DHUMC Book Talk Reminder: Stamped Session II

Good evening all!

This is is just a reminder that we have our second book club meeting tomorrow, February 12, at 7:00 PM. Here are sone questions to ponder:

  1. How does the authors’ narrative about the Revolutionary War—that it was a way for America to break free from British scorn over slavery—impact your own ideas and/or teachings about the war?

  2. The authors write, “segregationists and assimilationists may have had different intentions, but both of them agreed that Black people were inferior.” How does this statement alter accepted views about assimilation in the United States?

  3. Chapter 9, “Uplift Suasion,” defines the terms for Blacks to progress in post-revolutionary American society. The author categorizes these terms as an example of assimilationist thinking. Using the lens of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement and/or the current Black Lives Matter Movement, how has this type of thinking evolved and/or transformed?

  4. The authors write, “He (Thomas Jefferson) knew that all men are created equal. He wrote it. But couldn’t rewrite his own racist ideas.” What are your thoughts on this statement?

Hope to see you tomorrow!

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