Community Peace and Justice Network – October 20, 2020
Race Together: Learnings about and Race and Racism in America
Seminar Leader: Arturo Pierre Lewis
The Institution of Slavery and its attempt to destroy African People
. Kidnapped People
. Terrorized People
. Dehumanization of People
. Physically tortured People
. Psychologically manipulated People
. Separation of Families
. Religiously exploited People
. Racially segregated People (Colorism)
. Rape as a weapon of control and power and pleasure
. Economically oppressed People
. 4 Million Africans were placed into the Institution of Slavery in the colonies and U.S.
. 2 Types of Enslaved, Field Slave and the House Slave, separated by race and class
. People without legal liberty
The Development of the African American by Africans while enslaved
- Family
. Weddings (Jumping the Broom)
. Extended care for children born to other enslaved women - Slave Religion (Al Raboteau)
. Cabin Worship
. Worship in the Woods
. Worship in White Churches
. Slave Songs (Duality of meaning) - Skilled Labor, Arts (Music, Dance, Pottery, Drawings)
- Cultural Values
. Family
. Faith
. Finance
. Freedom
. Education
