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Nick Burns BLS Chapter 3 Assessment Africans Confront Americans Pages 47-73 Insert responses in red Possible 100 points Late penalty Deadline: October 29, 11:59 PM 1. Use the labeled map provided earlier as well as the site games provided to assist you in identifying the numbered countries below. Write the appropriate numbered location on the blank left blank line below: (5 points, 1 each) a. _ 4 __ Congo/Republic of Congo b. _ 1 __Guinea c. _ 3 __Liberia d. _ 5 _ Mauritania e. _ 2 _ Sierra Leone Read Thoroughly: Do 'Black' Names Matter in Hiring? By Dan Woog, Monster Contributing Writer ….Loquisha is a "black" name, and names affect destiny. That premise gained scientific backing with " Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination ," an MIT-University of Chicago study conducted in 2001 and 2002 and published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) in 2003. Researchers sent 5,000 fictitious resumes for sales, clerical and customer service positions in Chicago and Boston. Applicants with white-sounding names were 50 percent more likely to be called for initial interviews than those with African American-sounding ones. The racial gap was uniform across occupation, industry and employer size. … The response was immediate. Newspapers headlined the report. African Americans debated whether the "responsibility" of giving a child the "advantage" of a white-sounding name outweighed the cultural or social "right" to name a child whatever the parents chose. And human resources personnel rushed to make sure company hiring practices did not follow the patterns the study described….. Using data covering every child born in California over a four-decade period, Levitt and Fryer conclude that the perception of a name is less important in hiring than the actual race of an applicant. Their study found no negative impact of a distinctively black name on life outcomes and say in the report, "The stark differences in naming patterns among blacks and whites is best explained as a consequence of continued racial segregation and inequality, rather than a cause that is perpetuating these factors."…. "The reality is, white people joke about those names," he says. "Kids are very aware of what names mean -- look at that Coach Carter line -- and employers do, too. They have a reaction when they see the name Loquisha or Tyrone. I suppose it's OK for entertainers. If you want to call yourself Ice Cube or Snoop Dogg, go ahead. But most kids are not going to go into entertainment, so I don't think we should be putting up unnecessary barriers to employment among our kids." Author and commentator Keith Boykin says parents should be able to name their children whatever they want. "It can be Shaneequa, Latisha or Lexus Nexus," he says. "We should not blame parents for giving kids ethnic names. BLS 100-3 Chapter 3 Africans Confront Americans 5 3 4 1 2

Instead, we should examine what it is in American society that leads people to discriminate simply because of someone's parent's choice of names. It's not Loquisha's fault -- or her parents' fault -- how people react to her name. It's the fault of people who don't understand or accept that we live in a pluralistic society, and that good workers can be found in many different places." Boykin applauds the studies for "introducing racism to white people. It's sad we need that validation to say that yes, racism exists…. http://career-advice.monster.com/in-the-office/workplace-issues/do-black-names-matter/article.aspx 2. As a result of the readings the Professor’s Overview , provide an academic summary of the information provided. (6 points based on Rubrics) Based on the overview provided in the module I learned more about the main ideas of chapter 3. We learned more about the activities of slaves who fought in the wars in the US and how they ecountered unfair behavior and racism from those they fought for and with. Along with that forced breeding between racial groups caused the 100% African DNA to fae. Only freed slaves were included in the census, and those who had even one drop of African American blood in them were considered African. Along with that even something as simple as a name can cause a person to be looked down upon and there disenfranchised by society. It may seem that a person with a more “creative” name may have trouble getting a job just from an employer seeing that part of them. A persons ability to express themselves and have any type of originality is looked down upon in our society. View Video 1: Names 3. As a result of the reading above and the Roots video , provide your opinion about the name issue during slavery as well as its impact on employment for Blacks in 2016. (7 points based on Rubrics) I have seen that clip from roots so many times and every time it is just so powerful. In a time where he wants to hold on to his old self but the forces are trying to stop him it makes it so tough to watch it continue. In Roots he is suffering real abuse because of his name, they do not like their birth given names and want to change them to something more to their likeing. It puts knots in my stomach to see him finally give in because he had been fighting so hard to keep that part of himself until the point he just couldn’t fight anymore. Relating this back to present times, people have common misconceptions in realtion to names. In a blind interview if they are looking through applications and are choosing between a guy named Dave and a guy named Quadri, they may be more likely to select dave just