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.