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The Issues with Racism

Clip: 10/15/1991 | 7m 6sVideo has Closed Captions

Berman believes that racism is still an effective scapegoating technique for people...

Berman believes that racism is still an effective scapegoating technique for people in power and people without power. It has become more individualized rather than a communal approach during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's. Berman gives examples of Politicians using racism in their campaigns.

10/15/1991

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Berman's Goal at the University

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Clip: 10/15/1991 | 5m 56s | Berman wants his students to have an approach to the truth and approach to the past... (5m 56s)

Conflict and Confrontation

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Clip: 10/15/1991 | 10m 23s | Wanting to study labor history during the 1950's, Berman felt constrained because... (10m 23s)

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