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To: Jan_Sobieski
OK Freepers,

Have at it:

The teacher offered several questions to be asked, including:

From the picture below:


*What are the similarities between the events?
*Why did the people in Boston dress up as Native Americans?
*What stereotypes does that show?
*What is institutional racism and how should it be addressed?
*Why is the image on the right called a “party”?
*The event on the right has been mythologized and treated as action by heroes. Do you think the event on the left will be?

29 posted on 08/25/2014 7:41:25 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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To: DCBryan1

Hmmm, I’ll try.

*What are the similarities between the events?

- One group is stealing for personal use, the other is destroying to protest a recently implemented government taxation policy. A policy which was imposed without the consent of the governed in violation of English Parliamentary rules regarding colonies.

*Why did the people in Boston dress up as Native Americans?

- To punctuate their rejection of English political authority and disassociation with same.

*What stereotypes does that show?

- That Native Americans were not subjects of the Crown.

*What is institutional racism and how should it be addressed?

- The institution racism was that Native Americans were not English subjects but Colonials were and they disproportionately bore the yolk of English rule. Solution: Revolution and independence from England.

*Why is the image on the right called a “party”?

- It was a celebration of the forceful rejection of English taxation and import controls.

*The event on the right has been mythologized and treated as action by heroes. Do you think the event on the left will be?

- No. It was thievery for personal consumption in no way comparable to the Boston Tea Party. It was not representative or reparative of government political, taxation and import policies.


33 posted on 08/25/2014 8:00:56 AM PDT by Justa
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