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    Briona hill professor Marie lo FRINQ: "black bodies, White Science" Wallis uses the discussion on the history of photography as an avenue to explore the facets of which photography and science has played a part in objectifying and inferiorizing of African Americans. Wallis collects a vast amount of evidence that thoroughly supports the argument he is presenting.

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    Briona hill professor Marie lo FRINQ: "black bodies, White Science" Wallis uses the discussion on the history of photography as an avenue to explore the facets of which photography and science has played a part in objectifying and inferiorizing of African Americans. Wallis collects a vast amount of evidence that thoroughly supports the argument he is presenting.

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    Briona hill professor Marie lo FRINQ: "black bodies, White Science" Wallis uses the discussion on the history of photography as an avenue to explore the facets of which photography and science has played a part in objectifying and inferiorizing of African Americans. Wallis collects a vast amount of evidence that thoroughly supports the argument he is presenting.

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    ProfessorMarieLo
    FRINQ:R&SJ
    17November2015

    BlackBodies,WhiteScience
    InBrianWallisBlackBodies,WhiteScience,Wallisusesthediscussiononthe
    historyofphotographyasanavenuetoexplorethefacetsofwhichphotographyand
    sciencehasplayedapartinobjectifyingandinferiorizingofAfricanAmericansduring
    slavery.Duringthetimeofslavery,photographyandthestudyofpeoplethrough
    anatomyandscientificresearchwasatitsutmostboomingtime.Manyscientists,like
    thosementionedinthearticle,werestudyingthehumanskeletonandgainingafurther
    explanationofevolution,creation,classification,andtypificationofAfricanAmericans.
    ThroughoutthearticleWallisexplorestheobjectificationthatAfricanAmericanswent
    throughfromthebeginningofthe19thCenturyandthebeckonsofslavery.Healso
    exploresthewayinwhich
    daguerreotypesplates
    (165)andseparationsofracial
    identitiesbegantoform.
    Walliscollectsavastamountofevidencethatthoroughlysupportstheargument
    andissuethatheispresenting.Wallisregardsthestudiesandclassificationsthat
    scientistslikeLouisAgassiz,BaronGeorgesCuvier,andDr.SamuelMorton(165,166)
    usedinthe19thcenturytounderstandandclassifyAfricanAmericansinhumanistic
    speakings.Itisinhisexplorationofevidencethathedrawsconclusiontothefactthat

    thedehumanizingandscientificresearchthatwasbeingconductedbytheworld
    renownedscientiststookpartinthebeginningofthegeneratingofstereotypesand
    blackinferiority.
    Wallispresentsevidencethroughstudycases,archivedwritings,and
    photographstoprovethepointofthestigmatizationandlacklusterrespectAfrican
    Americansweretreatedwith.AfricanAmericansweretreatedasnothingmorethan
    objects,andWallisdoesamorethanadequatejobinshowcasingtheblatantrealityof
    thesituation.Theevidencethathecollectsistoldinachronologicalsequenceofevents
    thatusesthestoriesofthescientistsasguidelinestothegradualincreaseof
    objectificationthatAfricanAmericanswereputthrough.Hedefinesthedifferent
    subgenresinphotographyandwhentheywereinventedandhowthenewtechnology
    wasusedtogainabetterunderstandingofslaves.Heusesalloftheevidencethathe
    presentstodrawattentiontotheoversexualizatonandstereotypesthatweregenerated
    andusesthenamesofthephotographersasfurtherbacking.Theuseofthenames,
    books,andwritingsthatwerecollectedduringthistimefurthervalidatestheargument
    thatheisattemptingtomake.
    Theevidencethathepresentedisveryconvincinganddetailed.Itisextremely
    believableandsupportablewithhisusageofthephotoarchivesandhistoricalbacking
    asacontextualvalidationtothepointthatisbeingmade.Itisconvincingbecausethe
    storythathetellswiththeevidenceisseeminglyaccurateandtruthfulconsideringthe
    timeperiodandhistoricalcontextthatispresented.

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