Welcome to sociology! See below for the power point presentation with all the notes.
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The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow PBS video series
Context Mini-Unit for Childish Gambino’s This Is America
- What is black face?
- What is a minstrel show?
- Who was Jim Crow as a character?
- What were Jim Crow laws?
- What is lynching? Who did it and what purpose did it serve their cause?
- What does the KKK stand for? What were/are their beliefs?
- What did they do to perpetrate these ideologies of hate?
- Describe how slavery and treatment of criminals were similar.
- What happened after WWII to black soldiers?
- What kind of education did white people want for black Americans? What kind of education did black people want for themselves?
- The students of Farmville organized a student march. What were they protesting?
- In 1954 Brown vs The Board of Education was a significant win for civil rights. What did they win?
- How were the student voices then similar to those we hear today? Do you feel youth have the power to make real change? Why or why not?
- Describe some symbols evident in the video.
- How does Donald Glover depict the different archetypes of black people? What is he saying about the aggressive black man? The Entertainer?
- How are guns and gun violence depicted in the video?
- What are they trying to say with the juxtaposition of what is happening in the foreground and the background of the video?
- How has the video changed for you from the first time watching it to the last time?