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TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND (Final Report) 1999/12/31 MdHR 991422 MdHR 991422, Image No: 141 Print image (40K) |
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TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND (Final Report) 1999/12/31 MdHR 991422 MdHR 991422, Image No: 141 Print image (40K) |
| 132 participants predominantly from various Prince George's County Schools, knew of no one within their ethnic group but knew of others within their school who were of different racial descent. The question was then asked and answered, "Do you feel that the perils and brutality of chattel slavery created higher resilience to pain and suffering for African Americans than others who might elect suicide as a method to escape pain?" In many cases, youth reasoned that in as much as African ancestors were better "equipped" to withstand certain climatic and living conditions and thus were better suited for a particular labor than certain other races, the same is true of endurance. The class reasoned together, and then entered into theoretical discussion that because of the long-term effects and tolerance levels of their forefathers, no African American youth has become so frustrated, consumed with rage or felt so isolated that he or she felt compelled to enter his or her classroom and begin to shoot everyone and then take his or her own life. They further reasoned that because African Americans have faced so many insurmountable odds, one more would be no different than what is routinely anticipated. Youth remarked that rage within African Americans has |