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Week 6

Apologies for my lateness.  Much of this week was dedicated to the actions of the past in relation to the traumas of today, which is a timely topic, as much of the discourse surrounding many minority groups and POCs today revolve around the theme …

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Week 6

Apologies for my lateness.  Much of this week was dedicated to the actions of the past in relation to the traumas of today, which is a timely topic, as much of the discourse surrounding many minority groups and POCs today revolve around the theme …

Posted in Blogs, Week 6 | Tagged with cultural appropriation, history, racism, trauma

Week 6

Apologies for my lateness.

  Much of this week was dedicated to the actions of the past in relation to the traumas of today, which is a timely topic, as much of the discourse surrounding many minority groups and POCs today revolve around the theme of rethinking and re-contextualizing narratives that were taught in schools, by parents, or the society they’re involved in. In the Americas, two strong narratives that come to mind in deconstructing traumas and the identity of the Americas themselves is slavery and the cultural mistreatment of indigenous people. Two topics that we explored at some points in discussion and lecture. 
  We were given the question “How does the history of slavery affect the Americas today?” in this week’s lecture. Though this question is important, my thoughts kind of expanded it to think of not just slavery, but how the history of colonialism affects the Americas. A few thoughts came to mind-
The lecture (and I suppose everyday life?) mentions that race is a social class, and I find this to be a key component in how colonialism affected the contemporary landscape. The perception of stereotypes and race derived from colonial teachings have echoes in today’s contemporary landscape.
  The third question that Jon left us with in this class was “What justice can be done?” and I was kind of hit with a mental block. “How can we heal cultural trauma?” has been a consistent question of mine for a while, and it’s come up in discussions regarding the Vietnam War, The Holocaust, The Cultural Revolution; and I don’t think I’ve found an answer to it. Acknowledgement of these events and traumas is one thing, and is a step in a direction, but from acknowledgement… where do we go from here?  

Posted in Blogs, Week 6 | Tagged with cultural appropriation, history, racism, trauma

Week 6

Apologies for my lateness.  Much of this week was dedicated to the actions of the past in relation to the traumas of today, which is a timely topic, as much of the discourse surrounding many minority groups and POCs today revolve around the theme …

Posted in Blogs, Week 6 | Tagged with cultural appropriation, history, racism, trauma

Week 6 – El Partido Independiente de Color & Emancipation as an On-Going Process

One of the documents included in our required reading this week was “Political Program of the Partido Independiente de Color”. This document was published in 1908 as the constitution of the political party Partido Independente de Color. I was incredibly shocked … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Week 6 | Tagged with 13th amendment, Brazil, canada, emancipation, legacy, mass incarceration, racism, slavery, United States, USA

Freedom as a Process

For this week’s lecture video and readings, a great emphasis is placed on a subjective and fairly contentious topic-that of citizenship and rights. As we have been exploring the nature of Latin America, both as a geographical set of nations and as an abstract idea, we have looked into its conception and maturation, as it… Continue reading Freedom as a Process →

Posted in Blogs, Week 6 | Tagged with independence, inequality, race, racism, slavery

Week 6

It seems to me that much of the Americas is still deeply connected to their linage as slave colonies. The United States of America is the most prominent example of this in my mind, although that could be a product of me not being as familiar with the history of Latin America or even modern day Latin America. […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 6 | Tagged with America, racism, Society

Week Six

Upon first look, we would easily be led to believe that the racist history of the Americas has been long…

Posted in Blogs, Week 6 | Tagged with feminism, history, racism

Week 6

I struggled with this week’s topics, finding myself caught between utter shock and absolute disgust for the small mindedness and outright racist beliefs of the 19th century liberal elites in Europe and the Americas. It’s not that any of the information was new to me or even surprising, but more a sad reminder of the […]

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Week 6 – Citizenship and Rights in the New Republics

This week, we are looking into who was considered a citizen and enjoyed the privileges of that status in post-independence Latin America. In the beginning of the chapter, we’re asked to look back on the Casta paintings of Week 3 and to think about how the social and racial hierarchy portrayed in those paintings are […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 6 | Tagged with Brazil, emancipation, racism, slavery

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