Birth of A Nation Annotation The first thing that catches my attention is that it is an adaptation of the clansman. This allows me to set the tone for the type of writer and the type of content that will be revealed in the rest of the article. It was historically groundbreaking for the filming … More HW 3/12

The first thing I thought when seeing this segment was in regards to its age. It seemed to be rather old and because it was a movie without true audio and words are added, I believe it to be directed towards an audience of educated white people. The audience would have to be literate in … More CL 3/12

John Tyler Adams, a confederate brigademan with status was allowed to become a senator after the war even though he was technically a traitor. This goes to show how truly fortunate this man was but also you are able to see how race is able to enter the legal system. His story is that again … More HW 2/20

If the author is Hoffman, we believe the audience to be people who’s ideas he is reinforcing as it pertains to racial purity. The issue itself is racial interbreeding and we believe the gap to be that interbreeding isn’t as prominent as believed, however, when it does occur the babies are flawed. Hoffman’s Thesis – … More CL 2/20

amalgamation – combining or uniting (of the races in this case) who is this guy? Frederick Hoffmann was a German “expert scientist or statistician” (use that lightly) who implied he could not be biased due to him having no connections to america’s race problem. He wrote to warn people about the ramifications of diluting races. … More HW 2/18

The prompt I chose to respond to is Plessy vs. Ferguson Swales states in his analyzation of discourse that the communities that participate often have their own language or communicative style. This is evident in the fact that the legal jargon throughout the description of the trial is directed towards those with a political and … More CL 2/18

In the late 1800’s through to the mid-20th century there was a “race question” that existed regarding the freedom and liberties of Black Americans following the reconstruction period of the civil war. These considerations prompted the response of the notorious case, Plessy v. Ferguson, questioning the legality of segregation by means of a train car … More Rough Draft Assignment 1

PVF This begins with the analyzation of the 14th amendment and how they were taken out of place by white butchers so the law was technically upheld, but its spirit was not. People resorted to killing to keep black people uninvolved in the political processes. Introduction of State vs Federal rights Revisit Naturalism and why … More HW 2/13

W.E.B. DuBois writes as a Harvard graduate and Black man writes about his consciousness as having two identities and the consciousness he has of both. He begins talking about how even sympathizers struggle with ideation of “what it must feel like to achieve and to still know that you are a problem.”He believed that Black … More HW 2/25

Gould defines biological determinism as, “The claim that worth can be assigned to individuals and groups measuring intelligence as a single quantity” In sum, your biology creates a caste of sorts. They used craniometry and psychological testing as the two major tools for the support of biological determinism. They have invoked that science is objective … More CL 2/13