Week #5The American Colonies

Monday, Sept 21st

Songs

• Bob Marley, “Slave Driver” (2:48):• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUDRgZ2fHzM

• Sister O.M. Terrel, “Swing Low Chariot”• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NMd9R-Og40

• Richard Pryor, “Slavery” (1:11):• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VSqCs-Iv6k

• Oscar Brown, Jr., “Bid ‘Em In” (1:50):• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu3j7rPscpY

Test• 1st Bonus Point Assignment:

• I will give 4 bonus points to any one who brings in two thoughts about what we could do for our exam • All bonus assignments should be a line or two, you can write them on assignments or half pages of

notebook paper

• Blackboard site is up, Bonus Points/Grades/Attendance• 13 Colonies:

• Religion, Trade/Economy, Slavery, Politics, Social/Culture

• French:• Religion, Trade/Economy, Slavery, Politics, Social/Culture

• Spanish:• Religion, Trade/Economy, Slavery, Politics, Social/Culture

• 1 and ½ on a select theme:• Contact, Rebellion/Resistance, Colonialism, Race, Gender, Religion

Middle Passage:

• Amistad (9:10): • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJYp6vcoAZ4

Slavery

• The History of Slavery in America (28:32):• https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=pDukq8npXBk

Race

• Absence of Latino History (3:02):• http://

www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-leguizamo-high-school-history-makes-latinos-students-feel-invisible_55cba1e5e4b0f73b20bb950f• Latino Stereotypes in Pop Culture (2:20):• http://

www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/03/latino-stereotypes_n_4039490.html

Race

• Race: The Power of an Illusion (5:12):• https://vimeo.com/ondemand/race• Stuart Hall, Race and Representation (5:39):• https://www.mediaed.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key

=409• Tim Wise, White Privilege (9:31):• https://www.mediaed.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key

=137

The idea of “Race” and slavery

• TAY: “Captain Thomas Phillips, master of a slave ship in 1694, did not justify his work with any such creed: ‘I can’t think there is any intrinsic value in one color more than another, nor that white is better than black, only we think it so because we are so.’2 For Phillips, the profitability of slavery was the only justification he needed.”• Slavery forced changes in racial ideology, as more Africans were

imported and slavery become permanent and worse, ideas about race necessarily changed as justification

Week #5The American ColoniesWednesday, Sept 23rd

Songs

• Michael Jackson, “They Don’t Care About Us” (4:41):• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNJL6nfu__Q

• N.W.A., “Fuck the Police” (5:44):• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5fts7bj-so

• Charley Patton, “Mississippi Boweavil Blues” 1929 (3:09):• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0bdLlGLTqM

• Lead Belly, “The Grey Goose”, 1948 (2:17):• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSKDDCqUlfk

• Public Enemy, “Fight the Power” 1989 (5:20):• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PaoLy7PHwk

• Richard Pryor, “Slavery” (1:11):• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VSqCs-Iv6k

Papers• Intro paragraphs, short to the point, lay out the essay only!!• No broad unsupported statements, especially in the intro• Sample:• No Contractions!!• “People hated Africans back then”, don’t ever use “back then”, people always opposed slavery and

were outspoken public opponents, not everyone hated blacks or wanted slavery• The papers are never about things getting better!!

• 2013, 1.88 million black men in prison/jail, on probation and parole, 1850: 808,000 men over 15 years old enslaved

• Finance: http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/21/news/economy/black-white-inequality/• Crime:

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2012/03/13/11351/the-top-10-most-startling-facts-about-people-of-color-and-criminal-justice-in-the-united-states/

• Not after a news story concerning race, after an explanation of why it is portrayed as such• “People of color”• “Fake” Diversity• Primer on the colonies (11:00):• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p47tZLJbdag

Groups: Test• Bonus Point Thoughts• Structure/purpose• 13 Colonies:

• Religion, Trade/Economy, Slavery, Politics, Social/Culture

• French:• Religion, Trade/Economy, Slavery, Politics, Social/Culture

• Spanish:• Religion, Trade/Economy, Slavery, Politics, Social/Culture

• 1 and ½ on a select theme:• Contact, Rebellion/Resistance, Colonialism, Race, Gender, Religion

Legacy of Colonialism• Understanding the legacy is not

blaming colonists, it is using documents and different perspectives to recognize historical complexity

• European Kings and Queens had imperial motivations: • Gaining resources • Continental prestige• Profits from mercantile trade• Profits from slave trade

• Most colonists were peasants with practical motivations:• Fleeing crowded continent, little land • Few economic opportunities • Escaping compulsory service in

Continental wars• Escaping religious and ethnic

persecution• Risking lives for imperial profits and

adventure

Legacy of Colonialism: Not Just A European Story• Africans:• Refined Skills: metal working, leather work,

pottery, weaving, medicine (root doctors), carpentry, and lumber

• Language: OK (okay), bogus, jazz, moola, boogie-woogie, bug (insect), John, phony, guy, honkie, dig (to understand), jam, jamboree, jitter(bug), jive, juke(box), fuzz (police), hippie, mumbo-jumbo, phoney, root toot(y), rap, banana, banjo, cola (as in Coca-Cola), elephant, goober (peanut), gorilla, gumbo, okra, sorcery, tater, tote and turnip

• Agriculture: Rice Cultivation, open grazing, “cowboys”

• Food: deep fat frying, southern stews (gumbos and nut stews), okra, tania (yam), black eyed peas, kidney and lima beans, peanuts, sesame

• Folktales: Brer Rabbit, Brer Wolf, Brer Bear, and Sis’ Nanny Goat, Chicken Little, Uncle Remus, the “Trickster” tradition, basis for American nursery rhymes

• Dance: Cakewalk, the Charleston (Juba), ring shouts and circle dances (eventually square dances), baton twirling, cheerleading

• Music: Banjo, dobro, thumb piano, mouth bow, fife, drums, diddle bows, washtub bass, jugs, gongs, bells, rattles, idiophones, the lokoimni (a five-stringed harp), jazz, spirituals, R&B, blues, and gospel

Legacy of Colonialism: Not Just A European Story• Native Americans:• Food: corn (maize), manioc, potatoes, sweet

potatoes, peanuts, squashes and pumpkins, tomatoes, papayas, avocados, pineapples, guavas, chili peppers, chocolate (cacao), beans, vanilla, chewing gum (chicle and sap), popcorn

• Animals: turkeys, llamas, guinea pigs, and honeybees

• Products: cotton, rubber, and tobacco• Skills: hunting, trapping, stalking, decoys,

snow goggles, weapons, housing, transportation, medicine, the zero in math, adobe

• Federation model of government• Music/Dance: drums, fifes, whistles,

pow-wow, circle dance • Clothing: outdoor clothing (furs and

parkas), moccasins, buckskins• Language: barbecue, caribou, chipmunk,

woodchuck, hammock, toboggan, skunk, mahogany, hurricane, and moccasin

• Place Names: Seattle, Spokane, Yakima, Pocatello, Chinook, Flathead Lake, Milwaukee, Ottawa, Miami, Wichita, Kalispell, etc.