What Are Europeans Enslav African American Culture

Europeans thought africans were the inferior race. The motivation behind conquering colonies in africa starts economically. The goal for europeans was to become bigger and bigger and so europeans were going to do anything to reach that goal. They invest in new markets which made the population grow.They did that by colonizing Africa. The governments wanted to maximize profits

Europeans filled in the blanks of African history by using exoticism to come up with origin theories that made sense to them. Because the African population has a different physical appearance than Europeans, they were viewed as the “other” race, and therefore were inferior in the minds of Europeans. Africa, however, was a society that was equally as complex as any European nation, unique with their own kingdoms and customs. Because of this, it was incorrect for Europeans to label Africans as “savage” individuals. Africa’s culture is rich and deserves to be interpreted in the way that they see fit, rather than having European stereotypes of the past define their culture of

The Europeans thought it as their duty to civilize the “inferior” races by expanding western ideals. However, they did so in a vicious and grueling way where citizens were treated inhumanely. From An Anthology of West African Verse by David Diop, he entails

Discrimination among the Africans brought them hardships and times of disparity. For centuries, Africa and its people were damaged and destroyed by the slave trade, causing people today to have a false impression of the African

Back then, people believed that the Africans were born to be servants. They wanted nothing more than serve the white man. They were born to be obedient and to be

grueling work. They would treat them as they did the Indians, and for much the

The indigenous people of Africa suffered many setbacks, when the Europeans arrived. When the Europeans arrived in Africa they made the indigenous people feel inferior, lack self-confidence, and be stripped of their responsibility. As shown by Document 2, when it says, “...convince us that our civilization was nothing less than savagery, thus giving us complexes which led to our being branded as irresponsible and lacking in self-confidence.” Some people may agree, that this seems like something out of a genocide. Originally the indigenous people of Africa were supposed to be cheap labor. However, this soon changed when the Europeans enslaved the African people. This is portrayed in Document 6, when it says, “...Beneath the noonday sun, My brother was strong…” By doing this they stole all of the human rights from the Africans, who had done nothing wrong. This is shown in Document 3, when it says, “Whereas fundamental human rights...are denied to Africans.” During this extremely horrific time in African history men were worked to death, and women were raped. This is found in Document 6, when it says,”The White Man killed my father,My father was proud, The White Man seduced my mother, My mother was beautiful.” This shows the negative effects are much worse for the Africans, than for the Europeans. But, there are some positives in this dark hour. When the Europeans arrived in Africa, they provided the

Whites controlled African slaves by taken them from their tribes and forcing them onto slave ships. Africans were forced to walk long distances to get to the coast to board a slave ship. After being captured whites would put the Africans in chains, around the neck, hands, and feet, so they couldn’t run away. When the Africans got to the slave ships they were treated horribly. Typically, the trip from Africa was between 60 and 90 days, the length varied each final destination. The conditions of the ships were horrendous, the Africans didn’t have food or water. They weren’t allowed on the top deck; the ships were over capacitated. The Africans were laying and sleeping in their own or others feces. When Africans died, occurred often, they were

One reason I feel the wealthy Europeans have a certain outlook on the Africans is because of their lifestyle. Rich Europeans saw themselves as above everyone in their society. They were

Ever since the pilgrims came and colonized America there was racial and social inequality. The Africans were the object of ridicule and they were obviously treated poorly. They were beat and were treated like animals they were

The Christians believed that the Africans were dark due to the fact that they were sinners, so they were burned from hell as their punishment. Many Christians thought they were evil because of how dark they were, so many of the whites viewed the blacks completely different from them and they did not share any similarities with them. They viewed them as inferior to the whites since they never had complexion as the whites. They did not have ingenious manufactures, such as art and sciences. The blacks were considered rude, barbarous, and were associated with ugliness, compared to the whites. (27-28) Since the people from Africa were darker from them, they thought that their characteristic as a person, and their intelligence levels was also different

Before delving into racism, it is important to note the history of Africa itself. Given the proper resources, it is clear that there is no distinction in the realm of mental capability between whites and blacks. From the Kingdom of Egypt to the Mali Empire, it is clear that anyone is capable of great feats, no matter their skin color. Within these realms, there were written and organized laws, gigantic libraries filled with knowledge, and many architectural masterpieces. But, how did the world go from several admirable principalities in Africa to Africans being placed in the lowly social position of the slave?

In the beginning of the slave trade, in order to justify their trading of slaves, the British created an anachronism system about the Africans. According to the Europeans, there were several factors that would be taking into consideration before considering a society as civilized. For example, a society’s progression in science, architecture, and way of dressing were key factors before deciding whether a culture has progressed as a civilized society or not. African society was viewed as subhuman and inferior because they were less developed culture.

As human beings we are programmed to associate ourselves with certain people and distance ourselves from others. It is not always a conscious decision, but something based off of past experiences and environment. The Europeans went into Africa with the belief that the Africans would be savages and were sub-human, so they treated them the way that they felt was appropriate. The Europeans saw their actions as justified because they were “saving” the Africans from their savage ways, even if it meant chopping off their hands or whipping them. Since the Africans, physically looked different from the Europeans it allowed them to view them as different and strange, which helped them to justify their actions. We and They a poem by Rudyard Kipling,

This chapter in Africans and Their History by Joseph Harris presents some of the roots of the stereotypes and myths about Africa in the past and for the most part are still held today. Harris discusses how the “greats” of history, geography, and literature starting a path of devaluation of Africans that writers after their time followed. Harris also denounced the language that these “greats” used to describe and talk about Africans. He asserts that this language inherently painted Africans as inferior and subhuman.