How does an examination of the racial foundations of the Americas help us interpret current issues? Based on the readings in Inhuman Bondage discuss how racial constructs developed in the Americas. How did racial constructs evolve from earlier ideas and how did they shape present societal dynamics (e.g. gender, labor, politics, culture, laws, demographics)? Why was the racial organization of society contested/not contested? Use the text, Davis's Inhuman Bondage