Settler Colonialism In America

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Settler colonialism is different from colonialism. Colonialism is to control or conquer another country for natural resources, labors, and military powers; however, settler colonialism is to conquer, but also it is to banish all indigenous people and settle into the country. And, settlers insist that they are the indigenous people. The United States of America is the settler colonialism country. The stereotypes about race, class, or gender were created because of the formation of settler colonialism in the past. These social categories of race, class, and gender are essential to the establishment of the United States. Moreover, the past settler colonialism formation in America still affects its political and economic systems.
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Some Americans still believe that they are the “real” Americans. After the settlers completely conquered the America, they enslaved Native Americans, blacks, and Asians: Blacks were the biggest victims of American slavery. According to the textbook, “Created Equal,” the settlers, white people, started to “trade slaves” in 1680’s. This event illustrates that whites ruined blacks’ human rights and treated them as their properties. Black men “did not have the right to vote, and their children could not go to public schools” (Jacqueline el at. 2013, p. 228). Most black men “worked as farm hands or manual laborers” and most black women “worked as domestic servants or laundresses”. Because of this historical background, blacks are recognized as workers: whites are recognized as owners. Of course, these days, there are many black people whose work positions are higher than whites. However, in America, there is still a prejudice or stereotype of the people who have different skin tones since this historical event affect their beliefs. Also, whites were “seeing blacks as separate” because of their skin tones. This is paradoxical since white people do not think they are actually foreigners: they are not the indigenous people in America. Since black people were …show more content…

For example, while they were working, “some broke hoes and other farm implements. Black women burned biscuits, thus spoiling a special dinner party for mistress” (Jacqueline et al. 2013, p.261). In addition, “conjurer” was the one of the methods to resist to their masters’ demands. Conjurers were usually women: these women used their knowledge of plants and herbs “to wreak havoc on a white family by concocting poisons or encouraging disruptive behavior among other enslaved workers” (Jacqueline et al. 2013, p.262). Also, the slaves hided their true feelings to their owners: they acted like they felt gratitude toward their owners. This behavior of black people is “deference ritual” (Jacqueline et al. 2013, p.262) which is a pattern of interaction between slaves hiding their true feelings while acting submissively in the presence of

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