Blog Assignment Number Two

 One of the most interesting things from Slave and Citizen is how slavery was treated ridiculously different in Brazil, then what it was in the United States. In Brazil, blacks had the chance of being treated as equal as any other race. They had real professions such as doctors and even becoming presidents! When I think of the word slavery, a mental image comes in my mind. I picture an individual doing hard labor, sweating in the sun. Reading Slave and Citizen erases this whole image in my mind. I can't believe that on a different part of the world, slaves were basically family to the family that they belonged to. The craziest thing to me is how these slaves in Brazil can try to negotiate and buy their freedom. That was definitely not an option for the slaves in the U.S. What makes it socially acceptable for these slaves to have this type of freedom? At the end of they day, it really makes no sense to me because they are still slaves. They are still property to whoever owns them. They just have slightly better treatment. I'm curious to find out about slavery in other parts of the world now because if this is what was happening in Brazil, I can imagine anywhere else.

Blog Assignment Number One

   I watched the video Scientific Racism and I couldn't help but notice that what had happened to the aboriginals was sort of a repeat of what happened with Christopher Colombus. Basically, the British settle onto this land named Tasmania where a population already exists. They decide to forcefully take over this land and in doing so, they use several degrees of violence. They kill the people of the land called the aboriginals and they also rape their women! The aboriginals then retaliate and it just becomes this on going warfare.They even attempt to convert the aboriginals to christanity and expose them to European diseases.
    Watching this video truly showed me that during the history of this world, inequality was the way to run a state, country or even a small piece of land. Someone always had to be inferior. It worked out for those who were on top, but to the people that had to obey them, it was a sad time for them. Populations of the aboriginals became basically extinct. And this was all due to imperialism and groups showing they had power.
   This isn't a situation that is not unknown to us. In fact, history really does repeat itself. I've read many facts through history where individuals come into power through the power of violence. It was as if these people were not human beings to them, but many pieces of property in which they can use to get themselves further in life or power.