Discussion for African American study
What attitudes would a culture have to cultivate for large numbers of its people to ignore widespread rape and oppression of specific groups, and to discount the testimony of those assaulted?
What kinds of assumptions would society encourage in order to position others as unsuited for acceptance in society?
What attitudes would those oppressed take to refute assumptions or assimilate the ideas?
How might this legacy of assumptions and denial be passed down today? How might these issues affect all Americans?
More specifically, in relationship to the novel Kindred, is it possible we are like Dana and Kevin when we learn about or don’t understand our collective racial past?
Do neoslave narrative concepts help explain the context for what we see happening today?
https://www.gradientlair.com/post/40458010776/olivia-and-fitz-scandal-abc
https://www.motherjones.com/media/2012/02/the-loving-story-documentary-hbo