Similarities Between Europeans And African Americans

In the 19th and 20th centuries Europe was thriving and wealthy while most of their colonies in Africa were suffering under their rule. The Europeans all wanted a piece of Africa’s land with its plentiful resources and free labor. Around this time, Europe was going through the industrial revolution and because business was booming the European countries need more resources than they already had. The Africans had the land the Europeans wanted to use to continue having booming businesses, they also had African slaves and workers that they can use so they don’t have to pay for labor. In the 19th century leader of the Europeans countries want to discuss how they will divide Africa without the leaders of Africa knowing. The Europeans then started to invade Africa and take control over the citizens. As the Europeans got more powerful, the Africans become more miserable. Unable to match the guns Europe had, African countries began getting claimed, one by one with the exception of two. The Europeans ruled in a cruel way that left many Africans dead or suffering. Many countries tried and successfully broke away from Europeans after many years under colonization. The Europeans had a negative impact on the lives of many Africans in the 19th and 20th centuries, especially with racism and assimilation. People were taught to be a human they had to be like a European which led to many racist views on African people and culture and is why some nations like France used assimilation to make

Several similarities existed between African Americans and Native American during the late 19th century. Both faced discrimination even though it came in different form in that African American struggled to maintain basic constitutional rights while Native Americans were challenged with war from the American army and the risk destroying their culture.

European Imperialism heavily impacted the African continent through culturally, economic, and political ideas. This era of history is heavily drenched in the aspect of ethnocentrism, which is the belief that one’s own culture is superior that of another. The Europeans colonized Africa believing that they could bring civilization, but they were often ignorant of Africa’s very complex societies. The European powers divided up the continent of Africa among themselves, without any consent from the people who actually lived there. The tribal stratification was changed to a caste system where racial, ethnic, and religious differences were of utmost importance, as delegated by European rule. The structure and business of the African economy was

European attempts to dominate the Americas shaped the relations between the Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans quite well. It was clear that Europe wanted to be the Alpha male of the three, and would stop at nothing to get what they need done. The Europeans believed that anyone that was a non-European was inferior to them, thus giving them power to do anything to them. The European forced Christianity on the Native Americans, which proved this point. The relations between the Europeans and Africans were horrendous. Europeans would take Africans out of their homes, sail them to America, and force them into slavery. Many of the Africans died to diseases that were new to them, causing massive depopulation, and the need of more slaves, so

The many perspectives being portrayed between two races Native Americans and African Americans. They both have one thing in common with the dominant culture. There is a clear religious idea for they use it to justify enslavement, colonization, and settlement that is rooted on Christian based values. Chief Pontiac writes a Speech at Detriot that includes The Great Spirit. Samson Occom was a native that converted to Christianity but there is inequality between him and the dominant culture. Petalsharo was another Indian who gave a speech that includes the comparison between his religion and the dominant culture’s religion. From the perspective of the enslaved Douglass, he views them as being hypocrites because of their justification for slavery

Morrison expounds on this by explaining that racial characters like that in books and novels are formed by an African presence, a presence that has a three parts towards its development. The first part is through the “hierarchic difference” between African-Americans and Europeans, which was established years ago and is the simplest feature of the development. Basically, it is the established belief of Europeans’ academic dominance over that of Africans, and the view of Africans as ignorant and savage beast, not even humans. This belief is indeed how slavery was formed. The second stage of the construction of Africanist is a bit more complex. This one is involved the cracks and uncertain nature of Africans; this aspect involved the fear of “What If?” As in what if Africans gained the knowledge to read and write, or what if they figure out that being enslaved is indeed wrong and that the form together an army to fight back and gain their independence from slavery. The third and final stage of this construction process is the use of African American characters, or any character that is of darker skin, and create the image of them being evil or immoral or impure in comparison to Europeans and those of lighter skin tone. All three stages combined creates the American Africanist that has caused many literary works be thrown away and lost in history with other historical significance that the African race had a hand in the development of the United States of America.

I prefer the term “American” over all! I am a women of color and PROUD of it, but these labels only shape our perception of each other. When necessary I use the term black, but both terms, “black” and “African American” in my opinion are viewed in good/bad light, it all depends on how an individual see themselves or others. I am not trying to sway anyone to pick a word over another, I just want to share things that I have heard and/or read whether fact or fiction…The term black people on one hand is a symbol of pride and empowerment, but on the hand, its perceived as derogatory such as referring this group as gangsters or gorillas. The term African American is viewed as partial ancestry of African heritage and is also viewed as enslaved

Both Freedom by Beyonce and Kendrick and the painting I name “African life in America” has many similar and different artistic intentions. In my opinion, both has at least one prominent object in the foreground. In the painting “African life in America” the prominent object is a African man. In “Freedom” both Beyonce and the dancers were prominent objects. The dancers are dancing and dress as Africans.

Europeans nation saw Africa as an undeveloped and uncivilized continent who doesn’t know how to govern themselves and make use of their own resources and materials. The Europeans though they were responsible to make Africa better and help them to be more “civilize” as them. However the truth was Europeans wanted Africa for exploitation of resources to commercialize to other countries. They make a dysfunctional infrastructure that make the Africans believe there were getting help and evolving as the Europeans. Though Europe benefits enormously from Africa and the native were losing every day their land. Because of the Europeans depriving Africans lost their land and they began to believe that they cannot compete with the Europeans. Any resistance

This belief that the Africans were “primitive”, exhibits that the whites didn’t understand the complexity and knowledge of the African tribes. They categorized the Africans as inferior to them because they weren’t as advanced. However, this demonstrates that the whites were ignorant to the fact that the Africans were equal human beings, which is why the whites treated the Africans unfairly. An example of the mistreatment occurred when the whites captured the leaders of Umuofia, and forcing them to go through their “court of law” (194). The whites then hit each leader “on the

The Europeans tried all they could to stifle the culture and cut out the traditions that the Africans had. Many tried forcefully

Some key features that I read about characterizing the views and attitudes towards the Africans by the Europeans was they saw the Africans as weak and by that, I mean they saw them as defenseless people who couldn’t stand up for them self’s and they knew even during the strike the Africans couldn’t survive without them. They needed the jobs that the Europeans provided for them even if they were very low income with no benefits, it was better than having nothing. The Europeans also saw the Africans as people they could take advantage of. They worked them very hard and gave them bad pay etc. They treated all the Africans very poorly, even the children. They murdered children that were playing on the railroad. They only saw the people as items

The African continent has been riddled with western ideologies and stereotypes for centuries. Even before the institution of colonization was implemented across the continent, western visitors who saw the world through their western ideologies and “eyes” labeled African men, women, and societies as barbaric, and inferior. These ideologies of Africans continued from slavery, to colonization and even into the ideology of western nations today. Africans today are working to change the ideologies placed on them by westerners and create their own definition of what it means to be an African.

It was a common belief that the history of Africa was non-existent. The Europeans believed that the African society was backward and considered it to be "Darkest Africa" because very little was known of the Pre-European Africa. All of the knowledge about Africa, dating to 1965, suggested that there was no history in Africa. This lead to the Europeans opinion of African societies to be barbaric and backward.

Since the book was originally published at the time of 1899, Africa was known as a Dark Continent, known by primitivism which meant that literature and paintings without any facts were published at the time to convince the public eyes of Africa. Africa was also known to be a place filled with savages and savage behavior. Perhaps one of the worst key elements in this story is how morally corrupt and disturbed the Europeans once were. At this time, they had grown more hate towards Africa's people-so much that they decided to plunder its people and rid them of natural resources. In the book,