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1 The Myth of Racial Tolerance
Visual Portfolio, Jefferson, Tures

2 Introduction: “Myth Of The Melting Pot”
According To J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, “What Is An American?” Where Did The Term “Melting Pot” Come From? How Did Ralph Waldo Emerson’s And Henry Ford’s Assessment Of The New American Nation Differ From That Of Benjamin Franklin And Thomas Jefferson? How Can We Account For Fast Facts 4 & 5? Why Might “Fast Fact #1” Provide A False Conclusion?

3 Thomas Jefferson: “From Notes On The State Of Virginia”
What Characteristics Differ Between Blacks And Whites, According To Jefferson? What Does Jefferson Say Should Be Done About Slavery? After That, What Should Be Done Next? How Does He Defend Such A Policy? Mythbusting Jefferson When Was The Slave Trade Outlawed In America? What Might Thomas Jefferson And (Segregationist SC Senator) Strom Thurmond Have In Common? Look Up Liberia. When Was It Established? Why?

4 John A. Tures “Was The Confederacy Really About Slavery?”
John A. Tures “Was The Confederacy Really About Slavery?” Why Did Virginia’s “Confederate History Month” Cause Such A Stir Nationwide? What Other Reasons Had Been Given For The Cause Of Southern Secession? How Did Tures Gather Evidence For His Hypothesis Test? What Were The Results?

5 You Be The Mythbuster: Historical Analysis
Professor Tures Only Looks At The Secession Declarations Of Four States. Can You Find Other Secession Declarations From Other States? How Do Those States Treat The Slavery Issue? Can You Find Other Historical Declarations By Other Leading Southerners? How Do These Southern Declarations Deal With The Slavery Issue? Constitution Comparison

6 Levitt & Dubner: KKK & Real Estate Agents
Racial Tolerance Myth Levitt & Dubner: KKK & Real Estate Agents

7 What Was The Real Power Behind The Klan?
How Did Stetson Kennedy Take Down The Klan? What Was The Lesson Learned? How Does This Apply To Real Estate Agents “The Weakest Link” Responses To Pollsters

8 Response To Pollsters (Pages 84-85)
Do Voters Lie To Pollsters About Candidates Based Upon Candidate…Race? KKK Affiliation? “Bradley Effect” Example: African-Americans Candidates Do Better In Polls Than In Elections White Voters Lie To Pollsters, Vote Vs. Blacks You Be The Mythbuster Map On Left = Pollster Calculated The Bradley Effect, Took 6%+ Away From Obama In 2008 Map On Right = 2008 Election Results. Did Bradley Effect Happen?


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