Racial Perceptions

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Since the beginnings of time racial perceptions have been an immense problem that unfortunately have taken place in shaping up the society/s of today. Racial ideologies are abundant, as are their impacts on societies made up of more than one race (all societies) and can have long term effects. Which can be seen today, as well as the 1500s to the 1830s in North America and Latin America/Caribbean. The effects of the racial perceptions can be best seen in both places by the way the imported slaves and natives were treated and perceived, however, as the west started to colonize, with the colonization, the West brought with it different ideas and notions, causing a contrast in perceptions throughout regions. In the Americas the West colonized all …show more content…

Like always, the West has felt a symptom of ego, which is feeling superior to everyone else. This due to the fact that both the Portuguese/Spaniards (conquered Latin America/Caribbean) and English (conquered North America) came from the old world, thinking they were superior to any other group, specially the genuine natives and Africans, leading them to think they were able to do as they willed. Some even argued that they were doing such massacre in the name of God. Because of this feeling the lower class, which in this case consisted of the non-Europeans, leading to the discrimination of the other races. The extent of oppression was different according to who the newcomers were, English or Spaniards. In North America the English only moved away and confined the Natives, while the Spaniards put them to labor. In fact, the Spaniards had them as slaves until Bartolome de las Casas sent a letter to the king explaining the injustice that the Portuguese and Spaniards were committing with the Native Americans. These actions worked to feed the triangle trade, where thousands of slaves were imported from Africa to the Caribbeans. The middle Passage in the 1600s to the 1800s was part of the triangular trade, where thousands of slaves were transported in tight packs that also caused many deaths. Both regions, The Americas, oppressed the other races. The Europeans would sell and buy the slaves as if they were cattle. The …show more content…

This because the English followed the model of the motherland where unification among the English was a goal outcasting any other race, as the Spaniards were a more independent, that was still led by the Spaniard ruler, Latin America separating from Spain's model.The people from the West, or the colonists, colonized all of the Americas including the Caribbean, affecting every aspect of race that the New World knew. On the other hand, these colonists break into two different sections: the English North America, plus the Spanish and Portuguese in Latin America and the Caribbeans. The English encouraged the Europeans to work as one, causing unity between the colonists, which gave them the power to own the most territory among all conquistadors. By promoting leadership after the English motherland, they thrived for harmony and superiority among colonists. This led for the neglection or dehumanizing of the imported slaves and natives, who the colonists kept pushing away. To add on, in LA/Caribbean the Spaniard colonists were not prompting unity to one race, there was racism based on many groups because of its social scale. The spanish had a complex

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