PvF
intro:
looks intelligent but will not let ride in first class car
southern jim crow laws passed at the end of the 19th century
“violent itimidation experienced by AA at the end of the last century– this wasn’t that long ago, KKK
the passage of “Jim Crow” created separate railroad cars, hospitals, cemeteries, restuarants, bathroom and drinking fountains
May 18, 1896 PvF came about to discuss the laws against segregation; Homer Plessy arrested for violating “equal but separate”
resident of upstate NY, Tourgee, thought the only solution to the “race problem” was education – for whites to reduce racial prejudice andfor freedmen to increase economic opp and to inform them as new citizens
part of Tourgee’s strategy was mixed blood to violate the law so question of which people were classified as “color” came about
post civil war- need reconstruction to south
13th amendment abolished slavery but did not fix racial hierarchy, allowed ownership of property and bring suits in court but not vote or serve on court, or testify against whites– whites still had the power in most every situation
14th amendment moved toward Radical Reconstruction but controversial–?
white South in 1867 felt abused when congress passed the Reconstruction act which expanded military involvement and split it into military zones and gave troops power to enforce regulations emanating from Washington
Radical rescontruction created by republicans would bring equal rights to black and white
The Clansman by Thomas Dixon celebrates KKK, Gone with the Wind novel and film spread the south’s vision of a corrupt Reconstruction to an even broader audience
end of recon. came with election of 1876
civil war amendments
civil rights are the nonpolitical rights of citizens of a particular country, tend to occupy a middle ground between political and social rights
right to get hotel room vs right for hotel to refuse who they keep
1866 civil rights act
the slaughter cases and their implications:
first time court ruled on 14 amendement
law of slaughtering below Mississippi river line to protect public’s health but slaughterhouses said not to protect health but to favor companies and grant a monopoly to them; ruled against slaughterhouses
although the case did not involve AA rights, the restraints the majority placed on the fed gov meant that states had regained some of the power that white southerners thought the 14th amendment had taken away\as a result, it mgiht seem that those intent on using fed power to protect AA rights would have had to turn to the dissenters to find a favorable interpretation, Bradley and Field argued for much more federal authority, they did not however, want to evoke the 14th amendment- protect the interests of freedmen
14th amendment potential to keep states from interfering with big businesses
TMM 51-62
social and economic differences between human groups- race, class, sex rise from inherited and inborn distinctions
demonstrate both scientific weaknesses and political contexts of deterministic arguments
science is what it is and we form opinions and hypothesis around it
is intelligence all in the head?
fallicies- abstract concepts into entities and ranking
theologians asking if women have a soul, scientists ready to refuse them a human intelligence
Socrates and Zopyrus
George Eliot appreciated the speical tragedy that biological labeling imposed upon members of disadvantaged groups, expressed it for people like herself—women of extraordinary talent. “I would apply it more widely—not only to those whose dreams are flouted but also to those who never realize that they may dream.”
TMM 51-62
social and economic differences between human groups- race, class, sex rise from inherited and inborn distinctions
demonstrate both scientific weaknesses and political contexts of deterministic arguments
science is what it is and we form opinions and hypothesis around it
is intelligence all in the head?
fallicies- abstract concepts into entities and ranking
theologians asking if women have a soul, scientists ready to refuse them a human intelligence
Socrates and Zopyrus
George Eliot appreciated the speical tragedy that biological labeling imposed upon members of disadvantaged groups, expressed it for people like herself—women of extraordinary talent. “I would apply it more widely—not only to those whose dreams are flouted but also to those who never realize that they may dream.”
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