Old Racism Old racism originated in the 16th century with the beginning of chattel slavery. When Americans traveled to Africa to buy its people they did so because African's had strong bodies that will provide the labor plantation owners needed to sustain the American economy. In essence, chattel slavery was a business. They ... for over two hundred years it was easy for white folk to have the misconception that they weren't of the same species as humans. For decades they were viewed as animals with no access to inalienable human rights. The turning point of this mindset is seen in the Amist...

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... ). Unlike the Baker & Farwell blackface minstrelsy shows, where Aunt Jemima-"mammy--was a white man dressed in drag, the new Aunt Jemima would reek of authenticity and realism "people would buy the pancake mix because it was made by a bona fide slave woman. Images of the Old South were further romanticized and elevated as the main promotional strategy for the R.T. Davis ... for. It was a time period where their ancestors were brutally subjected to racial perversity and discrimination. A period in America's history where Blacks were considered inferior beings and treated like meaningless ...

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