"Racism consists of both prejudice and discrimination based in social perceptions of biological differences between peoples".1 The refraining of the foreign and unknown, for example other cultures, is probably as old as humanity itself. ... The first colonial power in India was Portugal, but Britain was the greatest. ... British imperialism had two effects on India: first, it ended India's development, then underdeveloped that country against their will. ... The cotton they brought back to the UK where it was woven and then shipped back to India where Indians could buy back th...

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To repossess their culture and society, the indigenous people must use violence to reoccupy and recognize their land. ... He began to construct an appreciation of African culture values to compensate for European supremacy that quickly swept across African colonies. ... He called for the break away of French culture, including the French language and French identify so as to dissolve conceptions of black inferiority. ... He disagreed with violence as a means to achieve economic prosperity-the intention of the colonizers in India and instead chose to use passive resistance. ... By utilizing ...

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On the other side of the Sahara were many great cultures that were isolated from the rest of the world. Henry wanted to find a water route to India. The passage to India over land was long, slow, and dangerous. ... In 1499, Vasco da Gama was the first sailor to travel from Portugal to India. Just a few years earlier, Queen Isabella of Spain hired a sailor from Genoa to reach India by sailing west. ...

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Is it a disbelief that many Africans think African-Americans are lazy, ghetto, wild, careless, untrustworthy, devious, and they are continuously complaining about racism when everything has been given to them? For an African-American this question may be insulting but at the same time it is unfortun...

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Whitewashing is a term used in society that takes people from non-white cultures and molds them into a typical and normal white idealized American version of beauty. People in these cultures change their normal traits within their culture to fit into these norms. This could be black women straightening their hair, or getting a weave to fit into a certain, white culture, or people in India and China, using a bleach based lotion to make their skin less pigmented. ... It juxtaposes how a homelife can relate to the self-worth of a young woman with the standards being displayed in white culture. .....

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(p.51) Blyden concluded that Christianity attempted to repress aspects of traditional African culture, while Islam granted Africans the freedom to join their previous traditions with their new beliefs. ... Additionally, the realization that blacks may never be accepted into the racist white Christian society of America furthered many black people's willingness to accept Islam into their culture. ... The Moorish Science Temple was the first religious movement of its kind in America because it brought Islam to mainstream American culture. Turner states, "Noble Drew Ali was an intelligent...

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Whereas, India had social issues such as famine and Latin America did not have the land capacity for the colonial powers to invest. ... It can be seen that the main Holy Grail was to change the identity of Africans and by slowly assimilating Africans into European culture; a common example to illustrate this is the changing of African names to Christian ones. ... Those who were able to learn and open their minds through reading textbooks and learning new skills, had to distance themselves from their own identity and culture, this meant that a lot of young people were alienated from their own c...

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The second main visitor was Henry Hudson, who was hired by the Dutch East India Company to find the westward passage to Asia. ... In 1624, the Dutch West India Company sent 110 people to the island that Hudson discovered. ... The Dutch West India Company provided many incentives for people to come to their colony, but the colony still grew too slowly. ...

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The United States was founded upon diversity. Racism in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to aid in the production of such lucrative crops as tobacco. These slaves were not brought by will, but by force, and they fa...

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They look at the customs and traditions of different cultures, in search of common foundations that define our shared existence and also the differences that offer variety to our daily lives. ... Its dispersal includes the eastern Mediterranean, Southern Italy, India, and parts of the Middle East. ...

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In an effort to raise his understanding of Ghandi's beliefs, in 1959 he visited India. ... He devoted himself to the religion where he admired its rejection of white culture and attested to African history, culture and heritage. ...

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Canada is a place full of cultural wealth. Many different kinds of people, cultures, and races live in Canada and call it their home. One race that had a significant role in the construction, molding and forming of Canada is the Black people and they really are not ever shown any gratitude for w...

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Some people are born to be certain things in life. Some are born to be doctors, some are born to be lawyers, some perhaps engineers or teachers. Some altogether different like Martin Luther King Jr. are born to be revolutionary leaders. Destined to fill the void of support for a race of people, who having been kicked in the teeth for so many years, were finally willing to rid their lives of oppression and to stand up and be counted, not just in the eyes of the law, but in the hearts of the people. It was never going to be easy. ...

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Each tribe had developed a culture and often an own language, and the people either prayed to their own Gods or (especially in north and central Africa) followed the teachings of the Koran. ... While Whites looked back proudly on their achievements in history and culture, Blacks were denied their identity. Their kingdoms and complex societies were ignored in the white man's interpretation of history, there were few publications about their culture and history. ... In his studies, he was confronted with the values of European culture as well as Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of non-vio...

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