I was surprised at Dr. Anthony Reed's lecture, considering it was something we weren't used to in this lecture series. Besides side comments about the plot of Django Unchained, there wasn't a lot of mention about love and the topic was readily skimmed over.
Something I did connect, however, was how slavery related more to desire and less about love. Ironically, I wrote about something similar for this second opinion piece and I feel as though this was reiterated in a different light about slavery. People don't always have pure intentions with desire, and that's partly why desire exists in the first place. Some are wired to want "healthy" things, or at the least, things in moderation. Everyone desires a little bit of power. That's how we're autonomous, that's how things get done and that's how we lead our lives. Yet, for some, this desire for power goes further to the point of no longer controlling your own life but the life of someone else, which is how we get to slavery.
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