Reflection Of Colonialism And Stereotypes

Materiality and conceptualism whether contemporary or traditional, are two major groundings within the world of African art. Henceforth within this essay one will be contrasting and comparing one traditional African artwork; The Ngwana ‘ a ditlhaka (figure 1) by the Northern Sotho people and one contemporary African artwork; Bleeding tokarai (figure 2) by El Anutsui; in order to establish the works conceptual grounding in terms of materiality. At first this essay will be highlighting the historical and contextual aspects of each artwork along with in depth explanations and explorations of the concepts of materiality and conceptualism along with their sub concepts of material accumulation and concept vs. idea respectively, after which connections

While the motives of colonists in the Americas were various- to build a new society, to promote Christianity, to acquire riches, or, as early colonists in New England expressed it, to secure a ‘competencie’ ; they all faced the same challenges of establishing themselves in an alien environment that would require them readjust and respond to new circumstances. It would be justifiable to submit that the main consequences of colonialism were largely detrimental for the native population. The colonisation of the Americas throughout the early modern period resulted in the decimation of the native population as they increasingly lost their traditional lands to white settlers. This can be attributed to

During the colonial period, American Indians disliked the Europeans and were often taken advantage of by them. The Europeans thought that the Native Americans were either savages or were helpful but undeveloped. This mutual dislike between the two groups did not happen when they first met however. How the two groups interacted when they first came into contact with one another fueled their rivalry and caused cultural aggression. When the Europeans began to colonize America, American Indians fell victim to unprovoked aggression, unappreciated assistance, and forced assimilation which caused animosity towards European colonists.

Black people in the artworks are often interpreted as subjects showing primitivism. “Primitive” and “tribal” art are usually positioned as the opposite of modernization and classicism. It suggests of the other side of colonization times: the natives, the under advanced societies. Such as Eastern societies, Africans are commonly interpreted as sources of the colonized, and it is expected from them to imitate the power sources and learn from them.

I do agree with most of my classmates that the English consider Indians and African women as slaves, even though women are categorized in a different category, they have faced the same brutality or even worse in my opinion. In Zinn’s book, he mentioned how women and children were taken as slaves for sex and labor. In Chapter 3, Zinn also mentioned of how servant women were raped.

“Since culture does not just reflect the world in images, but actually, through those images, conditions a child to see that world a certain way, the colonial child was made to see the world and where he stands in it as seen and defined by or reflected in the culture of the language of imposition.” When reading “Decolonizing the Mind” was published by an African author named, Ngugi wa Thiog’o”. He takes an interesting approach on how he captures his audiences’ attention, he does this by showing the impact of simply changing ones language can have on a community as a whole. Ngugi uses various forms of Ethos, Pathos, as well as Logos; he does an amazing job of organizing the reading from the start to end.

We need to help students cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that strengthens our community. Through Culture Club, we promoted an environment in which students from diverse backgrounds would feel more comfortable expressing themselves, despite living in a world where racial and ethnic stereotypes greatly influence the media. Each meeting we assigned a student to bring a recipe from his or culture to share with the other members. While making food, we were able to share our cultures, and simultaneously experience other people’s culture as

I have watched this TedTalk many times other classes. The speaker, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, gives a very powerful speech and there were two important themes that stood out to me the most. The first one being related to culture and how people form stereotypes based off literature they have read growing up. She talked about how until she began reading African books, she thought that African people with similar identities to hers never belonged in literature. She also talked about how before her American roommate met her she formed stereotypical assumptions about what type of music she would like or was shocked at how well she spoke English. This relates to the story, I Didn’t Know There Were Cities in Africa, because children books teach students from a young age certain stereotypes, that tends to affect their future learning. Similar to how the students didn’t know there were cities in Africa, she didn’t know that literature could contain characters of similar identities to hers. It also relates to my MAP interview that I conducted. My interviewee talked about how people here in the U.S. make assumptions about her because of the travel ban and because she is Iranian.

Nigerian novelist, Chinua Achebe once said, “The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity- that is's this or maybe that- you have just one large statement; it is this”(Achebe). Stereotypes are generalized beliefs held about a group of people. Because of the broadness of statements of this nature, they are never completely true. Stereotypes are prevalent in today’s society, and they can have negative affects on those who are labeled.

In order to be aware of our own biases, we need to first accept that they exist. As a person of color, I would love to think that I do not possess any biases, but over the summer, I learned that is not true. In an ideal world, everyone would be considered equal, but it is human nature to immediately categorize people. In order to actively try to combat our biases, we need to start being mindful of them and work towards eliminating the perception of differences. Instead of focusing on the blatant differences between people, we should work toward creating more categories that are based on commonalities between people. By creating more categories, global stereotypes will begin to emerge and therefore reduce the negative effects that our biases

Heritage pork breeds are old-passion farming techniques. So it is hard to find these days. Because, some of older breeds is quite dangerous and no longer available. However, few dedicated farmers some are concerned about the general indifference of the consumer towards heritage breed conservation. Most of America heritage pork is pure and cross-bred livestock:

Had you ever be stereotyped by people and it had affected you in some way? Had you ever be called a stereotype, but just ignored it or sometimes play the part? There is the stereotype that exists around the world and we don’t even pay attention to it at all. We just ignore it as if it is going to go away soon or later, but it isn’t going away that easily. Stereotypes exist even on our campuses and we just don't even notices it, like we are dogs wondering what it is and we just walk away even does we see it every time. And we just think it magically went away, but I talk you what, it isn’t a fantasy at all, it is the real world and it isn’t going away if we do something about it. And sometimes you may think that it don’t affect anyone, but it does affect people that are being stereotyped in many ways that you don’t even know. In addition, you may don’t actually know because you had never been stereotyped and you don’t know what is going on, but on the other hand, you may be the person that stereotyped others for joy or maybe because you had been through it already.

In general, the stereotype means that the old version or old form which did not change as the time passed. The form of stereotypes can have named as object, forms of human thought, the forms of human’s action. The stereotype is always existing in our daily life. The form of stereotypes always exists on everywhere and every time. The form of stereotypes can divide into two categories: positive stereotypes and negative stereotypes. Those positive stereotypes mainly describe to encourage people, group and organization to changes better. Those negative stereotypes usually identify those who cannot or hardly make any changes or new ways. Everyone can have experienced in some situation when people or a country do not want to change. Change is the

Not to mention whites were raised to believe that they have the upper hand; in other words, they feel obligated to power. “White colonialism was romanticized and portrayed as an acceptable, even normalized part of history”(Q3.1). White colonialism was indoctrinated that what they were doing to minorities is acceptable. This is because cultural appropriation is apart of history. In Taylor Swift music video for “Wildest Dreams”, she showed appropriation and colonialism. In her video, which is shot in Africa, is only consisted of whites. In this video, there are no African or people of color, which is not normal. Africa is predominantly black, so how there were no Africans in the video with their cultural landscape.

A magnificent component of my character is my selfless drive to serve my community. As a Teen Ambassador for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art I have had the privilege to work with curators and conduct tours on the “Conversation Exhibit”, which holds several artworks by both African and African American artists that I cherish. My mission as a Teen Ambassador is to inspire conversations about the beauty and diversity of African art and to promote the cross-cultural understanding of African among the various audiences I encounter in the Museum. I have had the fortuity to learn more about Africa’s history, arts and cultures while contributing to engage visitors in conversations about the relevance of African art in their own lives.