King Leopold In Cold Blood

When I finished reading the few pages that were assigned. I was left in awe. It's crazy how so much can occur without anyone knowing what is really going on. King Leopold made people think he was doing great things and helping other when in reality all he was doing was helping himself and harming millions of people. I believe that he was able to accomplish these horrific things for so long without anyone knowing because no one really knows what's going on until they see it. So everyone would take his word that everything was going good in the congo and no one could tell him he was wrong because they had no sort of communication with people there. It wasn't like today where things can be broadcasted all over because of the internet and people speaking out. Everyone back then was okay with whatever was said to them and that isn't okay because they should have asked for proof. People trusted him and that is where he had the advantage of keeping all these secrets and ruining so many lives. It isn't okay that he got away with so …show more content…
I know that it sounds so closed minded but it really is all about color. If the people would have been white it would be broadcasted just as equal as the holocaust but it isn't. Some believe that just because slavery no longer exist people of color have won. But have we really? I am not black but I have black friends and am of color and it's just ridiculous to me that they don't get their part in history told as it should be and white people are still superior it's absurd and the world needs to realize that we are all the same and history is history it isn't going anywhere so why not just talk about what really went down. History needs to be told the way it happened and not just how people want to tell the story and I think this is where we need to start to try and make some