How good is your knowledge of the history of race?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

whether it be in the United States or global?

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	Excellent (I could teach or do teach about it)
	1 (33%)
	Good
	1 (33%)
	Average
	1 (33%)
	Below Average
	0 (0%)
	What history of race?
	0 (0%)
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[PowerToThePeople]

1. I would have said below average

But then I thought about all the right wingers that would be lower than me. I may be even above average, but I do not think I know that much...

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. i am not trying to shame anyone

but i do offer a solution, if you would like to increase your knowledge. Obviously, you wouldn't know everything from this, but there is a 3 part BBC documentary called Racism a History, available on youtube and netflix, which i highly recommend

[rurallib]

6. mark to come back to

if I have some time this weekend I may look it up.

[cyberswede]

17. Excellent - I'll check it out over the weekend...

might make for good family viewing (I have 2 middle-schoolers).

[arcane1]

20. Thanks! I need new documentaries!!!

[PowerToThePeople]

21. Thank you for the suggestion

I did not take it as shamed. I admit I have lived in a bubble in regards to racial issues. I typically stay out of those conversations or defer to those with more knowledge than myself.

[el_bryanto]

2. That's a complicated subject that I'm hesitant to answer

Because it could encompass so much; I'm reasonably knowledgeable about the history of race and racial conflicts in America (particularly in the first half of the 20th century) and I'm also reasonably aware of how the conception of race has changed over time. But there are so many different races and ethnicities just in America I don't know I'd be comfortable talking about all of them.

Bryant

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. i think the knowledge of oppression in your country try is far more important

in this context.

although, a global history helps.

[el_bryanto]

8. Than I'm reasonably aware

If it is focused on oppression - and like i said before, most aware about the period from maybe 1910 to 1950.

While I think the oppression is an important facet of this, I think it's also important and interesting to look how various races and ethnicities succeeded as well as being oppressed.

Bryant

[Octafish]

5. Personally, I believe people are "flesh" color.

Some scientists argue there really is no basis for classifying people by "Race."

Most of what I know comes from pop culture, mass media and selected reading. Edwin Black has taught me much:

http://www.waragainsttheweak.com/

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. a social reality does not reflect science. race is a very important piece of someone's life

and the lack of scientific fact behind race, does not make it any less important.

[Octafish]

12. Perhaps you misunderstood.

Too many people judge others based on outward appearance, in particular the "color" of one's flesh. That is my point in referring to race.

[H2O Man]

9. Excellent. n/t

[hifiguy]

10. Probably good.

I read a lot of politics and history (mostly from a leftist perspective) but I certainly can't claim expertise. As with any complex subject continuing to educate one's self is the key.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

15. so true. my knowledge is pretty excellent, yet, i am always reading about

a piece i completely did not know about.

[ismnotwasm]

11. Fairly good

In the western world only. I took a number of classes starting with "Ethnic America"

I know a bit about other counties and places, but I'm curious. So I'd say just better than average there

[jwirr]

13. I went to college in the 70s and they were actually teaching classes then that dealt with both Black

history and Native American history. Since then a lot of it has been from hearing news like this. For a white lady who lives in a mostly white community that is pretty good.

[LexVegas]

14. Which one?

In the U.S.?

[snooper2]

16. I thought most people would understand, unless they learned in church LOL

[KamaAina]

18. I clued in one of my colleagues

after we had a racial incident at San Jose State a few months ago. This educated white woman had no idea how bad race relations are in this country. None. She actually broke down in tears!

[arcane1]

19. I'm going with "good" since it's better than most of the people I grew up with.

[Xyzse]

22. Well, my view on race is a mite different from some Americans born here

I was born elsewhere before I became a naturalized citizen around 2000.

I never took classes on it, so I can only go by what I have read, which spans from outside the US to in here.

Saying that, I don't really have a basis to figure out if mine is average or not. If I take a written and multiple choice test, dealing with racial issues, I tend to do really well. Beyond that, I don't really know.

[gollygee]

23. I think reasonably good, although I keep learning more

I have taken anti-racism training, which was a week-long event and which raised as many questions as it gave answers, but it made me curious and got me started reading books about racism. I'm currently reading about sundown towns and white race riots, because I think it's important to read about racism in the north and not to just see it as a southern thing.

However, mainly the US. I have read about the slave trade in general as well though, and a bit about the Hatian revolution.