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As a classmate mentioned, ideals of equality and opportunity were common themes that were challenged even after laws were put in place that were supposed to get rid of them.

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The American Ideal of equality keeps reappearing, whether it is being challenged or supported. Equality is perhaps the largest ideal of America, but also the most challenged.

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Equity was challenged by racist practices and beliefs.

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Equity, rather than equality. Equity is what truly allows for Americans to be free, and equal. Equality sounds good, but it can also mean equal amounts of misery. Equity is the true American ideal compared to equality.

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Malcom X supported the American ideals of unity and hope through his work, as he aimed to unite the Black community by getting them to understand their true value and this allowed Blacks to be hopeful for a future with less oppression.

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Equality was being challenged by the idea of segregation and racist ideas. These prejudices challenge the ideal of equality over all. The idea of segregation is a direct challenge of our American Ideal of equality. However, there are also much less noticeable challenges to equality, like assimilationist ideas, that seem to be ignored in society tooday.

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Cultural appreciation, the respect of all cultures

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As a result of the lack of equality for all, togetherness and community emerged, especially from people of color, to combat hate and racism.

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Stamped repeatedly exposes America for misrepresenting racist historical figures as heroes.

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Malcolm X was considered to be a "radical." The radical description does not mean anything negative. The radical comes from the preaching of loving one's culture and background. Malcolm X preached the idea of being proud to be black, displaying the true idea of anti racism, rather than assimilationists, who preached the idea of accepting such oppression to get ahead.

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One new ideal that has emerged is the idea of Representation and Respect. As Sera said, representation can really impact communities

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As Lily mentioned, we learned that certain events in history put in end to specific racial issues. This book helped me realize that there are still racist intentions and loopholes behind some of these "solutions."

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"all men are created equal" is challenged by racism, discrimination, slavery, etc

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one Ideal is respect and unity. That when times get rough we need to stick together

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Jack Johnson inpsired the Black community to degree never seen before, and this made them feel much more accepted, which allowed the American ideal of liberty to be secured for them to a higher degree.

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The system has oppressed minorities forever and has challenged the ideal of equality

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Stamped reveals hidden ideals of hatred that aren't known as American ideals, yet they have been constant throughout U.S. History.

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This isn't exactly an ideal, but more of a theme that has emerged throughout American history. The racist ideas of "black is bad" and "white is good" have emerged and escalated into a hateful competition between races to be better than the other.

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The idea of representation matter a lot in the topic of race, as mentioned. The representation of a race will be what others think of them as a whole. It is important to represent one's race as that of proud, independent, and strong. Jack Johnson represented the black community as that of independent and strengthened, contradicting the white stereotype of the helpless black person.

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Martin Luther King Junior stood for equality and hope, and led groups of peaceful protestors to achieve these things in our country and world. These have been supported by those who have continued to peacefully protest and those who have fought for equality as seen in the BLM movement this past summer.

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The ideal of equal opportunity has continuously been challenged. The system has made it impossible for Black people to live without a target or without a disadvantage... seen through the criminalization of Black people.

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Throughout history, it has generally been that Blacks were challenging the ideals, while Whites said that there was nothing wrong with the ideals and they were being upheld perfectly fine. This leads to the new thinking that... (see the response to the last question of the padlet starting with *)

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One America Ideal that has been supported is hope and community. For example, both Malcom X and MLK supported the ideals of hope for a better future and the need for a strong community. While others may try to tear down and challenge these ideals, those who supported these ideals were much more powerful and influential.

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The idea of equality, prosperity, and respect. Black people don't deserve any of these ideals because they're "worse than" whites or they have to constantly prove themselves that they are as good as white people. White people will always be supreme, even though "all men are supposed to be equal"

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Unity has emerged, to fight against racism.

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Throughout history, true Americans have fought against the hatred and racism found in our founding documents.

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One ideal that has been supported over time is the idea that some historical figures that are seen as great people, are just misguided by the american people.

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Throughout history, the ideal of opportunity has been challenged. Black people have had a disadvantage when it comes to job opportunities, education, etc. An example of this was with Phillis Wheatley, and the lack of opportunity she had to share her talents, and pursue her future to its full potential.

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Morgan discussed the social vs political side of racism. I think this is very interesting because laws can help prevent racism, but a social change is the only way to truly rid America of racism.

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* American ideals may have been  founded with the intent to only uphold them for Whites - this is new thinking, as it is normally thought that the unfair upholding of the ideals occured after the foundation of them.

