History of Racism #1: The Origins of Race and Racism (1619-1800s)

Offered by Just Health Collective, LLC. See below for registration instructions.

Description: 

This two-hour interactive course will be taught by Ayo Magwood, founder of Uprooting Inequities.  All lessons consist of a 90-minute presentation followed by a 30-minute discussion. The five lessons in the History of Racism series build on each other and are ideally taken in succession. 

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This first seminar in the history of racism series answers the questions “How and why were Black and White races developed?” and “How and why was anti-Black Racism developed?” We trace the historical evolution of the social construction of race from the early colonial period, when the colonies were still a class-based society like in England, through the middle colonial period when the Black-White racial binary and a race-based caste system was constructed through laws. Through primary source evidence, we learn that racism did not lead to slavery, but rather, slavery lead to racism; economic interests led to racial narratives and a racial caste system. We also demonstrate that racism–the myth of Black racial inferiority–was the narrative that white elites/slave owners created (“the story we tell”) to both rationalize slavery (economic interests) and divide poor Whites and Blacks (political interests).

Benefits:

• Explore the history, economics, sociology, and cognitive psychology of systemic racism in the United States
• Understand how and why racism was constructed and reproduced over our history and how systemic racism operates and is reproduced today
• Knowledge of our history will enable us to identify and implement policies and practices that can begin to dismantle racism

When:  Wednesday June 23, 2021 at 9:00am PST / 10:00am MST / 11:00am CST / 12:00pm EST

How to Register: Find and join the seminar day/time most convenient for you following these five easy steps:

• First, we invite you to a complimentary membership to the JHC Village.
• Once in the Village, click on COURSES found on the navigation bar on the left
• Click into HISTORY OF RACISM 1 
• Click into EVENTS found on the navigation bar on the left
• Choose your day/time to RSVP and sync the event to your calendar

Email kathy.poston@justhealthcollective.com with any questions.