based on that. That isn’t always the case with names of people, but it seems that white culture seems more and more trying to make others forget themselves to assimilate with everyone else. View Video 2: Wise 4. Compare the discussions on pages 58 about Bacon’s Rebellion (how he challenged the governor ), page 63 about the “two implications of the creation of chattel Africans, and the Wise video. Explain how the end of English indenture is related to the creation of chattel Africans and development of the term “ White. ” (10 points based on Rubrics) The sale of people as property which previous was know as chattle morphed into what we know is called slavery. This realated to what is know as indectured servitude where a person would be volunteered or volunteer themselves to be a slave to a person for work. After the adoption of slavery the act of indentured servitude slowly faded into the background. After the fall of the servitude all the work that was normal done by the servants was then forced onto these slaves. Servitude was orgrianlly done as a job to help people and help the English have a sustainable economy. Bacons rebellion scared people into submission because it was a group of people of different kinds coming together to take down the system in place. The term white was developed as people were no longer paid to serve others as we trasitioned into a period where we got slaves. 5. As a result of the reading, list and define the two (2) basic forms of chattel? (8 points based on Rubrics) The two basic forms of chatte based on the reading are domestic and productive chattel. Domestic chattel focuses more on the simple and borung household task like cleaning and other things along that line. Productive chattel is anything that would provide you with a product such as working in fields and working in mines. 6. As a result of the assigned reading (research if desired), provide a thorough summary of the story of the joint heirs of the Tyre kingdom, Elisa , (founder of Carthage) and Pygmalion , pages 55-57. (10 points based on Rubrics) The king mad Pygmalion and his sister Elisa the join heirs of the kingdom. When the king died the people had a larger preference toward pymailion despite his young age. Elisa got married to a man Named Acerbas who was a high preist and happened to be her uncle. He was thought to have a lot of gold hidden so Pygmalion had him killed. His sister in fear for her life wanted to flee, so she planned to move in with her brother to convice him that she was fine with what happened. He was so happy that he sent people to help her move. She told them to throw some of the bags of gold in thr ocean and said they were offererings to her husbands spirit. She knew her brother would be upset when he found out they were throwing the gold in the sea but it wasn’t really the gold just bags of sand. She took the servants and conviced them to move with her from Tyre. They all went to Cyprus and met a preist of Jupiter that joined them on the trip as long as his men were given prostitutes to become the wives of the men. BLS 100-3 Chapter 3 Africans Confront Americans

B Samuel Cornish C American Colonization Society (ACS) D. Richard Allen E John Brown Russwurm F Paul Cuffee G David Walker H Peter Salem I Law of Admiralty _ _h __ An African who had been freed from slavery, distinguished himself in the first battle of the war for Independence; joined the Minutemen (those who were ready at a minute’s notice) of Framingham and held their ground until the British retreated toward Boston. __ g _ Published three editions of the Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World ; declared that no people had been as cruel and barbarous as the white Christian Americans; in 1829 he wrote that “the result of my observations has warranted the full and unshaken conviction, that we, (colored people of these United States) are the most degraded, wretched, and abject set of beings that ever lived since the world began…. _ _ i _ Its two aspects were how to control the crew in the middle of the sea and how to control goods, prizes, and property, real and personal. _ d __ Preacher and one of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) founders, the longest continuous black U.S. organization. _ c _ Established in 1816 by Robert Finley as an attempt to satisfy pro-slavery groups as well as philanthropists, clergy and abolitionists who wanted to free African slaves and their descendants as well as provide them with the opportunity an to return to Africa. _ f _ Businessman and seaman in Massachusetts; prosperous ship owner and ardent campaigner for the rights of African people; organized the Friendly Society of Sierra Leone and convinced 38 emigrants to move from the U.S. to Sierra Leone. _ a _ Abolitionist and wealthy businessman who was born free in Philadelphia; apprenticed and mastered making sails, supported temperance, women’s suffrage; and full citizenship for all Americans. _ b _ A preacher, abolitionist and supporter of black organizations. He was taught the elements of public speaking, biblical interpretation and the liturgy by Rev. John Gloucester. He later became an itinerant preacher and worked to build Presbyterianism among black people. _ _e __ He was born in Port Antonio, Jamaica to an English father and an enslaved African woman; became one of the Freedom Journal newspaper’s creators; leading member of the American Anti-Slavery Society; served on the executive board of the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, etc. BLS 100-3 Chapter 3 Africans Confront Americans