Jacobson, Chapters 6, 7,and Epilogue, Images, & Video Clips

Some main points of Jacobson (6,7, Epilogue)

1. 1840-1920 was a time of expansion, especially in regards to land (pg. 204)
2. The discourse of "savages" is used to justify hierarchy and racial distinctions; American and those deemed American asserted as the antithesis to "savage" (page 205)
3. The term Anglo Saxon extended to differentiate between Anglos, Mexicans, and Celts (the Irish) (pg. 206)
4. Chinese Exclusion act furthered the idea of those deemed others not being "fit for government." (211)
5. Republican Ideology laid the groundwork for which "others" would be understood; created anxieties about those who were seen as undesirable (pg. 220)
6. Courts acted as a barrier to citizenship and by association whiteness (pg. 223)
7. Being fit for property status was added to being fit for government in legal rhetoric about who was afforded citizenship (224); courts created authority through their rulings on who was designated "white" (225; 244)
8. Racial dissonance, class antagonisms, and at times, ethnic revival, arose in the 20th century (276)
9. Some groups profess not to "feel" like a part of a racial group; race as a disadvantage arises in the discourse
10. Transcauscasia a possible solution (280)

Blackboard Jungle (1955)

Ethnicity and Class Presented as Undesirable, Unruly, Unfit for Government?:
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Over-characterizng Difference & A Discussion of the Cultural Work and Havoc of Epithets
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How do these "cartoons" present various ethnic groups and their immigration to the US? What signs of difference are used to denote the ethnicity of characters and nationality? What do you think would be the result of the dissemination of such images? What does our author say about the use of such images?