{"id":203,"date":"2019-10-03T14:30:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T18:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst390cnr\/?p=203"},"modified":"2019-10-03T14:30:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T18:30:11","slug":"the-jungle-effect-institutionalized-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst390cnr\/2019\/10\/03\/the-jungle-effect-institutionalized-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;Jungle&#8221; Effect: Institutionalized Racism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last class we discussed the issue of labeling African-Americans as animalistic, and further the systemic issues in our society which allow the existence of these stereotypes. In Nicolette\u2019s blog she discussed the cultural effects of slavery on all of society. Whites were instilling animistic conditions for African-Americans creating a perpetual cycle which continues to exist today. Further, as we saw in the scene with the Schoolteacher where Sethe heard the students dividing her characteristics into either the animalistic category or the humane, certain aspects of slavery remain implicitly as a consequence of perpetuating racist education. Nicolette wrote, \u201cWhites who acted as reluctant participants are often just doing what they think their role is in life.\u201d The implicit racism which remains because of slavery couldn\u2019t\/can\u2019t be solved by legislative action but needed a re-education of layers of misguided, racist propaganda.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Although there were many white folks who were helping the movement, there were many (including those you helped) who couldn\u2019t accept their willful ignorance and properly deal with the issue. Continuing to oppress blacks allows for us to disregard such past issues, but in this case we aren\u2019t able to actually investigate the lasting effects of slavery it has only not only blacks but whites as well. Referring to the perpetual oppressing cycle,Morrison wrote, \u201cIt was the jungle white folk planted them in.\u201d This \u201cjungle\u201d (system) which white folk instilled has continued to exist. The self-understanding by whites of their awful history and their implicit sentiments seems to be too rich and deep of an issue for many to uncover. Morrison further writes, it is the \u201cscreaming baboon living under their white skin.\u201d Oppression is easy to do for society, what becomes a more convoluted and exposing issue is when we try display the truths of our past and the every-lasting effects we continue to face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last class we discussed the issue of labeling African-Americans as animalistic, and further the systemic issues in our society which allow the existence of these&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst390cnr\/2019\/10\/03\/the-jungle-effect-institutionalized-racism\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The &#8220;Jungle&#8221; Effect: Institutionalized Racism<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4358,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst390cnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst390cnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst390cnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst390cnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4358"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst390cnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst390cnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst390cnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst390cnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst390cnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}