The range of historical examples given shows the breadth of institutional racism in the states and it is easy to see the trace elements and threads that persist today. The missing chapter video about 'gasoline baths' ended with segments from news reporting in the last couple of years, and sadly, similar segments could have been used as concluding remarks in every single video. The marginalization of communities of native people, current eugenics in play in sports coverage or reports on the current protests.. etc. It is mindblowing to consider how far reaching racism is. Similarly, a collection of these videos could be curated for far too many other countries. To learn about the legislation that was adopted in order to minimize or ''assimilate'' and reflect on current policies. I had never heard of 'redlining' before, but have read a lot about inequities in housing policies from activists (most notably moms4housing in Oakland). I now have a clearer ideas of where the roots of these inequalities lie, in terms of policy- rather than relying on my broader knowledge of slavery and how that established an unjust society from the get go. In short, there is no doubt that these historical events and laws impact US society. The connections are as clear as day. Thinking globally, " the holocaust didn't happen in a vacuum" really stuck. This was said when considering the use of Zyklon B in El Paso and then in Dachau... how many other connections like this can be made? Just by using the examples from the videos in this part of the module? Frightening. And then expand on that.. and...
