Racism - A Short History - George M Fredrickson.pdf - WNLibrary

INDEX
Adam and Eve story (Genesis), 52, 66 ideology of inferiority of, 79–81; rac-
Adas, Michael, 61, 108
ist reprisal response to equality of,
affirmative action decision (U.S.), 143 93; romantic racialism beliefs about,
Afghanistan Taliban government, 149 154; slavery of, 80–81; voting rights
African Americans: affirmative action protection given to, 130; World War
and, 143; associated with Southern II impact on racial reform and,
defeat, 106; “aversive racism” trig- 129–130. See also American white
gered against, 10; Benedict on equal- supremacy
ity of, 166; comparison of German African National Congress, 137
Jews and, 82–85, 86–89, 93–94; com- African slavery: Curse of Ham myth juspetition
between immigrants and, tification for, 29, 43–45, 51–52, 80,
86–87; Curse of Ham associated 176n.55; democratic revolution chalwith,
29, 43–45, 51–52, 80, 176n.55; lenging, 64–66; lasting legacy of, 94–
discrimination justified by “dysfunc- 95; New World forced labor vs., 38–
tional” subculture of, 142; emancipa- 40; New World legal/religious status
tion of, 81–84; fear of sexual pollu- criteria for, 54–55; origins of race astion
or violation by, 119–121; French sociation with, 29–30; precolonial,
discussions on ugliness of, 68; Great 30; religious justification of, 38–39;
Migration to urban North by, 115; in- skin pigmentation as justifying, 39.
termarriage ban lifted and, 131; Jim See also slavery
Crow laws and, 83, 101, 102, 109, Afrikaner nationalism, 3–4
110–111, 129, 130, 167; legacy of slav- An American Dilemma (Myrdal), 129, 167
ery and perception of, 94–95; post– American Indians: assimilationism and,
World War II racial reform and, 129– 73; assimiliation practiced by tribes
132, 137–138; racial Darwinism and, of, 155; bifurcated wild man/noble
85–86; racialism on, 160–161; racism
savage images of, 36; “black legend”