Overview: In his documentary, Inequality for All Robert Reich addresses the issue of inequality from the economic viewpoint and explains how it impacts all Americans, whose collective view of the class system is heavily influenced by our shared history. Remember that slavery also impacted the nation's economy. Further, Bacon's Rebellion of 1676 saw an alliance between indentured servants and Africans (most enslaved until death or freed), united by their bond-servitude, which disturbed the ruling class, who responded by hardening the racial caste of slavery in an attempt to divide the two races from subsequent united uprisings with the passage of the Virginia Slave Codes of 1705. Through this documentary, you will see connections among the work of Baldwin, Morrison, as well as the documentaries I Am Not Your Negro and The 13th.
Directions: Today, we will begin watching Inequality for All. While you watch, please take notes. Be aware that you will be held accountable for this material later in the writing process.