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One ideal that has been supported is hope. Different activists overtime have given people hope that one day there will be equality

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Unification has emerged to fight racism, as brought up by the group. Without unity, there is no progress. A divided group solves nothing. A unified group solves everything. If the black community was divided, and continued to do so, this would've benefited the whites, who could use this division to incite domestic disputes to further weaken the African Americans. Unity must be maintained to create a strong community. Unity must be maintained to create progress.

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I've realized that even though history books may have made it seem like laws and important figures in society have fixed racism completely, this is truly not the case because loopholes and ideas in society have prevailed.

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Equality. Equality wasn't an ideal America was founded on. It was an ideal that developed as strong Americans fought for equality for all.

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How would the original founders of this country and its ideals feel about society today? Would they be proud of the progress we made, or would they think its not enough? Or would they have never expected a society that is making anti-racist progress?

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As lily mentioned, I've realized that up until now I had never really learned that even though all of the laws that have been put in place were not specifically about race, many of them benefited white people and pushed people of color down.

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"a recycling of racist ideas" shows that nobody truly has their own ideas or anything new to add to the conversation about race, and only have their ideas because of what they were taught, and have no other evidence to back their arguement

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Does equity constitute equality? At what point do the two merge into one? Can one exist without the other?

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Someone mentioned how racist ideas are passed down through generation to generation. I wonder if in a hypothetical society where all ideas of racism went unmentioned for an entire generation, would they reappear once again with the next? Or would white people still claim dominance or would all races accept each other?

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How systemic racism enforced by authority had worked hand in hand with racism funneled through societal culture such as media.

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Why do many continue to vote for politicians that make empty promises, especially for race? What is driving us to continue to vote for misery, if we preach contradicting ideals?

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Racist ideals

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The American ideal of credibility has been challenged by information that stems from a single-story. This challenging can be challenged by educating ourselves and others on multiple persepctives. We must understand how to properly analyze claims and ideas in order to validate their credibility.

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The 1st amendment has been consistently supported in this context. The 1st amendment states that the right to peaceful assembly shall not be infringed upon. This was consistent practice of activists, who protested such injustices. As the anti racist movement moves on, so does this right. These two exist in tandem, and one cannot live without the other.

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There is a danger in single stories because there can be misleading information behind it and it can lead you to hearing and believing the surface of a story. Thomas Jefferson's story is an example of this because most people believe he was an antiracist, when in truth, he played a large role in contributing to slavery and racism for his own profit.

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My thinking has shifted because I thought that the question whether an Ideal is being challenged or supported had only one answer. However, after this discussion I now think the answer to this question is much more complex. There will always be different parts of society both supporting and challenging the American Ideals.

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Power and opportunity in government to promote individual gains instead of acting upon the good for the people.

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Adding on to Olivia's comment, that is something very interesting to observe. I wonder what political figures such as Thomas Jefferson or Abe Lincoln would think about the Black Lives Matter movement, or how society has changed from slavery to Black people owning businesses, etc.

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As much as the world is so much more accepting than it was in the past, have the racist and sexist fundamental beliefs of our country truly changed?

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As Sarah said, I've realized that racism is so deeply engraved in our society that we don't even realize some of the time when there is racism present.

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Opportunity is an ideal that is found throughout both Stamped and current events. For example, Malcom X and other Black rights/equality activists created opportunities for Blacks and today, Black rights/equality movements such as the "#BlackLivesMatter" movements create opportunities for Blacks as well.

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The ideal of opportunity has emerged along with its relevance. The opportunity of some people is based on their ancestors and the chances that they were given through history. For example, the opportunity for Black people in society is much more limited than for white people because of racist prejudices that followed them and their ancestors throughout history.

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Equal opportunity has emerged after being challenged by black people who are at a disadvantage through their lack of opportunity. The ideal of opportunity allows us to live up to our full potential, and gives us more possibilities for our futures.

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Though it hasn't been mentioned yet, the 2nd amendment has also been heavily integrated and supported over time, in the context of racial inequality. The BPP utilized their right to bear arms to fight against a government that failed to protect their communities. The right to bear arms allows for minorities to guard against an evil that seeks to oppress and create misery.

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Throughout history, people conform to society, whether for better or for worse. Today this is demonstrated by the support for the BLM movement, as many people are "BLM activists" only because it is a "trend," and do not truly believe the cause that they stand for nor do they intend to continue it long term. This leads me to wonder, what percentage of people who support BLM do not truly care?

