Christian Biblical Interpretation Discussion

Section 1.

1. What is the argument for the Curse of Ham? What were black thinkers like Alexander Crummell and David Walker’s response to some Christian biblical interpretation of the curse of Ham?

2. How did some thinkers use the Bible to explain how the races came to be? Name one thing that Bernier did differently in his study about race than those who came before him, particularly those who used the Bible to explain race?

3. Why might we think that Hume’s views on race were important, although it was only in a single footnote? Why did Hume think that Blacks were inferior? Describe one way in which Beattie or the Wise Club responded to Hume’s racism?

Section II.

4. Provide one reason why the Declaration of Independence is seen as a document about equality? How did Frederick Douglass make use of the declaration of independence to express egalitarian ideas? Do you think his approach was effective? Why or Why not?

5. Explain the common-bundle view of ethnicity and the historical-familial view of ethnicity. Which one do you agree with and why?

6. According to Rutherford and Taylor, why isn’t skin pigmentation a good way to classify people into races? Which argument is most convincing to you and why? And how would you convince a friend that there is no biological basis to race using this argument?

Section 1.

1. What is the argument for the Curse of Ham? What were black thinkers like Alexander Crummell and David Walker’s response to some Christian biblical interpretation of the curse of Ham?

2. How did some thinkers use the Bible to explain how the races came to be? Name one thing that Bernier did differently in his study about race than those who came before him, particularly those who used the Bible to explain race?

3. Why might we think that Hume’s views on race were important, although it was only in a single footnote? Why did Hume think that Blacks were inferior? Describe one way in which Beattie or the Wise Club responded to Hume’s racism?

Section II.

4. Provide one reason why the Declaration of Independence is seen as a document about equality? How did Frederick Douglass make use of the declaration of independence to express egalitarian ideas? Do you think his approach was effective? Why or Why not?

5. Explain the common-bundle view of ethnicity and the historical-familial view of ethnicity. Which one do you agree with and why?

6. According to Rutherford and Taylor, why isn’t skin pigmentation a good way to classify people into races? Which argument is most convincing to you and why? And how would you convince a friend that there is no biological basis to race using this argument?

 

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