Three Worlds Meet John Mohawk once said; “Christopher Columbus is a symbol, not of a man, but of imperialism… Imperialism and colonialism are not something that happened decades ago or generations ago, but they are still happening now with the exploitation of people… The kind of thing that took place long ago in which people were dispossessed from their land and forced out of subsistence economies and into market economies – those processes are still happening today.” I agree with him this one hundred percent… I really think that John Mohawk is a smart man that knows what he is talking about, but its not that Christopher Columbus isn’t a bad person I just don’t like it when people say, that he is the one that we live in America today, because there was already Native Americans living there and living fine. Columbus ruined the Native Americans lives, because they were swarmed to the west and out of their homes thanks to Columbus. Columbus also made very unfair trades with the Native Americans.
He gave them regular old objects for farming secrets, and helpful farming objects. Now people have developed the stereotype that all Native Americans are savages and greedy. Columbus first of all was just crossing the ocean to find the find a short cut to somewhere else. He found North America by accident and claims that he discovered it himself.
Many people say that many, many, many times and it drive’s me nuts. Columbus was a man, but didn’t act like one. He said he discovered America and him and only him. I just wish he could have been a good person and said I was just the first person from Europe to visit North America, and that’s it! Three Worlds Meet John Mohawk once said; “Christopher Columbus is a symbol, not of a man, but of imperialism… Imperialism and colonialism are not something that happened decades ago or generations ago, but they are still happening now with the exploitation of people… The kind of thing that took place long ago in which people were dispossessed from their land and forced out of subsistence economies and into market economies – those processes are still happening today.” I agree with him this one hundred percent…
The Essay on The Native American
Native Americans are an indigenous people throughout the world, simply misunderstood and ill-treated for centuries (Scheafer, 2012). History tells us, Native Americans were subject to land theft, controlled by others, and resistance to governance. This discrimination goes back to Christopher Columbus. He and his followers showed true hatred toward the Indian Nation. Europeans moved to ...
I really think that John Mohawk is a smart man that knows what he is talking about, but its not that Christopher Columbus isn’t a bad person I just don’t like it when people say, that he is the one that we live in America today, because there was already Native Americans living there and living fine. Columbus ruined the Native Americans lives, because they were swarmed to the west and out of their homes thanks to Columbus. Columbus also made very unfair trades with the Native Americans. He gave them regular old objects for farming secrets, and helpful farming objects. Now people have developed the stereotype that all Native Americans are savages and greedy. Columbus first of all was just crossing the ocean to find the find a short cut to somewhere else.
He found North America by accident and claims that he discovered it himself. Many people say that many, many, many times and it drive’s me nuts. Columbus was a man, but didn’t act like one. He said he discovered America and him and only him. I just wish he could have been a good person and said I was just the first person from Europe to visit North America, and that’s it!.
