People

many part of the world and in some instances we are rude. Did the situation that happened this past summer at the 2016 Olympics help or hurt the image of the American people. What new stereotypes were created by that situation which went globally? So the question is how do the American people change this stereotypes that people have of us. For example we are experiencing this situation of stereotyping from a particular Christian college. During a meet and greet an enrollment councilor brings…

The movie “Dear White People” is a story told from both sides. The movie is good about showing both sides of the story and getting good actors to betray the characters. The movie takes place in an Ivy League College, The story is told through a group of sophomore black and white. In the movie the African Americans struggle against issues themselves. In the movie they competed against each other for head of the house and the person that won was a female name Sam. Sam is an on campus African…

Dear White People: Lionel’s Identity Leah N. Stone Southeastern Louisiana University Dear White People: Lionel’s Identity In Dear White People, the racial controversy of a prestige Ivy League college, Winchester University, was highlighted. Samantha White has a radio show called “Dear White People” sparks conflict within the university because she discusses the existence of racism and microaggression. The university is clearly divided because there is housing specifically for the Black…

devastating consequences on Original Peoples in North America I did not make the connections on a global scale. Now it is easy to see the common paths of destruction colonization uses to divide the human family. When greed and a thirst for power become the backbone of a community morals get put aside in a desperate quest for wealth. This creates a class struggle that places all of the power in the hands of those with money. The race to wealth robbed Original Peoples around the world of their…

Data Aboriginal peoples are the descendants of the original inhabitants of North America and the Canadian Constitution recognized three groups of Aboriginal people– Indians, Metis, and Inuit. The total population of Aboriginal people in Canada is approximately 1.5 million with the Indians (now refereed to as First Nations) being 57%, the Metis 33% and the Inuit about 10% of the total population of Aboriginal people. (National Aboriginal Health Organization 2003) According to the Public Health…

of indigenous people is much different than that of Chile. According to the Central Intelligence Agency’s World Factbook, Peru’s indigenous people make up 45% of the nation’s population (The World Factbook: PERU). All together, they occupy over half of the country’s land, so obviously the places they do occupy are subject to different laws and regulations because of Peru’s geographic diversity. However, although they have much larger numbers in Peru, the nation’s indigenous people face many of…

The People vs Columbus et al “Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise,” said Columbus in his journal before reaching the new land. Christopher Columbus sailed from Europe to the Americas perceiving it as the Indies. He took along a handpicked crew and was funded by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. Multiple voyages were made to this land to spread Catholicism and gain resources such as spices and gold…

The demography of the Atlantic peoples is a topic that is recorded but not as discussed or precisely reviewed as others. In his article, Infectious Disease and the Demography of the Atlantic Peoples, Alfred W. Crosby discusses the population of the Amerindians in relation to the arrival of the Europeans, and the slavery and disease that played key roles in both the European and Amerindian societies from 1492 and on. It also covers the idea of the drastic fluctuation in European and Amerindian…

Pre-Columbian Period Pre-Columbian Colombia, was host to a broad range of indigenous peoples, with a population size ranging from 850,000 to four million – according to historian estimates. Additionally, these indigenous populations had varying levels of civilization: on one end of the spectrum, there existed hunter-gatherer groups living in the tropical rain forest, and on the other advanced groups such as the Tairona and Muisca, living at high altitudes. In between, there were several…

of the British invasion was better than that of most people then living in the UK” (Gray, Saggers, and Stearne 2015, p.151). Throughout this essay I will be exploring the many effects colonization had on Aboriginal people.…