Series which traces the history of slavery and its impact upon the political, legal, and social development of African-Americans.|UNIVERSAL RACISM / Ambrose Lane. - SERIES: Never again for white men only| no. 3 - Series which traces the history of slavery and its impact upon the political, legal, and social development of African-Americans. CONTENT: Lane explores the long term racism which shaped the African-American experience, even against free African-American males. Basic Civil Rights were reserved by white men for white men, from the Constitution onward. That document, in fact, placed race relations on a war footing, with the enemy (non-whites) losing all humanity and becoming a thing to abuse. Even Christianity and the Bible were used as weapons to justify slavery, with African-Americans being taught that God blessed the institution. Concludes with a question and answer session. BROADCAST: KFPK, 5 Aug. 1992.
Lane explores the long term racism which shaped the African-American experience, even against free African-American males. Basic Civil Rights were reserved by white men for white men, from the Constitution onward. That document, in fact, placed race relations on a war footing, with the enemy (non-whites) losing all humanity and becoming a thing to abuse. Even Christianity and the Bible were used as weapons to justify slavery, with African-Americans being taught that God blessed the institution. Concludes with a question and answer session.
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