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It is the most superficial
of human differences—
one that is literally only
skin-deep. Nevertheless, as
an ideological construct, race
has sparked warfare, influenced politics,
and shaped global economics for over
five centuries. This three-part series
dissects ideas of racial categorization
and illuminates the history of racism
as it unfolded in the Americas, Europe,
Africa, and Asia. Showing how
Eurocentric attitudes toward “the other”
evolved in response to historical events,
the series identifies and explores the
profound impact of racism on science,
culture, and collective memory. Each episode
features the expertise of prominent
historians, philosophers, and political
observers from all over the world. A BBC
Production. (53 minutes each) © 2007
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The Color of Money: Colonialism and
the Slave Trade
Reaching back across the centuries, this
program sheds light on historical attitudes
toward human differences. It assesses the
significance of biblical narratives, including the
“curse of Ham,” in the evolution of European
concepts of race, and goes on to examine the
basis of institutionalized racism—entwined
with fervent capitalism—on which the transatlantic
slave trade operated. The destruction
of America’s indigenous civilizations and
the dehumanization and exploitation of
Africans are studied alongside the writings
of Enlightenment philosophers and historians.
Experts interviewed include Dr. Orlando
Patterson of Harvard University, Dr. Barnor
Hesse of Northwestern, and Professor James
Walvin of the University of York.
$169.95 QHF39663 • DVD / VOD
A Fatal Impact: Eugenics, Social
Darwinism, and Genocide
During the 19th century, racial categorization
took on a pseudoscientific stance. This
program shows how the academic racism
of the period helped to spread imperialist
policies across the globe. Sifting through the
“science” of eugenics and its link to social
Darwinism, the film juxtaposes the racial
hygiene theories of Robert Knox, Francis
Galton, and Eugen Fischer with racial
warfare in Tasmania, Victorian apathy in
famine-wracked India, and—prefacing the
Holocaust—horrific German colonization
tactics in Namibia. Expert commentary comes
from author David Dabydeen, Dr. Maria Misra
of Oxford University, and Professor Catherine
Hall of University College London. Contains
graphic footage from concentration camps.
$169.95 QHF39664 • DVD / VOD
A Savage Legacy:
Apartheid, Jim Crow, and Racism Today
Did racist atrocities in the 19th and 20th
centuries bring Western society to an ethical
and ideological turning point? Or has racial
oppression simply assumed other, more insidious
forms? Pursuing answers, this program
focuses on a pattern of segregation and
genocide evident in King Leopold’s Belgian
Congo rampages, South Africa’s apartheid
rule, the terrorism of Jim Crow, and less
obvious examples that persist in today’s
global community. Several renowned
authors, including Dr. Michael Eric Dyson
of Georgetown University, Dr. Manning
Marable of Columbia, and Dr. Kwame
Anthony Appiah of Princeton, contribute
expert commentary. Contains graphically
violent imagery, footage, and reenactments.
$169.95 QHF39665 • DVD / VOD
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Anatomy of Prejudice: Jane Elliott’s Seminar on Race
Continuously refining an experiment she first conducted as a third-grade teacher in
1968, Jane Elliott has pioneered a viable way to talk about racial prejudice—a way
in which white people and people of color can explore the subject together. This
program documents one of Elliott’s diversity training seminars, in which participants
of varied racial and cultural backgrounds are separated into brown-eyed “superiors” and blue-eyed
“inferiors.” (49 minutes) © 2009 Preview Clip Online C
$169.95 QHF41352 • DVD / VOD
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