The Middle ages were characterized by a symbolism that associated otherness with blackness, wildness, and the monstrous” (pg. 16). The middle Ages sprouted the idea of racial distinction, this may have been an idea that floated around but it was never solidified. During the Greek time period discrimination was based on intellectual differences. There was a distinction made between Greeks and barbarians; this distinction did not involve appearance. The middle ages built the foundation for racial discrimination based on skin color, appearance, and religion. Events following the middle ages continued to build on previous ideas about race, this lead to people being treated and shown as inhumane as others are shown to be superior beings to everyone
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Thus, African slavery was legitimized by already existing views of Africans as inferior” (p.30). The way that the Africans have been portrayed throughout history to this point subtly depict Africans as inferior to Europeans. Slavery ultimately sealed Africans fate as inferior. The slave trade developed due to the pre-existing labels placed on Africans such as lazy, stupid and governed by Capri. These labels ultimately allowed the slave trade to blossom. Africans were no longer seen as humans after the slave trade …show more content…
The Holocaust was a horrible event that occurred due to numerous variables, eugenics was one factor for the progression of the holocaust but, there were other factors to consider. Nazi visual propaganda illustrated Jewish people in a way that over time they were no longer considered a part of the German society, but instead they were viewed as outsiders that needed to leave their country. Although, Hitler’s main objective was not to kill the Jews “The Holocaust emerged as a ‘Final Solution’ at the infamous Wannasee Conference in 1942, only after the Nazis realized that they had no coherent plan for the three million Eastern European Jews” (p.62). The overall population of Jews was too significant to deport them all out of Germany. The only choice they had was to exterminate all the Jews in order to preserve the German
Thus, African slavery was legitimized by already existing views of Africans as inferior” (p.30). The way that the Africans have been portrayed throughout history to this point subtly depict Africans as inferior to Europeans. Slavery ultimately sealed Africans fate as inferior. The slave trade developed due to the pre-existing labels placed on Africans such as lazy, stupid and governed by Capri. These labels ultimately allowed the slave trade to blossom. Africans were no longer seen as humans after the slave trade …show more content…
The Holocaust was a horrible event that occurred due to numerous variables, eugenics was one factor for the progression of the holocaust but, there were other factors to consider. Nazi visual propaganda illustrated Jewish people in a way that over time they were no longer considered a part of the German society, but instead they were viewed as outsiders that needed to leave their country. Although, Hitler’s main objective was not to kill the Jews “The Holocaust emerged as a ‘Final Solution’ at the infamous Wannasee Conference in 1942, only after the Nazis realized that they had no coherent plan for the three million Eastern European Jews” (p.62). The overall population of Jews was too significant to deport them all out of Germany. The only choice they had was to exterminate all the Jews in order to preserve the German