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Created August 11, 2002
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The Christian Church and Slavery

Copyright: Jeanne Curran and Susan R. Takata and Individaul Authors, August 2002.
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Sometimes it's hard to see or even imagine the effects of slavery. We rejected slavery so long ago. We claim to be unbiased, as to race, at least at a policy level. Sure, some few people might still be racist. But by and large, slavery is really a thing of the past. Especially if you happen to belong to the white middle-class majority. Blacks, Browns, and, yes, Asians, and American Indians, all indigenous people somewhere at some time, will tell you very differently. (Link to "Don't we all bleed alike?")

In the Fall of 2002, we are going to include religion as one of the major factors we need to explore in terms of social justice, peace, and an end to oppression. We'll try to follow this project at Brandeis, and perhaps do some of the exploration and experimentation on our own.

Read this introduction to the project, focussing on how it is possible for the Christian religion to have been involved in any way in slavery:

Current Work:The Long Shadow of Slavery Over Women and Girls
By Author - not identified. Staff
Copyright: Feminist Sexual Ethics Project: Brandeis University
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Notes:

Notice that the Brandeis Project takes the position that even close to half a century of Civil Rights Legislation has not eliminated the detrimental effects of slavery. That would seem to be an important factor to take into consideration when we debate the present need for affirmative action, both in terms of the values that motivate us toward a more just and equal society, and in terms of the law and its effect.

Link to the LATimes article - on zzero tolerance and to Virginia Woolf's comments that led to a Room of her Own.

Zero Tolerance Lets a Student's Future Hang on a Knife's Edge By Barry Siegel. "A utensil fell into Taylor Hess' pickup, dropping him into a storm over school policy." Los Angeles Times. Sunday, August 11, 2002. .

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