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I found it interesting how people, especially white women, perceived African American women. White women were seen as pious and pure ladies while black women were seen as lazy, loud and vulgar. This was especially true once the black women stopped working out in the fields and taking care of his families. This was just another way that white women could assert themselves over black women, even though the black women were doing the same thing the white women were, if not more. --Kari W. | I found it interesting how people, especially white women, perceived African American women. White women were seen as pious and pure ladies while black women were seen as lazy, loud and vulgar. This was especially true once the black women stopped working out in the fields and taking care of his families. This was just another way that white women could assert themselves over black women, even though the black women were doing the same thing the white women were, if not more. --Kari W. | ||
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| + | This article takes a very different perspective from Whites. Jones writes about contradictions of emancipation and what blacks did upon being "freed." I was surprised at some of the anecdotes she used (the slave mother wanting to bury her dead child on free soil), but didn't find her ideas that novel. I can see, however, how emancipation rocked the social structure of the time and how the economy was completely reshaped. It would be like trying to incorporate a whole population of refugees into America's economy today. I did really like her article overall and think her points are valid. This was a very refreshing read after Whites' book!--Amanda | ||
