Slavery AND Anthro. Thought into sociological practice Who is valued in the equation of race?

Have you ever Wondered where... Ideas of who is superior and who is inferior comes from? Any ideas? Have you ever wondered about how we VALUE people in society based on particular things… Race Gender Social Status Beauty They all stem from very similar beginnings…. POWER

Let’s take a step back and look at how the world was ordered…

Concept: Binary opposites Dual words that have opposite meanings The way that we perceive things are usually in a binary opposite

Words and their meanings Think about what thoughts you associate with the word “White” Pure Angelic Nice Clean Now, think about what thoughts you associate with the word black. Not so positive huh?

Why is that? It is how we have been taught in a variety of ways Culture Religion Family Media

Complications? Assumptions about a group or people Birth of Stereotype Reinforcement of Stereotype Self Fulfilling Prophesy Bias, Racism and Discrimination Legitimization of Behaviour Case of Slavery and Colonialism

The Legitimization of Slavery Africans thought to be uncivilized, barbaric Having to be “saved” (God and taught European cultural norms) The colour black associated with negativity started before this time, existing in holy books from around the world

The Truth of the matter is… African settlements had a system of religion, government and their own ideas of power and slavery that worked within the framework of their country Europeans asserted power and flexed muscle through weapons of MASS DESTRUCTION=== I mean guns No match for what tech. the African peoples had at that time Some argue that this in itself was enough of an argument to support enslavement— What do you think? Is it a matter of “eventual” evolution?

The Power Structure develops Marx talks about power– the dominating group vs. the powerless group Power– Europeans, Wealth and Strength (Military and Weapons) and to some extent Religion of Christianity Powerless- Africans, poor, weak minded (not smart) and no “organized” religion Then we get…. The hierarchy of power

How are these continued today? What images does a criminal conjure in your mind?