How Did Christopher Columbus Discovered America

I learned some important things from this course that I will allow to stick with me no matter my profession. Diversity is something I will always have to deal with regardless if it is race, gender, or gender orientation. Importantly this course has allowed me to grow as an individual and has shown me that it is okay to learn about other races and their background. Not only has it allowed me to be acceptable of everyone in fact, it has allowed me to be less judgmental amongst others.

One of the most important events by man kind is discovering America, there are many reasons why Adam smith believes this because of all the benefits in trade, crops, and land. Adam smith was right, but he could not see the future of america but today america has become one of the superpowers in the world is has many benefits to mankind.

“In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” One of the first things we learned in primary school was that Christopher Columbus discovered America, they also made us read Christopher 's Journals (1493) such as: “ They … brought us parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many other things, which they exchanged for the glass beads and hawks ' bells. They willingly traded everything they owned... . They were well-built, with good bodies and handsome features.... They do not bear arms, and do not know them, for I showed them a sword, they took it by the edge and cut themselves out of ignorance. They have no iron. Their spears are made of cane... . They would make fine servants.... With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.” Here he was describing what he encountered with the “Taino indigenous peoples of Hispaniola.” However, we as students never questioned how is it Columbus “discovered” America. In his journals (1493) he states that he encountered people that lived there before he arrived, even though it wasn 't really America. The word discover is defined as “ to obtain sight or knowledge of for the first time.” There is evidence that validate Columbus did not discover America. One evidence that validates Columbus did not discover America is the inaccuracy in his studies. Columbus and his cohorts believed and

This course has not been anything remotely close to what I imagined it would be. I pictured a class where we discussed voting, civil service, and the community. One which involved little to no reflection or inner thought. However, I have found myself reflecting and digging deeply. This class has put many of the major issues facing America’s communities in the forefront. We have traded lectures on paying taxes for discussions on privilege. Through the assigned readings and classroom content, I have found myself more knowledgeable on the topics at hand, and more established in my own beliefs.

Columbus his whole life, but he survived the boat crash. Why this event in history

It all started when Christopher Columbus found America in 1492 and started a friendly relationship with the natives that stayed here for a very long time, then later as years went past Spanish, French , and British were thriving for land and invaded the Americas killing all the natives brutally, emotionless, greedily.

While Europeans gained from the development of the economy of North and South America, the time of trade also gave way to social changes to the people and life style of Native Americans and Africans.

During the late 15th century, Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas. Columbus started making a living there and survived through capitalism. Between 1450-1750, the higher classes (including Kings) in Africa sold lower class to europeans to become slaves in order to serve colonists in the American plantations.

I enjoyed your presentation and the points you highlighted, specifically the flow of stages a teacher must work through to enhance their cultural consciousness. Also, the video with Gloria Ladson Billings was very interesting. Her use of “education debt” was poignant and relevant, especially how it leads more stakeholders to take notice of the debt we have accumulated for students of color. I do agree we need new vocabulary and a fresh new look at a very old and current problem with marginalizing specific cultural groups. You mentioned in your presentation about the low enrollment of faculty of color and that many of the veteran teachers of color will be retiring. So, it seems there will be a major need for teachers of color since the student

Many people believe Christopher Columbus was the first person to discover America, but Nearly 500 years before the birth of Christopher Columbus, a group European sailors lead by Leif Eriksson left Greenland searching for a new life. Leif Eriksson was born in Iceland in about 960 AD, son of Eric the Red who was banished from Iceland for

Arawak’s were Native quiet and peaceful island came to greet them, but Columbus did not accept them as human. When he landed in the islands now known as the Bahamas, Columbus encountered the Arawak Indians, whose kindness and generosity he noted in his journal and letters. Columbus quickly took a group of Arawak’s captive, hoping they could lead him to gold. He then sailed to Hispaniola-Haiti and the Dominican Republic-where he enslaved even more Indians. Columbus was the first European slave trader in the Americas. He sent more slaves across the Atlantic Ocean. He and his men captured and enslaved the Arawak people almost as soon as they landed. Some were sent to Spain and others served Columbus on the islands. If an Indian was caught without a token, the Spanish cut off their hands and let them bleed to death.

The three videos that we have viewed in class that have had the most impact in my personal life have been: the undocumented workers at the dairy farm, The Lunch Date, and Women in Juchitan. The video about the undocumented workers at the dairy farm helped me to understand the importance of the work these people do. They directly said in the video that they were doing jobs that were considered undesirable, and even showed someone offering the job at the dairy farm to white people who were actively job hunting, and declined to work at the dairy farm. I feel as though the dairy farm workers are providing a service to the community, and instead of trying to deport people like them, the community should protect them from deportation because without them we would have sick cows and no milk. I also gained new perspectives on my own implicit biases by watching the film The Lunch Date. I was led to believe, like the actress in the film, that the African American man was homeless and had in fact stolen her salad. I had a profound shift in perspective at the end of this film when I notices, as well as the actress, that her salad plate sat at the next table uneaten. I learned that it is important to understand all the sides of a situation before I make a big judgement call against someone because they fit into a stereotype that I hold. I also found the movie of the Juchitan Women to be transformative because of the perspective of the women in the film, and their views on American

Introduction: Christopher Columbus explored America on accident. He sailed the ocean in 1492. Claim: Christopher Columbus was admired because he started Globalization, he explored America, and he sparked new ideas. Reason 1: Christopher Columbus started globalization. Evidence 1: Christopher Columbus started the Columbian exchange which is people trading things that they wanted but did not have, so they traded people that have what they wanted (CLCweb).

I am so amazed at how a relationship and connection can be established without being physically together. It is fascinating how we are able to share the same reaction and sentiment when it comes to the class. Even though I did not speak up about it I also do feel tired of the class. This is not due to the fact that I do not like it or it is not interesting, it is about the fact that it hurts. It is tiring to see so much hate, hurt, injustice, and abuse. I am tired of seeing these videos and hearing these statements which go completely against my line of thinking and doing things. It is sickening to see how there are people that truly think and believe in such a manner. Prof. Haynes I can say that it literally hurts inside and makes me sick to my stomach. Just as in the beginning I myself evaluating my thoughts and actions and questioning them just to see if I am going upon things correctly. But now it does not stop there, I find myself evaluating everything from a different stand point. I recently noticed that because of this class I find myself seeing everything negatively. For example, understanding how interconnected racism, oppression and discrimination are with institutions I find myself thinking about how the school sees my children (taking into consideration it is dominated by whites). I also find myself thinking about how people are judging me or my husband when they hear us speak Spanish or when we go into a car dealership, and so on. It brings me fear just to

I have become so open-minded to the world and the people around me because of this class. I learned many things in this class that I never thought would interest me. I came to this class with the mentality that I would not enjoy it and all and all I wanted on the first day of class was for the semester to be over. I was afraid of what I was going to discover and afraid to uncover myself. I think that my biggest fear was to connect with other religions. Without realizing I wanted to keep myself in my own little bubble. I’m glad that didn’t work because I definitely learned wonderful things.