For this week’s blog post, I want to reflect on the legacy of slavery. The questions that Professor Jon asked…
A woman deserves the same rights as a man. I think everyone agrees with that statement. Even looking at the time period, reading the letter written by Josefina Pelliza da Sagasta had left me utterly shocked considering the fact she is a woman herself. You can clearly understand how progressive her ideology is and the […]
After this week’s lecture, I decided to take some time to reflect on the first question about how the history of slavery shape the Americas and also on feminism in the Americas at the time. For starters, we constantly see reminders of systemic racism not only in the modern day Americas, but all over theContinue reading “Week 6: Citizenship and Rights in the New Republics”
The imposition of a hierarchy is essential to the colonial operation. It sets up a “perfect” to rule over the “imperfect”. How then does a previous colonial state move away from this embedded hierarchy? Slavery is a clear example of the colonial caste system in Latin America. It distinguishes a class of people as propertyContinue reading “Week 6: Citizenship and Rights in the New Republics”
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The scars of slavery are present and it fact remain deeply gashed into the fabric of North America. For me the most alarming thing is the lack of accountability and reconciliation on the part of many Latin American countries. I’ve … Continue reading
The scars of slavery are present and it fact remain deeply gashed into the fabric of North America. For me the most alarming thing is the lack of accountability and reconciliation on the part of many Latin American countries. I’ve … Continue reading
This week’s topic focused on rights and emancipation, particularly in the aspects of race and gender. It is quite jarring to think about the reality of race and the effects it had — and frankly still has — on both North and South America. For instance, the very fact that the last abolition date of […]
