"The Sex"

Paul Jairam

ENG 101

Reading on towards the end you can see how Tannenbaum’s views or better yet his voice changes up. He starts to embrace the “negro” in a sort of way that they can assimilate themselves into society so they’ll be of some sort of equality. As we spoke about in class, Tannenbaum ranted on about interracial conception. The breeding of cross race for example white and black. In this case, serving the “negro” as a ticket into the world for acceptance. Biological superiority is mentioned in this as well. The “mutation” from class to class as mentioned on page 120. This action was performed by the wealthy slave-owner, who would have young female slaves to account for in bribing them a better standard of life while having sexual intercourse with them in attempt to breed more as well as personal pleasure. However, I didn’t state earlier but I will now and this only carried out, well mainly carried out in South America/Latin America countries. The slaves were treated better here as to in America so the interracial arrangements were not against any set of law. Later on though, the interracial mingling made it’s way to the United States. As a result of all this action, the “mullato” is born, consisting a white father and “colored” mother. Now resulting as these children are half white, they get treated differently and instead of working out in the fields, they are kept as house servants and taught to learn an onslaught of skilled trades. All of this had one word in the midst, manumission.