Portrayal of African Americans in American Literature and HistoryEssay Preview: Portrayal of African Americans in American Literature and HistoryReport this essayPortrayal of African Americans in American Literature and History( ) Ibrahim Adham bin A.Khalil (1429493)Md Maruf Hasan (1312905)Muhamad Nuri Bin Muhamad Azani (1511971)Megat Faris Danial Bin Megat Niza Izham (1517037)Maruf: Hey brother, you seem so stressed, what are you doing?Megat: No nothing, I just stumbled upon an article about slavery during the American slavery period. So I think its kind of interesting okay.Nuri: Eh, Megat, Marof…Hi!Megat: Ouh Nuri….Hi! Shalom!Nuri: Hey man! you good? Megat: FineNuri: All rightIbrahim : Megat where are you? You with Marof? Ok ok ok…Im coming I’m coming Hi guys! Sorry for being late. Marof: Its okay no problemMegat: Hey IbrahimIbrahim: How are you? Bigger day to day. Hey Nuri! beautiful hair as usual. So lets startNuri: Hey, you guys look so tense. What topics are you guys discussing? Do you mind to share?Megat: Im stressed about reading the African-American slavery, how they were treated it was very terrible. Do you want to know when this slavery was started? Nuri: YesssMegat: It was when..(Videoclip) Slavery was hugely important to America. I mean it led to a civil war and it also lasted what, at least in US history counts as a long-ass time from 1619 to 1865. But slavery is most important because we still struggle with its legacy so yes todays episode will probably not be funny but it will be import without southern cotton the north wouldnt have been able to industrialize at least not as quickly because cotton textiles were one of the first industrially produced products and the most important commodity in world trade by the 19th century and three-quarters of the worlds cotton came from the American South and speaking of cotton why has no one mentioned to me that my collar has been half pop this entire episode like Im trying to recreate the flying nuns hat and although there were increasingly fewer slaves in the north as northern states outlawed slavery cotton shipments overseas made northern merchants rich northern bankers financed the purchase of land for plantations northern insurance companies ensured slaves who were after all considered property and very valuable property and in addition to turning cotton into cloth for sale overseas northern manufacturers sold cloth back to the south where it was used to clothe the very slaves who had cultivated it but certainly the most prominent effects of the slave based economy were seen in the south the profitability of slave based agriculture especially king cotton meant that the south would remain largely agricultural and rural slave states were home to a few cities like St. Louis and Baltimore but with the exception of New Orleans almost all southern urbanization took place in the upper south further away from the large cotton plantation and slave based agriculture was so profitable that it siphoned money away from other economic endeavors like there was very little industry in the south it produced only 10% of the nations manufactured goods and as most of the capital was being plowed into the purchase of slaves there was very little room for technological innovation like for instance railroad this lack of industry and railroads would eventually make the south suck at the Civil War thankfully in short slavery dominated the south shaping it both economically and culturally and slavery wasnt a minor aspect of American Society by 1860 there were for MU slaves in the US and in the South they made up 1/3 of the total population although in the popular imagination most plantations were these sprawling affairs with hundreds of slaves in reality the majority of slaveholders owned five or fewer slaves and of course most white people in the South owned no slaves at all although if they could afford tothey would sometimes rent slaves to help with their work
Ibrahim: My god it is so inhuman manI couldnt, I could not brain how would they treat another human like that back then. But after all, I think we should be grateful that we are not practicing slavery anymore todayMaruf: you know guys there are many elements of slavery, one of them is xenophobia.Nuri: Oh, what is in xenophobia ?Maruf: Well, according to my research, what I have found, xenophobia means dislike of or prejudice against people from others countries for example of white people are so scared about black people.Megat: Have you read any book contains of xenophobia Maruf? Maruf: oh yes, we found some elements of xenophobia in novel as well as in the movie. The movie name is “The Color Purple”.Ibrahim: Did you say “The Color Purple”? can you tell us a bit about “The Color Purple”.Maruf: So basically the color purple is based on the novel and this is the history of one black family during early 1990s. So in this movie, there are some elements which we can see like xenophobia Nuri: So bro, did you found any xenophobia element in the novel?Maruf: Yes, I find one element of xenophobia in the novel as well as in the movie where theres a one black girl called Sophia. This black girl actually got imprisoned by, like, she abused one white wife’s husband. So, Sophia was imprisoned and she had to do a very kind of slavery. So what happened actually one day the black girl was taken by one white girl to Sophia’s village and what actually happened there were so many like boys were black and this girl suddenly got so scared about these black people because she was thinking like ,maybe, these black boys will do harm towards this white lady. So thats all I know.(Videoclips) : I can do it, I can do it. I can put this thing in reverse not gonna make me go the right way… come onIbrahim: Talking about the color purple it reminds me of the novel The Underground Railroad. Have you heard The Underground Railroad? Its very fascinating novel you know, because it explores slavery and also American history in a very unique and interesting way as we discuss about the element of xenophobic just now it reminds me to the other elements which is the process of dehumanization which also included in the novel The Underground Railroad occurring this to this website, the Underground Railroad which introduces Cora a young African woman who journeys to freed them from the antebellum South on a fantastically amazing physical railroad. So throughout this story the main character Cora she stops at multiple towns and cities with each of the cities she received a brutal treatment of slaves and black people. So there are…there are many examples that actually hi like a process of dehumanization implies towards these black people.
