tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185870483402464400.post2893448226174823046..comments2008-06-09T15:25:06.794-07:00Comments on Community Studies 42M: Radical South: Response to Blood Done Sign My NameRadical Southhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10524018292081354135noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185870483402464400.post-44948800225653365792008-04-10T09:09:00.000-07:002008-04-10T09:09:00.000-07:00I remember reading about the "sex-race complex" th...I remember reading about the "sex-race complex" that Tyson refers to in regards to SNCC as well, but I did not remember until you mentioned it here. Great example- especially considering a lot of the white folks that were participating in SNCC were from the liberal, progressive North. Though our course study of the complex is rooted in Southern history it is not a phenomenon exclusive to the region.<BR/><BR/>Your comment reminds us that discrimination and prejudice are not limited to the South nor to race- both key themes we will be focusing on throughout the course.Radical Southhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10524018292081354135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185870483402464400.post-42092486121894109942008-04-08T16:18:00.000-07:002008-04-08T16:18:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Radical Southhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10524018292081354135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185870483402464400.post-35795611735931682632008-04-08T11:34:00.000-07:002008-04-08T11:34:00.000-07:00When reading these first chapters of the book I wa...When reading these first chapters of the book I was surprised to read a book based on a white boy/man growing up in a racially segregated town. I have read many books about race issues but I do not think have read a novel based on a white person’s perspective of race since fourth grade when I read Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli. While reading these beginning chapters I also honed in on the “sex-race complex.” Not only do people who can be considered as clear “Racists” worry about this “problem,” even civil rights movements found conflict over this complex. In previous classes I have learned about civil rights movements who dealt with this exact issue. Members in SNCC were extremely possessive over women and men of the same race. Male white members and female black members were very upset when white women would have relationships with black men. On the white side the men thought that the girls were being taken away and taken advantage of, they considered the female white members who hooked up with black men to be sluts. The female black members thought that the white women were taking the “few good black men” from them and visa versa. I have even found this “sex-race complex” in my own life. I went to a Jewish high school for junior and senior year of high school and when we had dances a few of the ultra religious teachers would want to exclude non Jewish people from the dances because they did not want the Jewish students to become attracted to the non Jewish students. This “sex-race complex” can easily be scene in today’s culture in many different aspects of everyday life.awolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10384205317547227444noreply@blogger.com