When the Virginia House of Burgesses, in 1680, effectively defines a white man for purposes of colonial citizenship. John Biewen: Suzanne mentions this marriage so she can connect it to something that happens decades later. Now, how does John turn out? Does he turn out fairly well economically? He does. And yes, it is about power but it’s specifically about obtaining land, so that he might build wealth. He’s making an alliance as one might have made in Europe, in order…? Power’s always right. What’s John looking to do? What’s his goal here. Now, is this the great love story Disney tells? No. Yeah, don’t get your history from Disney. Suzanne Plihcik: Pocahontas? John Smith marries Pocahontas? Well, it was Pocahontas but it wasn’t John Smith, who was it? John Rolfe. John Biewen: …with Suzanne Plihcik of the Racial Equity Institute, at that anti-racism workshop. Suzanne Plihcik: In 1613, a very famous marriage takes place in Virginia. John Biewen: Before we pick up where we left off in the last episode, post-1776, let’s dip back into Colonial America for just a couple minutes… Nell Irvin Painter, The History of White People But what did those words mean to the man who actually wrote them? By John Biewen, with guest Chenjerai Kumanyika. “All men are created equal.” Those words, from the Declaration of Independence, are central to the story that Americans tell about ourselves and our history. note: You can find Parts 1, 2, and 3 of Seeing White on here, here, and here.
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