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How can we take steps to unroot and dismantle racism intertwined deep within our nation's systems?

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Just the idea of being yourself and deserving equal rights. Through assimilationists and segregationists having to prove you deserve equal rights over the color of your skin is something that has definitely been challenged

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The ideal of Freedom has been challenged over time... the shackles which once bonded slaves to their service are only "better" hidden- freedom has not yet been achieved.

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How can you fix things that were built on racism or just notice the faults in something (ex: Harvard and the education system)

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Would Thomas Jefferson consider himself a segregationist, an assimilationist, or an antiracist?

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One question that I have is how are we able to end this cycle? What can we do so that we don't continue this transfer of racist ideas through American generations to come, and what can we do to end the ones we already have in place?

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Equality. It has always been around since Thomas Jefferson introduced all men are equal back when America was founded. However what has changed about this ideal is who it applies to. It has always applied to what the current society considered to be men. Men back then were white men later on women and people of color were added on as well.

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One ideal that has been repeated over and over is equality. For black people they have always been fighting for their equality, but white people have denied them that because they believe it will take away from their happy white life. America has always said that "all men are created equal," but they never have upheld this ideal, and this is what activists are fighting for.

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Morgan mentioned how throughout history and now there has been both lawful racism such as war on drugs and societal racism such as Jack Johnson and Tarzan which is something that I had not thought about and left me thinking deeper into it.

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We constantly say that equality is the main ideal in American and a unique ideal; however, I think that that we focus more on power and economic value. I also agree with Bill in that equity is more important in our society and I think this ties into the construct of power in our society.

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America created a racist country with the founding ideals that America was built on. Since slaves were first used in the beginning of the country, the ideal of racism snowballed and still remains today.

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The Founding Fathers directly challenged their own ideals when they were creating the DOI and Constitution by making loopholes for slavery and racism, and never explicitly mentioning the word "slavery." They were no stranger to contradictions.

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We constantly talk about the ideal of opportunity, which certainly is evident but people often care only about opportunity for them, and do not care about how it might affect others

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From the beginning of the book up until today, we have seen opportunity for all develop as African Americans didn't have the same chance to be successful like whites. While opportunity has opened up, it is easily argued that Blacks still have a lesser chance with less opportunity to produce wealth.

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I think the ideal of unity has been supported over time. Whether it be for good, like the Civil Rights Movement, or for bad, like white supremacy, people have realized that they are stronger together than just as one person, and they have used this to fight for whatever they believe in.

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Respect, especially with more recent trends and events I have noticed that respect to cultures, people, regardless of physical attributes has started to become an ideal. Although it is still not supported throughout the country, it has gained more popularity and become more ingrained in Americans minds and ways of thinking.

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The Ideal of power has continued to be displayed throughout time, whites have always seen blacks as less them themselves and they feel as though they have more power. Every group has a different kind of power and it has always been that way, some groups just have more then others.

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Throughout the book, there are many circumstances where American ideals pop up but one that really reoccurs throughout the book is opportunity. opportunity plays a big factor to how the American society works and racism works around not allowing minorities like African Americans to have the same opportunities as white people. this goes for education as seen in Brown V. BOE and in similar cases with voting rights.

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Power is an ideal that is emerging after more recent events have happened. Government has lots of power and uses it to enforce laws and other ideals that might be relevant.

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Charlie mentioned the concept of opprotunity and how that is an ideal in America. We have seen Southerns take advantage of loopholes within laws and legislation in our government such as what happened with the 15th amendment

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I wonder how people can make themselves think that America is antiracist when society has blatant racism shown such as the KKK, police brutality and stereotypes of black individuals.

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Equality is the ideal that has been most challenged overtime. Even besides the racism within America, women's voices and queer voices have constantly been silences or overpowered as well. On page 188, when referring to the Black Power movement, the authors say, “And though it had a righteous cause, it was still sexist. Men ran it all. Women were pushed out the back, like they’d been in every racial liberation movement in history.” It shows how pervasive and severe this sexism was that women like Angela Davis mentioned in the book wanted to join the communist party.

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After reading this book, I now realize that educating yourself is one of the most important things that we can do to stop the spread of racism. Before reading this book, there were so many things that I didn't ever know about and reading about it blew my mind, but we have to learn about these things to be able to fix it.

