The experiences of Whites and Blacks in the American Colonial period were strikingly different. Blacks were committed to Whites' Enlightenment ideology, which did not reflect Black experience. Blacks in the Colonial era were unable to create political structures capable of making sense of the Black experience. (BJV)

Throughout the Americas, Whites were afraid of Blacks entering into an alliance with native Americans. Yet, despite the opposition of the various colonial governments, alliances were formed and miscegenation was common between these two minority groups. (GC)

Discusses the African American experience and the unique characteristics of its culture--how slavery influenced a culture of respect as well as contributed to the lost ethnic ties that allowed African Americans to create their own culture. The article also discusses the challenges to blackness from American biracialism and addresses behavior and…