Marcus Garvey's Where White Men Fear To Tread

The noted Jamaican publisher, Marcus Garvey, once proclaimed that, "people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots." Garvey’s remark creates a myriad of parallels with my own experiences. As I considered the notion of "people and place," I concluded that, regardless of our heritage and ancestral home, it is the way in which we view other people that determines how we, ourselves, are viewed. In hindsight, having been placed up for adoption, I am frequently asked about my viewpoint with regards to this experience. I attempt to remain appreciative for their concern, but I tell them that my adoptive parents have, essentially been my biological parents since I was 7 weeks old. Although my past has the ability to adversely affect my morals, my perception of others and my future, this is unlikely to occur unless …show more content…
The “pale-race” deliberately reduced the numbers of Native Americans by "distributing blankets infected with the small pox virus," and treaty after treaty was violated, leaving the Native Americans without essential supplies. Throughout Where White Men Fear to Tread, we begin to see the white race through Means’ perspective, as the Native Americans are placed underneath the social microscope - a race treated as objects rather than human beings. The anger and posturing of Means ' tough-guy demeanour is put aside as the author and accomplished actor genuinely attempts to mature, bringing effective programs back to the Native American community, and even acting in numerous white men 's films including the film adaption of the book The Last of the Mohicans. Few readers will leave the book without feeling profoundly altered by the authenticity of Means ' story; it is the history of Native American - wounds and