Objectives
Objective # 1: Examine the concept, the dangers and current implications of dehumanization.
Objective# 2 : Examine and analyze the causes and effects of dehumanization through the capture, trade, and enslavement of Africans, within a regional and global context.
Objective #1: Examine the concept, the dangers and current implications of dehumanization.
Read the article in this link about dehumanization and answer the following questions:
1. What is dehumanization?
2. Why do some believe that harm can happen to certain individuals and it seems warranted, and perhaps even morally justified?
3. What is the enemy image and how does it play a role in how we perceive each other?
4. What are some of the results of enemy images being created in your psyche?
5. Explain some of the dangers of dehumanization?
6. Describe some of the current implications of dehumanization.
Read the article in this link about dehumanization and answer the following questions:
1. What is dehumanization?
2. Why do some believe that harm can happen to certain individuals and it seems warranted, and perhaps even morally justified?
3. What is the enemy image and how does it play a role in how we perceive each other?
4. What are some of the results of enemy images being created in your psyche?
5. Explain some of the dangers of dehumanization?
6. Describe some of the current implications of dehumanization.
Dehumanization in slavery in America
Objective# 2 : Examine and analyze the causes and effects of dehumanization through the capture, trade, and enslavement of Africans, within a regional and global context.