Compare And Contrast Egypt And Mesopotamians

Carter G. Woodson said, “If a race has no history if it has no worthwhile tradition becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world and it stands in danger to be exterminated.”. African American History, from the beginning to 1877 talked about the ancient civilizations and background through the Civil War. There was also a emphasis on American slavery, the abolition movement, free blacks, Emancipation, and also the Reconstruction Era.
The two earliest civilization are remembered as the Egyptians and Mesopotamians. Although ancient Egyptians are known for their advanced civilization, their early beliefs and behaviors are controversial to the history of black people. The word Egypt is derived from the Greek language and means Kemer
Naming is white supremacy, when they deny black civilization they deny their own humanity. Consequently, knowledge is political. People who are ahistorical, have little knowledge about history and are gullible to believing almost anything. Additionally, these are people who can be brainwashed into capitalist machines
Furthermore, our textbook belittles any type of black history. It is evident that Egypt is geographically located on the Arabian Peninsula, which is in fact Africa, but denotation of blackness still occurs. This tactic was to try and make a colorblind society within the ancient Egyptian civilization.
The initial reason for slavery was for economic gain, and as a way to obtain cheap labor. The Middle Passage happened in between 1440 and 1809. In the reading “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano”, the author talks about his experience being kidnapped from Africa and sold into slavery. Force feeding, flogging was just the beginning of the horrors of the Middle Passage. Equiano talks more about his
Their lust for black women was a prevalent aspect of the slave community. It meant that these beautiful young girls were targets. Blassingame talks about how difficult it was for the parents to protect their children and husbands to protect their wives from sexual advances from their masters. Some of these black woman were forced to submit to their slave master. I wont say all because we can see that some of house slaves thought they were somewhat better that the field slaves. So being chosen or favored by the master wasn't such a bad thing to some of the black slaves.You can see the lust of black women in the modern day world. This can refer back to the seasoning and conditions of these slaves. In some cases these women were purchased specifically to be their concubines. In most cases the master loved their mistress more so than their white wives. This caused jealousy and hatred toward the masters mistress from the wife. In some cases not only would the master be sleeping with the slaves but also the slaves masters wife would do the same. “In many cases the sexual relations between Negros men and White women went undetected because the children from the union were light enough to pass for white”. Africans highly valued children, they thought it was important to teach their children of sexual responsibilities. Polygamy amongst the slave was prevalent but they were forced