Final Film

I'm not sure if I too late to post, I simply forgot about it, sorry!

The last film we watched was a really interesting look into the depths of racism. In 1910 58% of mining workers were immigrants, blacks, Chinese, and Mexicans. A 1911 biologist by the name of davenport examined race and he noted that race theory began to look at groups of people, and people were seen as races. According to the American Breeders Association, biology was destiny, a matter of life or death. That is so strange to me that we had/have a "breeders association." The film also addressed America as the "Melting Pot." The melting pot idea was that in 1910 all the races would melt down in to one essence and mold into Americans. This idea was based first on a theatrical play. Another idea that stuck out to me was that in the film it said that "whiteness" was key to citizenship.