any freedom. Blacks were demoted to a lower class then any white worker and all were considered slaves. It then finishes by mentioning that Jefferson too was a slave owner and after awhile began to feel guilty and tried to get slavery abolished. He said once that happened we would have to ship slaves back because blacks and whites could not get along. He claimed that blacks were not as intelligent as whites and were an inferior race. He thought that’s blacks would threaten the purity of whites and that a race war would eventually happen.
The question here is did the servants here start racism in America? The answer Takaki claims is yes. He shows how English already looked down on blacks and once here they were given less rights then white servants and ultimately became the only servants once they were forced to work for like. He gives examples of the laws that were passed that developed slavery and showed how the gap betweens whites and blacks grew over time.
In my opinion slavery was definitely one of the causes for racism. It put us in a huge of that we still are trying to did out of. Slavery brought upon white privilege and it is a key factor to why there is still racism today even where all people are now considered equal with the same rights.
Ethics
Chp 3
September 25, 2007
Chapter 3
In chapter 3 of Takaki, his thesis is that the arrival of servants here in America in the early 1600s, is what brought about slavery and ultimately racism towards blacks. It starts out talking about how the blacks were viewed as vile to the English and how they got their skin color from the devil. The Africans were compared to apes and were considered savages. In the begging it says how Africans and whites came here together as servants. Both would receive similar punishments and both would run away together. Since they were integrated owners separated them more and more and made it illegal for them to fornicate. They began to be separated more and more and blacks started to be treated harsher than whites. Blacks began to be come slaves in the 1660s when they were begging to become servants for life. Once they became servants for life, owners began to turn away from white servants and got more black ones because it was more profitable to have them for life. So that blacks would not over throw the government, every white man was required to bear arms. At the end of the 17th century nearly half the work force was African American. In 1680 slaves were denied any freedom. Blacks were demoted to a lower class then any white worker and all were considered slaves. It then finishes by mentioning that Jefferson too was a slave owner and after awhile began to feel guilty and tried to get slavery abolished. He said once that happened we would have to ship slaves back because blacks and whites could not get along. He claimed that blacks were not as intelligent as whites and were an inferior race. He thought that’s blacks would threaten the purity of whites and that a race war would eventually happen.
The question here is did the servants here start racism in America? The answer Takaki claims is yes. He shows how English already looked down on blacks and once here they were given less rights then white servants and ultimately became the only servants once they were forced to work for like. He gives examples of the laws that were passed that developed slavery and showed how the gap betweens whites and blacks grew over time.
In my opinion slavery was definitely one of the causes for racism. It put us in a huge of that we still are trying to did out of. Slavery brought upon white privilege and it is a key factor to why there is still racism today even where all people are now considered equal with the same rights.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
pdd cht 3
Ricky Woodie
Ethics
Chapter 3
12 september
Blog post
The thesis of this article is that economics and capitalism seemed to bring about racism in the United States. This article talks about how capitalism and how capitalists make the most profit with the cheapest labor. Then it goes on to talk about how the United States used slavery for cheap labor on cotton and tobbaco. It then mentions how the Civil war was caused because slavery was unfair for competition. It mentions how the United States used chinese to build rail road. It talks about how rasicm was used to make employees work harder. Low class whites fell no longer superior to blacks when slaves got their freedom. This brought about the KKK. Employeers would tell white workers they would higher blacks for less if they didn’t work harder. It mentions affirmative action and talks about privilages. It finishes by saying we won’t get rid of racism since we have sexism and classism.
The questioin here is was racism started in the United States because of slavery? The author seems to be saying that slavery started racism through economics here in the U.S. He supports this by saying how the slaves were brought here to increase profits. Once made free, slaves would still work for low wages and this was posed a threat to low class white workers. The author through the middle of the reading seemed to go off topic, when goin into depth about explaining what capitalism is. It is important to explain capitalism but not as much as he did.
In my opinion I do think slavery brought over racism in the United states towards blacks. I feel we were already racist towards the Native Americans. Slavery I feel put African Americans at a disadvantage once free because they were not well educated and developed slower here in the United States. This being from the lack of education from slavery, as well as not having as much privlages as whites after slavery.
