Posted: February 21st, 2013
Histories of Racism and Challenges to It
I. Histories of Racism and Challenges to It
Between 1861 and 1900, how did particular economic and political circumstances aggravate white racism while other circumstances, in the words of Charles Postel, “opened cracks in the walls of racial oppression”? When and where in the United States during these years did historical developments deepen particular forms of denigration, exclusion, and violence? When and where did they create new possibilities for African Americans, Chinese immigrants, Mexican Americans, or Native Americans to pursue their own welfare and the welfare of their families and communities without persistent forms of white racism limiting them?
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