House Negro v. Field Negro

Hello All,

On Wednesday, we discussed the distinctions between field labor and domestic labor on antebellum plantations. Click here to see what malcolm X has to say about the issue.. 

Hello All,

So, today we talked about the cartoon drawings of Edward William Clay. You can find them here.

Making the Grade

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There is a story in the New York Times about college students and grading. You'll find the link here. What do you think?

Julia and Kevin

Sean and I wanted to have a group meeting 10 minutes before class on Wednesday to make sure that we are all on the same page in terms of witnesses. We also thought that we'd have a group meeting on Friday during when class would meet to discuss our trial strategy and possibly do a run through of our presentation. I do not have your email addresses, so feel free to post a response if you have any questions about the trial or conflicts about the meeting times. Hopefully one of you will read this before next class. In any case, we'll see you soon.

-Nisha

The Last Debate

I just had a quick thought about the debates that just took place last week. I thought that it would be silly to think that the slave trade was simply racial. I believe the whole thing had to do with capitalism. I have seen in my own lifetime the heartlessness of businessmen in our country. I've seen it with the outsourcing of jobs, which leave Americans without jobs, and the use of illegal immigrants to get cheap labor. With the use of outsourced labor we get products like the ones in past months made with led paint, harmful food products, and drugs made of drywall. My point is that in the American slave trade, plantation owners and slave traders did not look at africans with racial tensions. They saw them as cheap labor, and simply did not care about the fact that they were people. The horrible treatment they recieved was not because of their race. It was because they were the slave class in that society, and in past civilizations, the slave class is the one that recieves the least amount of respect, if any.

-Julia

Upgrade

What's up good people? While I love the posts that you guys are putting up, I think that we need to upgrade the look and feel of the blog. I am offering this for inspiration.