The source states Europe has given Africans a plentiful supply of economic developments, and many enjoy a quality of life similar to that of Europeans. However, the numbers seem to disagree, and though Europe assisted Moroccans in some ways, they were not governmentally involved enough to make a very positive difference. In 1901, a new Sultan came to rule Morocco, who immediately adopted the European way of life, which appalled many of his subjects. This gave European powers an opportunity to gain even more power. In fact, by 1912, France had established a protectorate over most of Morocco, which was the first time in over 1000 years that Morocco had not been independent. Though Morocco’s Sultan was supposedly sovereign, it was the newly appointed
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With a foreign sovereign power, citizens do not have much political power, as the system of electing a government is eliminated, thus, any representatives of citizens tend to lack significant political power. With such little political power, the needs and wants of collectives, such as the youth of Morocco, were not met. For example, around 1920, young Moroccans began to ask for change in the judicial system, and more schools, but not until the French protectorate ended in 1956 were any of these social objectives completed. Presently, the income inequality in Morocco is eye opening; the richest 10% of the population have 11.7 times more wealth than the poorest 10%. As most of the wealth is imbalanced in favour of the upper classes, the standards of living in poorer, more rural areas are so poor, the King of Morocco himself acknowledged how bad they were in May of 2005. A staggering 15% of Morocco’s population is living below the poverty line, almost twice as much as France’s 8.1%. This is likely because, currently, countless farmers in rural Morocco only have small, non-irrigated farms to depend on for a …show more content…
Some are suffering great disparagement, others are poor and ill educated, and all have been adversely affected in some way. Before Morocco was colonized by France, education was highly valued as a means to preserve Moroccan culture and define social status within their society. Their education system was highly religious, and very culturally different from European education systems. After 1860, the first French-style schools began to pop up in the northern parts of Africa, and gained significant support from local Jewish communities. However, this lead to the opening of missionary schools that aimed to convert the Jews and Muslims to catholicism. This was assimilation with the aim to destroy the culture of Moroccans to benefit the French. Historically, conversions tended to get quite brutal, but even if this particular instance was completely nonviolent, it still destroyed unique cultures and worldviews and replaced them with European views. These schools also increased European, specifically French, economic and political influence, which eventually interfered with the Moroccan sultan’s state power and was a factor of the French domination of most of Morocco. Despite the European education system implemented, many Moroccans are ill educated or even illiterate, and many are surviving on a low income, likely as a result of the poor or complete lack of education. The
With a foreign sovereign power, citizens do not have much political power, as the system of electing a government is eliminated, thus, any representatives of citizens tend to lack significant political power. With such little political power, the needs and wants of collectives, such as the youth of Morocco, were not met. For example, around 1920, young Moroccans began to ask for change in the judicial system, and more schools, but not until the French protectorate ended in 1956 were any of these social objectives completed. Presently, the income inequality in Morocco is eye opening; the richest 10% of the population have 11.7 times more wealth than the poorest 10%. As most of the wealth is imbalanced in favour of the upper classes, the standards of living in poorer, more rural areas are so poor, the King of Morocco himself acknowledged how bad they were in May of 2005. A staggering 15% of Morocco’s population is living below the poverty line, almost twice as much as France’s 8.1%. This is likely because, currently, countless farmers in rural Morocco only have small, non-irrigated farms to depend on for a …show more content…
Some are suffering great disparagement, others are poor and ill educated, and all have been adversely affected in some way. Before Morocco was colonized by France, education was highly valued as a means to preserve Moroccan culture and define social status within their society. Their education system was highly religious, and very culturally different from European education systems. After 1860, the first French-style schools began to pop up in the northern parts of Africa, and gained significant support from local Jewish communities. However, this lead to the opening of missionary schools that aimed to convert the Jews and Muslims to catholicism. This was assimilation with the aim to destroy the culture of Moroccans to benefit the French. Historically, conversions tended to get quite brutal, but even if this particular instance was completely nonviolent, it still destroyed unique cultures and worldviews and replaced them with European views. These schools also increased European, specifically French, economic and political influence, which eventually interfered with the Moroccan sultan’s state power and was a factor of the French domination of most of Morocco. Despite the European education system implemented, many Moroccans are ill educated or even illiterate, and many are surviving on a low income, likely as a result of the poor or complete lack of education. The