Ethics
Chapter 3
12 september
Blog post
The thesis of this article is that economics and capitalism seemed to bring about racism in the United States. This article talks about how capitalism and how capitalists make the most profit with the cheapest labor. Then it goes on to talk about how the United States used slavery for cheap labor on cotton and tobbaco. It then mentions how the Civil war was caused because slavery was unfair for competition. It mentions how the United States used chinese to build rail road. It talks about how rasicm was used to make employees work harder. Low class whites fell no longer superior to blacks when slaves got their freedom. This brought about the KKK. Employeers would tell white workers they would higher blacks for less if they didn’t work harder. It mentions affirmative action and talks about privilages. It finishes by saying we won’t get rid of racism since we have sexism and classism.
The questioin here is was racism started in the United States because of slavery? The author seems to be saying that slavery started racism through economics here in the U.S. He supports this by saying how the slaves were brought here to increase profits. Once made free, slaves would still work for low wages and this was posed a threat to low class white workers. The author through the middle of the reading seemed to go off topic, when goin into depth about explaining what capitalism is. It is important to explain capitalism but not as much as he did.
In my opinion I do think slavery brought over racism in the United states towards blacks. I feel we were already racist towards the Native Americans. Slavery I feel put African Americans at a disadvantage once free because they were not well educated and developed slower here in the United States. This being from the lack of education from slavery, as well as not having as much privlages as whites after slavery.
Monday, September 10, 2007
PDD chpter 2
Ricky Woodie
Ethnics 101
Chaper 2
10 September 10, 2007
blog
IN the reading Power Privilege and difference chapter 2, the author’s thesis is fear or difference is not inherited, but people fear others because it is what we learned. He is saying that we all are the same, but people make up race in there cultures.
In this chapter the author talks about how we fear other races because it is what we were taught. He mentions how as children, without the knowledge of race, we do not fear any one for their, race, sex, disabled, or gay or straight. But as we slowly grow up and learn about race we start to view others differently. In chapter two the author says, “the world encourages people to use difference to include or exclude, reward or punish, credit, or discredit, elevate, or oppress, value or devalue, leave alone or harass”. He is saying how race is determined by culture, tells us how we should treat others. He also says how race has changed over time and an example of this would be how Irish were once white but now are in there own class. He then finishes by talking about privileges. At one point he says how If your white you are arrested less then blacks. He says that whites make up more than 85 percents of drug users, but only less than half of those arrested for drug use are white.
The question that I got from this chapter is that of is race really real? And I think the authors gives good reasons for why is not but culture and what we have been taught make it that way. He does a good job of using facts to support this. The best example was how when we are babies we do not see race until we are taught it. He also shows how we give people privileges based on race.
In my opinion, I agree with the author. I don’t think that anyone is different, but that we will believe we are and view and judge other people because we are taught that way. People will trust some people over others based on race. People we baby disabled people because they have been taught that way. I think that because of are history we will always base each other off of race.
Ethnics 101
Chaper 2
10 September 10, 2007
blog
IN the reading Power Privilege and difference chapter 2, the author’s thesis is fear or difference is not inherited, but people fear others because it is what we learned. He is saying that we all are the same, but people make up race in there cultures.
In this chapter the author talks about how we fear other races because it is what we were taught. He mentions how as children, without the knowledge of race, we do not fear any one for their, race, sex, disabled, or gay or straight. But as we slowly grow up and learn about race we start to view others differently. In chapter two the author says, “the world encourages people to use difference to include or exclude, reward or punish, credit, or discredit, elevate, or oppress, value or devalue, leave alone or harass”. He is saying how race is determined by culture, tells us how we should treat others. He also says how race has changed over time and an example of this would be how Irish were once white but now are in there own class. He then finishes by talking about privileges. At one point he says how If your white you are arrested less then blacks. He says that whites make up more than 85 percents of drug users, but only less than half of those arrested for drug use are white.
The question that I got from this chapter is that of is race really real? And I think the authors gives good reasons for why is not but culture and what we have been taught make it that way. He does a good job of using facts to support this. The best example was how when we are babies we do not see race until we are taught it. He also shows how we give people privileges based on race.
