Assignment Task: Watch at least three (3) of the following videos. Make connections between overall video themes and concepts from class materials. Be sure to also make connections with your own lived experiences and viewpoint.
You may wish to address some, all, or none of the following optional questions:
1. Explain three factors that contributed to the rise of racism in the United States.
2. Explain how Jim Crow laws affected blacks in the South, and why such laws caused them to migrate to the North.
3. Explain black-white relations during the late 19th and early 20th century as cultural drift.
4. Explain how institutional racism contributes to cultural drift.
YouTube Video:
- Talking about history honestly, Bryan Stevenson, 5:47 - begin at 3:40
- Lynching in America: Bryan Stevenson, 1:09 minutes
- The urgent need for reconciliation in the United States | Bryan Stevenson, 7:28