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How could Thomas Jefferson preach against the evil of slavery but continue to own slaves and even have non consensual sexual relations with them? Did he not realize the contractions between his actions and words?

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A way to prevent color blindness would be to acknowledge the different races instead of trying to ignore them.

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acceptance of everyone is an ideal that is slowly emerging by teaching and allowing people to see every culture and skin color in society. Showing them, especially younger generations that all people are the same will allow this ideal to become concrete.

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The ideal of power has definitely been supported over time. In fact, one idea that Cole brought up was that whites held the power over blacks in which whites wanted to stay superior and were scared of letting African Americans hold power.

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Ty talked about the responsibility of the public and society's power over laws in regards to racism. It made me think that "acknowledgement" is a new ideal that has emerged as our society progresses and becomes more open to past, acknowledging our faults and the wrong that our country has done is the first step to overcoming racism and racist beliefs/ideologies, many that we aren't even aware of.

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One ideal that has been supported over time is the hope for change. Many activists and influential figures have show support to this ideal and it's really made a difference towards the black community. Some of these people include MLK jr. and Malcom X. there are many more people but these two people specifically gave hope for change for millions of African Americans.

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I think that the ideal of freedom has been challenged over time, because as this book shows, black people have never been free and the country works to keep it that way. But, activists have been exposing this over time and bringing it to the public eye and educate people that this is going on.

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I was intrigued by the Jack Johnson part of the book. The author wrote that Jack Johnson became an avatar for the black community, "If Johnson talked slick to White men, saying whatever he wanted, all Black people got away with a verbal jab or two (in their mind)." (130) This use of an avatar to sort of live through was really interesting and since I had never heard about this, it left me wondering, had there been other avatars whether it be in sports or music that were widely known such as Jack Johnson?

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Adelle mentioned the terms that are used to represent people of different ethnic groups, one of which being minority and how that shows our past of racism today. This also connects to the colors that are used to describe different ethnicities and how those colors create this symbolism that African Americans are evil and caucasians are good. It makes me wonder if we  have learned from our past as these terms and phrases still show the racism still engrained in our society. I think racism has been a constant characteristic in our nation despite our freedoms. Racism has not gone away as Morgan said but it has evolved to become societal issue.

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Adelle talked about how racism is embedded in our everyday lives, so much so that it often goes unnoticed and not recognized as being racist, such as words like minorities. Therefore, the ideal of recognizing and being truthful with ourselves, reflecting on what little ways we fuel racism ourselves.

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Adelle mentioned the power of language and the connection between racism and words that are considered racist. This comment helped me understand the role of language in American society.

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When did race start to become a political problem not social?

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Another ideal that has emerged is "persistence." People have had to fight for their rights and for the ideals of this country to finally live up to what its been promising. Time and time again, individuals have had to persist and persevere through their struggles placed upon them by society, legally, personally, etc.

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Over time, Equality has been challenged in many examples such as equality for education, voting rights, and even a spot on a bus. Having segregation around America really challenged the equality African Americans were supposed to be given and what they deserve.

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Cole mentioned how unity was created in society as black people were starting to fight racism head on. The unity allowed them to become powerful and fight the nations racist ideas. This ideal has been carried over to today in the Black Lives Matter movement, and it goes to show that unity is power, and how we need more of it in society today.

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I think the new ideals that have emerged are education, since they can empower people. If you look at HBCs they were able to educate African American students to a higher level. Another example of the importance of knowledge is the Haitian Revolution and how it empowered slaves since they were aware of its existence. Adelle mentioned JFK and how his expressed support for the Africa America community lead to his demise. It also shows the pressure put upon politicans to appeal to everyone, even those who have views that harm others. It makes me wonder if society and our own biases resulted the biases present in the government since we hold them to a certain expectation of sticking with the majority

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I think the Ideal of equality has been challenged over time because as seen in the book, blacks were at a disadvantage among several segregation laws and ideas people had of black people. This has been challenged as activists have been exposing the wrongness of these ideas top help educate people.

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The ideal of education has emerged over time because to be able to stop the spread of racism, we need to acknowledge our racist history, and the only way that we can do that is by learning about these things.

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As Olivia mentioned, the ideal of unity has emerged and developed overtime, helped by political figures such as Malcolm X and Martin Luther King.

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Unity with the goal of fighting oppression in America has become a prevalent ideal. Not only pursuing the American main ideals, but doing it in a unified manner as a nation.