Monday, March 18, 2013
Blog #2
To be honest Slave and Citizen has been a major headache for me, but that is obviously because i have either not done the reading or simply because I'm having a hard time understanding it. But from all the work we've done in class I've learned a lot of new things about slavery. One thing i found interesting was when tannenbaum said that even though emancipation legally freed the negro, the white man couldn't accept the fact that it was actually true. This makes me think that no matter what the Negro did he would always be treated as a lesser human being. I also learned that the only way the Negro was going to get moral status was if his professional standing overcomes his racial origin. I also learned that Tannenbaum had obsession with women of color.
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Be sure that you account for our criticisms of Tannenbaum, too - your summary here of his "colorblindness" doesn't take into account the class' problem with it. Be sure to get to 250 words!
ReplyDeleteThis blog entry does not explain the story of "Slave and Citizen".
ReplyDeleteThe idea that Emancipation could legally free a race from slavery was present in society, but not accepted by man. "Slave an Citizen" does correlate with this idea because the writer of the story is a former slave that is now free and is elaborating on the racial imbalances still separating society. He is asking for actual change, not just in law, but in peoples mentalities in society.
Yeah...i had not finished the reading so i was having problems with it. I appreciate the feedback and i will take your advice on the idea of emancipation.
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