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the man in the video is passionate and speaks in a disorganised way similar to florens in a mercy.

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In the primary source, the speaker discusses the sort of "fake" idea of freedom that the United States claims to be built on. He talks about the oppression and slavery of the black community. Similarly in A Mercy, Florens discusses her enslavement and how she is treated as an inferior due to her race.

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One connection between today's primary source and Chapter One is that both speakers are aware of their surroundings and assumptions made about black people. Also, both speakers highlight that slavery is a huge part of black people because being a black person changed the way people treated them.

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This primary source connects to "A Mercy" because the primary source is a Harvard teacher and in his class, he discusses many exerpts, likeThomas Jefferson's exerpts for example. He explains that it is inferred Black people don't possess creative arts, and his tone shift from informative to aggressive (shown by shouting) emphasizes how affected her is by the issue. In "A Mercy", similarly discusses that Black people are not allowed to be taught by white people, which is shown when Reverend Father teaches her in secret.

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A connection i see between the primary source and A Mercy is that they both describe a time when black people were enslaved and not seen worthy of respect. Also that he explains how black people were not seen as capable, and unable to learn or function. Same as in A Mercy where they were shut down from being given the opportunity to explore their capabilities and were banned from ever being "worthy" and literate.

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The man speaking in the video seems very enthusiastic about the oppression that his race has faced over the years. Florens makes the same point about the abuse she had experienced and how they need to put an end to the discrimination against black people. The man also points out the limited freedom slaves had and how they were counted as three-fifths of a human, compared to white people. "A Mercy" supports this claim on how black slaves are being oppressed.

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The connection between the primary source and "A Mercy" is it discusses the significance of enslavement and the false accusations that are spread around regarding black people. The primary source declares, "black people don't possess the ability to create poetry", in a way that means black people are not educated. This accusation is proved inaccurate in the novel. In "A Mercy" enslavement and the struggles black people go through are contextualized in the story. Florens claims she is not educated when we know she is ideally educated regarding her effective and proficient language.

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This made multiple connection between today's (Nov 8) primary source and the novel "A Mercy," as they both refer to racism and ethnic inequality. The primary source refers back to the history of the presidents of the US in order to address the issue of manipulation and racism in the US, as history is repeating itself by electing Donald Trump. Which connects to the novel as it refers back to racial segregation and how, because of that, the danger of a single story occurs from the POV of white people, in both the novel and primary source.

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The man gets very deep and starts talking about his point of view very passionately. In the story "A Mercy" Florens makes it very obvious that she is against the idea of being unable to get educated since it is illegal. They are both taaking bout the unfairness of the soceity and how they feel about it.

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A connection I find between the primary source and Toni Morrison's book "A Mercy" is the segregation towards blacks due to American oppression. In A Mercy, we learn about Florens (a slave), and her trauma. In the primary source, the speaker argues how the US has forever been causing harm to Black people living there. The connection is that the speaker talks about history of Blacks, and in the novel, the history IS Florens' life.

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As stated in the poem "Does this really count as liberation" , he speaks about the oppression of black people and how the "idea" of freedom towards black people is not there and never was.

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A connection between today's primary source and "A Mercy" is that both speak in an impactful way. They both discuss what black people go through in a way that the audience can feel what black people go through and how they are treated.

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In the primary source, the speaker expresses his frustration with the discrimination against the black community, similar to Florens in A Mercy, where she expresses her experience being a slave and going through what the speaker is preaching about.

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Both the primary source and "A Mercy" discuss the assumptions that were made about their races.

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During today's lesson I noticed a connection between the primary source and "A Mercy." "A Mercy" by Toni Morrison is a novel that explores the problems of racism and its impact on America. When analyzing the primary source related to racism, you can connect it to the themes and events depicted in "A Mercy" to gain a deeper understanding of the novel's context and the historical representations of racism in the United States.

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The speaker in the primary source questions the notion of freedom promoted by the US and points out the oppression and enslavement of the black community. In A Mercy, Florens also highlights her experience of being enslaved and treated as inferior due to her race. Sohaila

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The speaker in the primary source questions the notion of freedom promoted by the US and points out the oppression and enslavement of the black community. In A Mercy, Florens also highlights her experience of being enslaved and treated as inferior due to her race. Sohaila

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A connection between "A Mercy" and the primary source video is that they both struggle with opression. they both convey that using strong language. they have struggled through the past years through their life and bring back history of enslavment and opression. both characters are traumatized during their life in America being African Americans.

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The speech talks about the false way people view freedom and that there is a deeper meaning to it. The author states that The US is actualy built on oppression and slavery. This connects with the novel "A Mercy" because in the book, the character Florence claims that there were assumptions made on him because of his race.

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A similar concept in both A mercy and todays source is the constant presence of a white gaze and its discriminatory effects on the black race lacking justice and logic. They both have in common the traditional mindset of white superiority.

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A similar concept in both A mercy and todays source is the constant presence of a white gaze and its discriminatory effects on the black race lacking justice and logic. They both have in common the traditional mindset of white superiority.

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Today's primary source and Chapter One are related in that both speakers are aware of the assumptions made about black people and their environment. Additionally, because being black changed how others saw them, both speakers emphasize how strongly embedded slavery is in Black culture.