Gender and Race: Together at Last?


	Gender and Race Introduction	9:47
	The Slavery Experience	10:04
	The Idea of Race as Nation	13:44
	The Future of Black Women's History	17:32
	Black Women Historians	16:25
	Black Women's Academic Experience	10:40
	Interaction Among Panelists	13:20
	Audience Question and Answer: Part One	21:13
	Audience Question and Answer: Part Two	18:30

	Audience Question and Answer: Part One
	<b>Question: </b>I teach at Leslie University…I am from Guyana…as we come to America, those who are born in Africa or the Caribbean, to help those born in America to understand the African presence in all of our experiences, this scholarship that you do here will help us as we work in other places, which we need to do. I encourage your scholarship…One of the things I'm doing in my work…I'm assigned to teach a course called "Cultural Diversity: The African American Experience"…I always do Diaspora studies by taking similar experiences and using the experiences that happen in America…to then really help with the connections in the African diaspora. I hope we can continue to do this to support the African experience outside of the United States. <br> <br> <b>Question: </b>I am a professor of surgery…One of the areas in which I've witnessed a big split or dichotomy is the view of gender and racial views on abortion. None of you discussed abortion, which is a premiere issue, woman's issue, and abortion in relation to how we feel about death. Can you give some insights into the history and women's relationships with this issue? <br> <br> <b>Question: </b>I'm a broadcast journalist and historical documentary filmmaker. I wanted to make a comment relative to all of you on the panel talking about the lack of recognition that you get, which is true…One of the things that some historical documentarians are most proud of is having included you both in the making of the films that we do, in terms of advising, and also as witnesses…I can say for filmmakers like myself, those of us who've been thrilled to have these folks on the panel involved in our pieces, is that we've been able to perpetuate, in a small way, other folks "discovering you," and in the footnote of our work, then you get a little bit more recognition. I would urge people not only to support historical documentary filmmakers…because it gives these kinds of historians…to advise those of us who are interested in getting the history correct, accurate, thorough, and widely representative. <br> <br> <b>Question: </b>I'm from the University of Maryland. Let me thank all of you for your presentations. (to Professor Painter) In the beginning when you are talking about the inclusion of African Americans and race in the curriculum, you made a critique about some of the changes in women's studies. When you started talking about the inclusion and alienation of African American scholars, you used two specific examples as distressing factors. One was white men and black men…Next, you used the American Historical Association, the OEH, etc., but not the Berks (The Berkshire Conference). Is there a message there you want to send? I would like to ask the panel as a whole, in thinking about the kinds of power and place that white women historians have gained in the academy, how has that shaped or not the position of black women in the history profession? <br> <br>