Racial Oppression

Racial Oppression

Week 3 – Racial Oppression Assignment

Choose one time period and discuss the history of racial/ethnic oppression.

1) Slave trade in Virginia (1600s)

2) Slavery in the United States south (1800s)

3) Chinese railroad workers in US (1868-1924)

4) Trail of tears (1831-1850) Native Americans

5) Small Pox Epidemic Native Americans (1754-1763)

6) Anti-Italian Immigration (1840-1924)

7) Anti-Jewish Immigration (1860 – 1930)

8) Social Darwinism (1880-1944)

9) Anti-German Immigration (1680-1760)

10) 1985 Philadelphia Police Bombing (1985)

11) Anti-Latino Immigration (1840-1936)

12) One of your own choice (must be approved by professor)

Instructions

Answer the following questions in numerical format (#1-6). 2-3 pages. APA format. 12 Font Times New Roman only.

All work must be properly cited and unless otherwise noted; do not include pure opinion.

1) Outline the basic history of the event(s). You can use a timeline or write it out.

2) What justifications did the dominant culture use to promote the oppression of the Other?

3) How was science or religion (or both) used to justify the oppression?

4) What attitudes, beliefs and values created the situation that led to the oppression of the Other?

5) In what ways was race or ethnicity used to create the oppression?

6) How did these oppressions influence modern American ideas on race and ethnicity?