Article- People-of-Color-Blindness Notes on the Afterlife of Slavery

1. Do a page by page summary of Sexton

Example (p.1 - Sexton says blah, blah blah; page 2. Talks about x, y, z). Then answer the following questions:

a. Why does Sexton think the ultimate racial division is not white/people of color, but Black/non-Black?

b. What is his critique of "oppression olympics?"

c. What does he mean by "people of color blindness?"

d. What do you think of his argument?

2. Assess the different position by Sexton and "We are not all Trayvon" on one hand, and "Native Lives Matter" and "Race Beyond Black and White" on the other hand. 1 page

a. What explains the different perspectives and positions?

b. Are these positions reconcilable? If so, how?

c. What is your position on this debate and why?

3. Provide an example in the media of what Sexton would see as an example of anti-Blackness specifically?