In my opinion, I agree with the author. I don’t think that anyone is different, but that we will believe we are and view and judge other people because we are taught that way. People will trust some people over others based on race. People we baby disabled people because they have been taught that way. I think that because of are history we will always base each other off of race.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
race video post
Ricky woodie
Ethics 101
Video blog
4 September 2007
blog
In this video the author’s thesis is that because of racism in the past, whites and other races remain segregated today. The video first focuses on American citizenship, stating that you are not considered a citizen of the United States unless you were white ( white skin, hair color, stature, religion etc.). They developed scientific theories to justify who was white. An Asian man Ozawa tried to fight for his citizenship by stating that he was American because he raised himself and his family like whites. And another man had scientific proof, proving he was white. Both were denied because the gov’t stated that whiteness is what the common white person says it is. In white peoples eyes Jewish people were not white until compared to African Americans. The second part of the movie dealt with housing. After World War II many soldiers came back looking for homes to raise their family. These soldiers were both white and black. The government developed suburbs that were cheaper and were places for soldiers to live. The government decided that they didn’t want minorities moving in because it wouldn’t work socially and economically. The minorities were put into “vertical ghettos” (developments in cities) which conditions were not as good as in the suburbs. In 1968 LBJ decided this was not fair and allowed the minorities to move into the suburbs. This didn’t work out because real estate agents would pay off the whites if they would move out once the blacks and others moved in. This caused the white flight and once again we had segregation. Since whites began to move out of neighborhoods where minorities moved in, the value of the homes would go down. Thus, causing the net worth to go down for minorities and the net worth for whites to go up. This means that since the value to be white was now higher it has passed down in generations and the lower value of minorities has passed down as well.
The question for this argument is can we really end this segregation and cause equality among races? I think we can but it will take a lot of time. We have to not ignore race but except it first. Then slowly integrate races and let them realize race will not affect the economy economically. We need to slowly build up the big hole that we dug.
Once again in this video I felt disgusted. Its hard for me to see how people can be this ignorant and I was amazed by some of the things done in the past. Before this video I was not aware of the “white by law”, or how the New Deal was set up to only benefit whites. The part about how the Jews were not white until compared to blacks was funny to me because I find myself in a similar situation today. I have many friends black and white. I have friends that are on the extremes of both ends. I have white friends that are segregated for the most part and black friends that are as well. Then I also have white and black friends that get along amongst each other. My white friends on the far extreme view me as white when talking about other races and my black friends tell me I am not white when they talk down on white races, they say I am Arabic. I agree with this video that what we did in the past still causes race issues today that most of America is not aware of.
Ethics 101
Video blog
4 September 2007
blog
In this video the author’s thesis is that because of racism in the past, whites and other races remain segregated today. The video first focuses on American citizenship, stating that you are not considered a citizen of the United States unless you were white ( white skin, hair color, stature, religion etc.). They developed scientific theories to justify who was white. An Asian man Ozawa tried to fight for his citizenship by stating that he was American because he raised himself and his family like whites. And another man had scientific proof, proving he was white. Both were denied because the gov’t stated that whiteness is what the common white person says it is. In white peoples eyes Jewish people were not white until compared to African Americans. The second part of the movie dealt with housing. After World War II many soldiers came back looking for homes to raise their family. These soldiers were both white and black. The government developed suburbs that were cheaper and were places for soldiers to live. The government decided that they didn’t want minorities moving in because it wouldn’t work socially and economically. The minorities were put into “vertical ghettos” (developments in cities) which conditions were not as good as in the suburbs. In 1968 LBJ decided this was not fair and allowed the minorities to move into the suburbs. This didn’t work out because real estate agents would pay off the whites if they would move out once the blacks and others moved in. This caused the white flight and once again we had segregation. Since whites began to move out of neighborhoods where minorities moved in, the value of the homes would go down. Thus, causing the net worth to go down for minorities and the net worth for whites to go up. This means that since the value to be white was now higher it has passed down in generations and the lower value of minorities has passed down as well.
The question for this argument is can we really end this segregation and cause equality among races? I think we can but it will take a lot of time. We have to not ignore race but except it first. Then slowly integrate races and let them realize race will not affect the economy economically. We need to slowly build up the big hole that we dug.
Once again in this video I felt disgusted. Its hard for me to see how people can be this ignorant and I was amazed by some of the things done in the past. Before this video I was not aware of the “white by law”, or how the New Deal was set up to only benefit whites. The part about how the Jews were not white until compared to blacks was funny to me because I find myself in a similar situation today. I have many friends black and white. I have friends that are on the extremes of both ends. I have white friends that are segregated for the most part and black friends that are as well. Then I also have white and black friends that get along amongst each other. My white friends on the far extreme view me as white when talking about other races and my black friends tell me I am not white when they talk down on white races, they say I am Arabic. I agree with this video that what we did in the past still causes race issues today that most of America is not aware of.
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