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History of The Idea of Race (17th (. (Industrial Revolution takes place in…
History of The Idea of Race
18th
English colonization of Jamestown, Virginia
Pull of labor market to establish a profitable economy
Native Americans unwilling and unfit to become an economic basis of labor, as modeled by Spain and hoped for by colonizers
No precious ore but tobacco farming is profitable
Plantations form
Established normalization of indentured servants as a source of semi-permanent free labor
Lack of social classes determined by race
Africans immigrate and assimilate to status quo without prejudicial barriers
Increased wealth disparities due to feudal-like system developing create social tension
The wealthy feel insecure in their power and want to protect and social structure that serves them
Africans deemed most vulnerable minority population
Laws passed to create racialized slavery
Justification through marginalized ensues
A positive feedback loop forms with marginalization and internal justification that makes treatment of one group in such a hateful way seem more acceptable 'just because they have to be inferior, otherwise this wouldn't be the setup'
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Laws systematically advantage newly-termed white people while Irish, Native Americans, then Africans are labeled as "savages"
The poor are unhappy with their lot and the status quo
Bacon's Rebellion of 1676
Shakes pillars of normalcy and new systems instated required
17th
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Industrial Revolution takes place in England
Supply of indentured servants from England significantly decreases creating pull for the unskilled worker labor market with farming
Unemployment rate plummets as demand for workers rises in England
Africans have established reputation of superior farmers and skilled workers
Known as the civilized population, above the Irish and Native Americans who were labeled as savages
Internal war in Africa breaks out in the cumulative resistance to colonization
More Africans emigrate to North American colonies
Influx of individuals fleeing reduced circumstances who are unfamiliar with English/North American culture
African population is seen as vulnerable and well-suited for farm work
Laws passed to create racialized slavery
20th - 21st
Eugenics movement emerges in US and, eventually, serves as inspiration for that of Nazi Germany
Civil Rights movement emerges and effectively, legally, desegregates the US
Established and ingrained racism is perpetuated in a system that chronically and cumulatively disadvantages people of color in order to keep white people comfortable and in power
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19th
Segregation continues laying the groundwork for iron clad disadvantages for black Americans
Deep-rooted prejudices continue to permeate society
Scientific community attempts to back race as more than a social construct
The Gilded Age brings the last of The Great Migration up into mainly northern cities
Jim Crow flourishes as Reconstruction efforts draw to a close
Reconstruction of the South attempts to enforce new rights of black Americans
1860s slavery ends via the Civil War
through several centuries