The connection between Baartman and some of our classroom discussions is stronger and more relevant than it is realized; beginning with one of the more recent talks about …show more content…
As it was made prevalent in class, ever since 1640 there has been a subjection of black people and because of the warped and purposely confused history presented to us, we still continue to perform and partake in the same actions as Baartman with a false misconception of what it means or why it is even a standard; this being a perfect example of what was said in class, that the mass majority of black people have no idea what historical connections are tied to the way we behave or the way we are treated meaning we are in grave trouble. Moreover, in regards to connections from the further past, in class, a man named Josef Mengele was introduced to us as a racist scientist who would perform experiments on his prisoners with no remorse. Born on March 16, 1911 in Günzburg, Germany. He joined the Nazi party in 1937 and after a long history with various concentration camps, Mengele earned the aliases of “Angel of Death” and “White Angel” due to the severity and barbaric nature when dealing with prisoners. The biggest relation – …show more content…
A theory that enforced that everything that made up a person (personality, likes, dislikes, mentality, behavior, taste, physical ability, etc.) was inherited and determined by their “race make-up”. This theory is what partly drove him to continue his experiments on the Jew and Roma people, that there was something different about their race and he strived to discover what it was and its origins.(menegele source) In the Case of Baartman, the scientists seemed to have a similar ideology. After her unfortunate death, scientists dissected her with limited respect. They saw a woman that was so different from what they knew that they were driven to discover what made her that way or what special element she carried within her system (the same ideology that goes behind the desire to discover and cut open an alien). A naturalist named