The most popular genocide in our history is the Holocaust. Not many people know about the American Holocaust. Maybe because media and our education system does not really pay attention to minorities such as the Native Americans. It’s really sad reading the article. I did not know that 90% of Native Americans died during the white imperialism. Karl Marx’s Conflict theory stated that “groups that make up society are competing with one another for scarce resources.” Marx said that the society is controlled by rich, powerful businessperson (bourgeoisie). These people take advantage of their workers or anyone below them (proletariat). In Columbus case, he and the Spanish imperial are the bourgeoisie and the native people from the land they “discovered”
