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Ingram X. Kendi

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Assimilation
Anti-Racism
Racism

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The human race has to work to do to become anti-racism

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My thoughts and feeling going into the book are normal because I feel like ik about racism. I feel like i would be more open minded about after reading thr book. I think its important to learn about racism so kids wouldnt be mean.

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Zurara
Prince Henry
Leo Africanus

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George Best- travel writer who came up with curse theory Aristotle- creator of climate theory (Greek philosopher) William Penkins- wrote Ordering a familie to make slavery seem not bad. John Cotton - Puritan who used climate theory and collaboration with Richard Mather to create churches, systems and Harvard. John Pory- land owner/curse theory defender AND cousins of George George Yeardley- first slaveowner/first American legislator

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Vanini- alternative creation story/ African were a different species Locke- whites had pure brains, superior minds. Baxter- tried to assert Africans wanted to be enslaved in order to be baptised. Mennonites- antiracists who equated oppression due to skin color as oppression due to religion Metacomet-Native American war leader who led the resistance against Puritans, but was killed and dismembered by the Puritans, thus ending the resistance. Nathaniel Bacon- saw races as equal : wanted to free slaves and band together with poor whites to fight the common enemy was rich whites. Instigated conflict between Natives and Berkeley. William Berkeley- Governor of Virginia/fur trader/creator of white privilege

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Cotton Mather-grandson of John Cotton and Richard Mather, 11 year old Harvard student; extremely religious and started the obsession with witches and associated black with criminality/devil. Edward Randolph- reported to King Charles that the New World experiment wasn't going well and needed a tighter grip. Samuel Parris- minister from Salem,MA who started the Salem witch trials. Johnathan Edwards- spearheaded the great Awakening, focused on equality in souls and racist Christianity. Place Salem, Massachusetts-Samuel Parris Connecticut- Edwards' Great Awakening

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Segregationists
Assimilation
Anti-Racism

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cockamamie

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petition-a formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority with respect to a particular cause. denouncing-publicly declare to be wrong or evil polygenesis-the hypothetical origination of a race or species from a number of independent origins. A different Adam

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wunderkind- child prodigy/exceptional at a young age. sermonize-If you tell someone at length what they should do, especially if there's plenty of judgment and moral superiority in your speech, you sermonize. pulpit-a raised platform or lectern in a church or chapel from which the preacher delivers a sermon. spearheaded-lead (a movement or attack) lingers-be slow to disappear or die/persist and remain for a long time.

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The theme is about the first racist.

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Religion can be used to enslave and oppress instead of free and save people. The persistence of theories that contradict reality.

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Theme Power of literature and media to justify the actions of those in power and turn those abused against each other.

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Theme Religion was used to divert attention from those in power. People will do anything to hide their inner corruption. Racism in America was shaped and guided by religion.