their culture‚ traditions‚ and practices as inferior to those of Europeans. For example‚ their religions and cultures were considered inferior so they were Christianized and westernized‚ respectively. Traditionally‚ both the Sub-Saharan and Native American religions bear similar characteristics. For example‚ they both believe in the idea of a creator god with supporting‚ lesser gods. In addition‚ both cultures believe in animism and the importance of a burial‚ burial rites‚ and rituals. Also‚ within
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African Americans Vs. Native Americans In today’s society there are many people living in poverty. All across America there are different projects and reservations where the less fortunate reside. Statistics show that mostly minorities live in these different locations. Native Americans and African Americans are two of the more popular races living in these places. The group suffering the most in these situations is the youth. Although both Native American and African American children living
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How Christian and Native American Bibles are different and how they are the same. There are many different stories on how the world was made‚ nothing ever is the same. There once was a tree‚ that you couldn’t take or eat from because it was forbidden. The Christian is where you can’t eat from the tree because it give you powers only God can have. The Native American is where you can’t eat or take the roots from the tree. In both stories the women did what they weren’t supposed to do and ate from
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Native Americans had no other option than assimilation. Today‚ we have the right to choose. Back in the days you had rights only if you were part of the elite society‚ in this case‚ a white person. White people were so hungry power that they did whatever they had to as to gain all the land that belonged to the Native Americans. They took advantage of the inocense of the Native Americans and achieved their goals. Whites wanted total control over the Native Americans‚ they forced them to assimilation
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fearless‚ and heroic explorers that sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to discover a new kind of world. The Native Americans believed the Europeans were ruthless marauders. The truth is that both the Europeans and Native Americans’ viewpoints were right. The Americas were unknown and nonexistent to Europeans until their courageous explorers braved the crossing of the Atlantic to find it. To Native Americans‚ Europeans were invaders that had no right to cross into their home lands and force rule upon them
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Life for the Native people of the Americas during the European colonization period wasn’t cordial. As the Spanish‚ French‚ and the Dutch nations conquered territory in the new world‚ they pillaged cities‚ stole resources‚ forced many into cruel labor‚ and destroyed native culture. Subsequently‚ they established their own rigorous commands to which the natives had to adhere. The powerful European nations came to America with different ideas toward colonization. Some were eager to conquer lands and
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British vs. African Perspective on Imperialism Imperialism is an arrangement of a country’s power being expanded by the impact of diplomatic and military means. The Europeans and British wanted to take over other countries/colonies and imperialized for new natural resources‚ new markets‚ and the belief in European superiority. The first reason the imperialized is because they would get the new natural resources of that land such as copper‚ tin‚ gold‚ and diamonds. They were in control of or owned
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educational policies in the United States that have resulted in intentional patterns of oppression by Protestant‚ European Americans against racial and ethnic groups. The historical context of the European American oppressor is helpful in understanding how the dominant group has manipulated the minority groups. These minority groups include Americans who are Native‚ African‚ Latin/Hispanic‚ and Asian. Techniques for deculturalization were applied in attempts to erase the oppressed groups’ previous
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Slavery was a pre-existing institution in West Africa before European traders arrived‚ and was often a result of warfare between local tribes‚ kidnapping‚ or punishment for crimes. The primary difference between European slavery and African slavery‚ however‚ is that African slaves retained rights and were treated more like indentured servants. Contrastly‚ slaves taken by Europeans‚ were considered property and were completely stripped of their rights; a type of slavery known as chattel slavery. The
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However‚ it also affected the lives of not only some people‚ but a whole race of people. The African Americans and the Native Americans experienced their most unfair treatment for many years. As the United States evolved in its social‚ economic‚ and political standing‚ it also affected the equality and inequality of African Americans and Native Americans. In 1783 to 1795‚ during the Northwest Indian War‚ United States which became industrialized forced Native Americans to give up their land right
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