AMH 2097 Race and Ethnicity Date 8 30 12 Day 1 Notes Essentialism and Constructivism Kony Bryant Baby clothes Motherhood Essentialism Natural Biological Being something s essence or in its nature Constructivism Culturally constructed Culturally created Man made Share crops Occupational farmers that rent land and grow cash crops Cash crops Things you can t eat that are worth a lot Turn of twentieth century 1910 1920 Franklin Delano Roosevelt 32nd president During most of the Great Depression You have nothing to fear but fear itself Most of World War II Reading Films Films as art Symbolism character arcs scenery music etc Films as statements about history Films as statements about contemporary issues product of people interests and the climate in which they are made Often use history to make critiques of present day issues Race does not Exist exist The American Anthropological Association AAA claims that race does not Many ancient societies did not divide people according to physical characteristics Race has no genetic basis Most genetic variance is within groups Race is not biological but racism is real Race is not Biological All human beings come from one common stock Traits like skin color hair color or eye color are all controlled by separate genes Modern Definitions of Ethnicity Ethnicity is cultural Self chosen self inscribed Religion Culture Food Hobbies music dance clothing Traditions Language The Last of the Mohicans James Fennimore Cooper 1826 to help understand Puritanism During French and Indian War Seven Years War 1756 1763 French and English fighting with Indians as allies What stories does this movie tell Rhetoric recurring themes and word choices Movies can make an argument What kind of frontier life is depicted Difficult and dangerous Unexplored What does the film teach about Colonial men and women Self made Family oriented Stuck together community with some Native Americans Relate to militia because they want to get away from monarchy and tyranny Noble Savage First appeared in English in 1672 Appears in French Earlier Le bon sauvage the good wild man A state of nature pre Modern Often applied to non Westerners at some point Became synonymous with Native American in 1700s Natty Nathaniel Hawkeye Resilient rebellious strong sense of pride Adopted as a son Sharp shooter Kill Deer Cultural expectations of men warfare and Native Americans 1980s Yuppie culture men in the 80s have gotten soft weak and over civilized Magua Story without love story Anglos change North America Changes they bring impact Native Americans Why are they the last of the Mohicans Chinkachook and uncus are the last of their tribe populations change and die out Date 9 6 12 Agenda Images of Native Americans in media United states origin stories Civilized and savage Native Americans in Media natural Noble Savage pre industrial pre modern special relationship with earth nature Indians as Unchanging People Origin story the beginning of stories Genesis Jamestown Plymouth Jamestown 1607 Virginia Captain John Smith Pocahontas Plymouth 1621 The first Thanksgiving Pilgrims come and are struggling to live off the land Squanto helps pilgrims learn how to adapt How to grow corn Use dead fish for nutrients in corn What do these stories have in common English colonists Native Americans Native Americans always saving colonists Foundering on the verge of dying out The Arrival of the English 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh settled Virginia Roanoke 1607 Jamestown John Smith 1619 1622 English individuals migrated to America Motivators for English to come Economics Religion Adventure Competition with Spanish Affluent very wealthy Civilized and Savage The relationship between English and other people was shaped by the idea of who was civilized and who was savage Once labeled savage the English felt justification in almost any treatment Before Indians English and the Irish Queen Elizabeth 1 sent British over to colonize Ireland A two tiered society developed Irish labeled savage by English The Irish Savage Catholicism pagan idolaters English felt the land was not being cultivated properly English believed Irish were lazy and not deserving of the land The Indian Savage The English saw American land as underdeveloped Religion Savage brutes Hunting is primitive Saw Indian men as lazy Not in terms of Race Many of the English especially in Virginia areas saw treatment of Irish and Native Americans in terms of civilized and savage and less so in terms of one race over another not RED vs White MODERN vs Old Competition Land Supplies resources Fighting with those who allied with French or Spanish Disease ravaged Native Americans Colonists argued it was God s providence Religious Justification Righteous against Devil Ministers Cotton Mather justified English violence towards Indians and Doctrine of Special Providence knowing things of God s will Cotton Mather s quote the devils are trying to keep settlers off the land and trying to keep Jesus out of the new world To be Indianized Proximity to wilderness Saw vigilance against Native Americans as vigilance against sin and vice Indianized serving the devil To New Englanders Puritans Indians personified sexuality sin laziness the loss of self control Sometimes colonists would be taken captive during conflict positive documenting Native American s hospitality and kindness Review Native Americans developed intricate highly developed civilizations before European contact Civilized vs Savage Competition over sources led to conflict Conflict was justified as a fight against sin however not all sources agreed What is Racism Treating someone different because of skin color CULTURAL The idea that your ethnic group is superior to others ACADEMIC Covert racism hidden racism Inconspicuous The every day racism experience Racist action treatment Cultural racism hating or treating a group different Alternative Definition of racism enjoying privilege because of your race or ethnicity Ex The unassumption that certain people would steal Minority scholarships This means that all white people are inherently racist because they re enjoying their status Clothing Identity How you wear it Accessories including hair styles Convenient and immediate way to alter your identity English Identity Value of cloth and clothing Cloth and clothing are imported from Europe 1770 1780 in colonies American Revolution Meaning of cloth changes Cloth very important Could even pay taxes in cloth depending on where one lived Symbols
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