My views on imperialism were just like anyone else coming in from Europe; a good thing that brings light and religion to the people of Africa. But unlike the other people I met on my journey, I was completely unaware of the chaos that goes on in the Congo, being blinded by civilization my whole life. ... One definate observation was the darkness of the Congo in contrast to the lightness of Europe. ...
During the 19th century white Europeans had come to the point that money equaled power and in turn gave them the right to enslave people that were unlike them. When these Europeans accounted cultures that were different then their mainstream, they say them as uncivilized beasts that needed their help. ... In the European "helping" way these people were taken from their families so that white hands did not get blackened by the dirt. The differences that the Europeans saw in these people were used to create new species. ...
So "The First Schooner" was significant because both episodes describe a meeting with a European ship in Heiltsuk territorial waters. ... The man and woman are treated "just like kids," despite their advanced age and they lose whatever status and identity they had as Heiltsuks and become, in effect, European children. ... In the second episode, unlike the first episode the Heiltsuks are a well-fed, healthy group of people how masters their situation. ...
