test 2 Flashcards
(20 cards)
what is chattel slavery?
The system of buying and selling slaves as property
Northwest passage
Different from indentured slavery
System tied slavery to race
Outlawed in Europe early 1800s
Abolition
Between 1789-1804 Northern states outlawed slavery
Many different compromises (Mason-Dixon, Missouri compromise, 3/5th compromise, Kansas-Nebraska line)
Underground railroad
Forming of the Republican party
Themes in Emmett Till reading
Entitlements
Characterization of race
Black bodies are violent
Birmingham Alabama
Deeply segregated
“Bull Connor”
Believed that his job for public safety was to keep segregation going
African American homes and businesses regularly bombed
Difference between Negro revolution and black revolution according to Malcom X
Negro is non-violent and seeks to join white society Black is a revolution
Henry David Thoreau, “on civil disobedience”
Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once”
Liberal Theology
Belief in human goodness and reason
Emphasizes good works rather than ecclesiastical authority as foundation
Neo-Orthodoxy
Sin is innate and can only be overcome through grace
Revelation of God is source of religion
Mahatma Gandhi
It was not the British guns but rather imperfections of Indians that kept their country in bondage
Designed campaign of non-violent noncooperation
Principles of Non-violence
Fighting principals, not people
Refuse to participate in injustice
Willingness to accept suffering without retaliation
Seek to change minds and build community through love
The world is ultimately just
Non-Violence
Different from pacifism (pacifism is a statement that one will not cause harm)
Direct action philosophy
Strategic philosophy for change
Requires a faith in justice
Racism (Dr. King)
Metaphor or two orders. Past order and the coming age (Dr. King)
Identify problem. References colonialism and imperialism in Asia and Africa
Necessity of justification. Justified slavery by saying that black people were property not people
Hope in justice
Race (Malcom X)
Problem. “The white mindset” which is the idea of racial superiority and separation
Two solutions. 1. the attitude of white supremacy creates imminent destruction for everyone 2. the oneness of God, and the brotherhood of man
Who fails according to Bonhoffer?
Reasonable people. Naïve people who can’t reason through it
Fanaticism. The person who believes in their principles will lead them to justice and doesn’t tackle the system and the people behind it.
Conscience. A person who fights for themselves when a decision should be made (more reflection in necessary) (charging in without real purpose)
Freedom. Person who is willing to save themselves (you can’t compromise with evil)
Virtuousness. Person who puts too much faith in their own virtue (“I’m not the one doing it”)
Faith and social change
Costly signaling. Someone is willing to sacrifice their dignity or self-interests to be a part of a group
What is a conspiracy?
“a plot between multiple people to secretly control or manipulate a situation or commit crimes in secret.”
What is a conspiracy theory?
“The belief or argument that a conspiracy exists.”
what is Apophenia?
“The condition of seeing or imagining patterns in random occurrences.”
Conspiratorial worldview
A mindset that permits acceptance of multiple conspiracy theory or the belief that the world is run by one vast conspiracy.
what causes people to believe in conspiracy’s?
Enviornmental conditions
Freedom of information.
Sociopolitical turbulence.
Gives people a feeling of control in uncertain times
Internal conditions
Uncertainty/fear
Insignificance
Loneliness
Misinformation crisis
The paranoid style in American Politics
Politicians using paranoia to sow fear in people and give make them think of a group of people as their “enemy.” Example is McCarthy era anti-communist rehtoric.
