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Week 10-Daisy

 I was very interested in the discussion around masculinity, especially when Hall contextualized its roots, arguing that masculinity served as the answer to emasculation during enslavement among formerly enslaved people. Hall also connected the idea of family as the only site of renewal to slavery, stating that the family unit was an act of resistance and the only structure for black people during slavery. How can we contend with both the resistance qualities of masculinity and the family unit and their deployment to alienate/separate/uphold patriarchy?

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