Writer's Block: Free your mind
Jan. 17th, 2011 09:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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In college, I had a history professor from Africa and he had a perspective on this. He said that racism was invented. Slaves originally came largely from Eastern Europe (the word "slave" is dervived from "Slav", and Slavic people are European). Eventually it became more profitable to get slaves from Africa. Then, Professor Yeboah-Sampong said, racism developed as a result of the desire to justify the African slave trade. Because racism was made by society, it can be undone.
I'm an optimist at heart so I tend to agree with him.
In college, I had a history professor from Africa and he had a perspective on this. He said that racism was invented. Slaves originally came largely from Eastern Europe (the word "slave" is dervived from "Slav", and Slavic people are European). Eventually it became more profitable to get slaves from Africa. Then, Professor Yeboah-Sampong said, racism developed as a result of the desire to justify the African slave trade. Because racism was made by society, it can be undone.
I'm an optimist at heart so I tend to agree with him.
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Date: 2011-01-18 05:58 am (UTC)I do think it is human nature. It's ingrained and even if we were all struck blind tomorrow I guarantee we would find other ways to tear each other down (i.e smell).
Well that's not going to make me quit all together. I'm not going to stop doing what I can to make it a better world. I can't change everyone's mind and I'm not going to argue with fools.
"Peace on earth" is possible. It's just that when I think about it it's might grim. :)
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Date: 2011-01-18 11:18 am (UTC)Amen. When I was in high school, a guy literally told me to give up working against sexism because it will always exist. I'm like no way.