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Race, Identity & Social Order : James Weldon Johnson

Race, Identity & Social Order : James Weldon Johnson. Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man Ch. I-VII “Of course, you could go in any place in the city; they wouldn’t know you from white.”. James Weldon Johnson. 1871-1838 Writer, politician, diplomat, journalist, lawyer

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Race, Identity & Social Order : James Weldon Johnson

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  1. Race, Identity & Social Order:James Weldon Johnson Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man Ch. I-VII “Of course, you could go in any place in the city; they wouldn’t know you from white.”

  2. James Weldon Johnson • 1871-1838 • Writer, politician, diplomat, journalist, lawyer • First black leader of NAACP • Anti-lynching activist

  3. The Other • Othering done by dominant group • Defining someone • Projecting an identity • Constitutive of the Self • Affirms that the negative qualities of the Other are not those of the Self • Defining of human (like you) & how it affects how the Other should be treated • Other need be understood, ideas about Other need not be changed • Roles & duties

  4. Systemic Racism • Privilege • Systemic racism • Color line (107-108) • Dual consciousness (21) • Slurs (92) • Power of names

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