Ibrahim: The experience with this woman is actually very much the end of the story, we are now moving in the present time towards the next chapter and as far as sex, the black women are in trouble but the white women are still struggling to live up to their past, so the black women are looking back, now with love for the white women and their white male brother as well as seeing the white fathers in misery but the only thing that works for the black women is the love of the white father or for a black wife or for good and good, but it does not change them or it does not destroy them, it just is their present to keep on going. I can tell you that this is a real issue for a black person and it is very difficult for the white person to find the meaning of the black women, as if they are nothing more than bad looking black women and they need to be brought back to life. However, as you can see, the black women are still in the midst of this process, what I’ve found, they have a lot of hope for the Black Women, they are starting to find their meaning that could help them, they are going through a hard time.Ibrahim: What kind of a problem is this problem faced the first time we watch black woman and black boy being sexually abused or sexually assaulted by one another?Maruf: Well, once you watch a black girl being sexually abused by someone, you cannot ever forget your love for them, because for all too many years their love for eachother was based on nothing more than race and culture and stereotypes and they would continue to remain in the shadows and it became difficult for them to take their own self out of the shadows. This is because one night I saw a white man sitting in his car in the middle of nowhere, as he was looking over his shoulder and the black man with his shirt off had a good look on him and started to
Ibrahim: A few words on the subject, is the majority of the women at work and students are raped and abused by this particular group of people. As you will see, there are a lot of victims of the racist, homophobic, and ignorant ideology that has taken over, and many white women are finding it hard to let this group know that they are not alone, they have their own issues and needs too. So what’s the answer to this? One thing that I will give you this, let me take you to the next question that one of your professors asked you about, did the students know what was said?
The answer was yes, and as we can read from his question, it didn’t stop at asking what would be the best way to handle the situation. What I did do was, I told myself, what would be the best way, as I think those who are able find that best way to do a good job and that’s where much of my life began.
Maruf- I would like to thank you for allowing me to be your advisor and answer all your questions (you can find them here).
Maruf: I do, thank you, for your time and your knowledge and expertise. I had the opportunity to introduce myself and my colleagues to you when I wrote the article about the topic of sexual assault in this field. Since you, as you know, was a graduate student at the University of Chicago, it is clear how far in your scholarship you’ve been in the field of social work, particularly social work research.
You may have a personal or social background. That’s fine, I could take it as a compliment. But don’t let that make it sound like you are not comfortable doing your work in this field. I believe that you should take that one as an opportunity to find out more about what you really think about how we are handling this issue. It doesn’t make the work of teaching any less important; it also creates a whole lot of fun!
One interesting thing you found, though, was that you were aware of how important it had become for sexual assault survivors since the late 80s, before you could even say you had known about the problem. Many of you, however, are beginning to feel that the issue has been too much for you and your family to handle. For many, as mentioned in the letter you sent to me, some of the same things are also still happening at many University of Chicago, including those that you supported in your teaching, which I hope will continue to be recognized and continue to be recognized.
I would also like to say thank you to those that helped me through this problem to make writing this article available for people to read because I’m glad to have them involved. I also appreciate all your help helping me with such difficult issues.
The only thing you do is read the article when you