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The Black Church and Media within Slavery - Coggle Diagram
The Black Church and Media within Slavery
How has the media helped create stereotypes of Black men and women
Black women are obese, loud mouthed, agressive
Black men are weak, brittle, belittled by their black women.
Blacks love watermelon and are big eyed
The stereotypes of blacks are presented by whites within the media
These images shaped a reality for both blacks and whites. Marketed to to young white children.
Sambo: A depiction of a black man Illiterate, brown skin, always happy 1820's
Mammy: takes care of the white womens children, wearing a scarf on her head, obese and was typically the house cook and / or maid.
Foot Shuffle: to work around the no dancing law. Jim Crow also came from a dance
Stories of blacks being Koons and illiterate were done through songs, books, theatres. To create the mainstream of ignorance of blacks.
Rise of the invisible institution: Slaves had to practice their religion in secret
Consequences for practicing religion being whipped, amputated limbs
Blacks would risk their own safety for a piece of freedom. That freedom would come from Christianity.
The same Christianity that settlers tried to use to justify slavery - this oxymoron is very complex.
Christianity has been conflicted with one ethnic group English speaking white males.
White English men = Power, gender, funds
White men have the power to define truth, who are human, establish who could be a part of their society.
White men used Christianity to justify their power and status.
Christianity becomes a tool to justify Power, position and can be used as a weapon
Missionaries would travel to plantations to convert the slaves into Christianity.
Invisible Institution is the reaction to plantation christianity. It has becomes the foundation of what we know to be today as the black church.
Awakening is the emphasis on individual experience with the God of Christianity.
Awakening occurs with a sudden encounter with Jesus. A direct and/ or divine experience with God.
Missionaries would use their first hand "experience" with God to lead others to believe Jesus was real.
Missionaries: Spoke to the Rise of Jesus and offering salvation and freedom from sin. To draw in people from many colonies.
Great Awakening leaders would have interracial services. Blacks and whites would come together for religious experiences.
Great Awakening was the catalyst for the African American Church
Slave Bible Created by Beilby Porteus?
The slave bible was composed of prayers intended to keep slaves in slavery
Plantation Christianity: Slaves were introduced the to religion of the slave master.
The bible was created to justify slavery: See this scriptures 1Timothy 6:1| Ephesians 6:5| Colossians 3:22 / 4:1
George Whitefield: SUCKS! a minister that preached against the brutality of slavery and at one point believed it should be abolished. Then turned in favor of to pay for his missionary work.
Ministers were the wealthiest slave holders during 1718. It was common for them to own slaves. They were against the brutality of slaves.
Francis Macavey was the founder of Presbyterian Church. He purchased many slaves and used the profits to fund Presbyterian churches in the Americas.
the justification of slavery is within the pool pit.
Plantation Christianity gives the gospel, tells the story of redemption, tortures, beats and sells slaves.
Black churches were the light they demonstrated the belongingness, worthiness and institutional armor.
Re-interpret the bible in their own voices a safe place. The role of music is pivotal
Black churches have fallen short with sexism but reacted faster to racism.
Roots of the black church: ancestral worship, islam, mixed beliefs.
Ring Shouts: is an African practice. Free and enslaved blacks practiced this. Cornerstone between Africans and African American Churches.
Mixture of singing, worshiping, praying and being filled with the holy ghost.
Whites wanted to keep blacks within their churches to monitor the preachings and / or teachings blacks were exposing each other to.
Whites did not want blacks to rise and cause havac due to their new found faith in God. Especially after the creation of the slave bible.
Blacks had to improvise the word in which they preached due to most being illiterate. They spoke to experiences and the faith they had in their hearts.
Praise House: 1st glimpse of heaven on earth. After service the blacks were able to gossip about all things slavery.