He feels that with no education the Indians are feel they cannot take care of themselves or their land. Apess goes on to state about the white men claiming of how they are willing to give Indians rights and privileges and he discusses about how they need to protect their property and themselves by being in the Union. This is due to the whites being very overbearing and powerful and distrustful and the Indians would get taken advantage of by the white men. He goes on to talk about how the white men are the “superior race,” but how this could
Peggy McIntosh gives an account of the unearned privileges of the whites and the males in the United States. They have these privileges accorded to them by the society in which they live and wherein they are taught by the same society to be unconscious and unmindful of these privileges. However, this very unawareness or oblivion to the existence of unearned privileges is the very act that makes other people of different color feel oppressed. Peggy McIntosh enumerates with force consideration the effects of having 46 unearned white privileges in her life. In so doing, she points out how the very whiteness of a person serves as an invisible protection to each and every moment of his/her life.
Unlike so many of their moderate brothers and sisters, they have recognized the urgency of the moment and sensed the need for powerful "action" antidotes to combat the disease of segregation. Let me take note of my other major disappointment. I have been so greatly disappointed with the white church and its leadership. Of course, there are some notable exceptions. I am not unmindful of the fact that each of you has taken some significant stands on this issue.
W.E.B DuBois was hated by the majority of the white population as he was viewed as a trouble maker. Whether this was a good characterization or not is beside the point. If the whites hated him, then any plan that he backs will likely be met with a similar level of anger and hostility. W.E.B DuBois’ plan may have worked if he had some military power to defend the people who he was trying to help educate from this inevitable
Embrace these brothers and sisters who care so much. They are our life and future” James Branham- A Monacan Indian. (Page 31) When I read this quote from Mr. Branham, it makes me feel many people don't understand the enormous pride Native American Indians take in the United States of America. Thus, present day Indians have no right to be compensated for the wrongs perpetrated against their ancestors, any more than African-Americans should be compensated for the slavery of their ancestors. While I was looking at Pride 102 video regard to American Indian treaties, I started realized how important the majority of Indian treaties were negotiated; the Federal government usually had a major issue with which it was dealing.
Racism "Racism breeds racism in reverse." These words so candidly written by Mary Crow Dog, a Lakota Sioux, describe the reverse effect indian boarding schools had upon their pupils. These old Indian boarding schools were intended to push Native Americans into accepting a new way of life as a white man. In lieu of attempting to live peacefully along side the Natives, the white settlers felt they had to force the Indian population to become "civilized". The word civilized, as defined by Websters, means to have an advanced or humane culture, society, etc.. White men did not see the Indian culture as advanced or humane and therefore began forcing white man's way of life upon the Native American Tribes.
Shi Qi Zhu Ms. Harber Am Lit (6) November 14, 2012 In the United States during the 1800s, often times people thought that white people are superior to other races. They also thought that the other races are uncivilized, and it’s the white men’s responsibility to civilize the others. This theory was called White Men’s Burden. Yet this theory has been proved otherwise. In The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Twain used irony and an unreliable narrator to point out that society often mistakenly categorizes the civilized as the uncivilized, suggesting the society’s moral value is flawed.
He referred to it as if the white race was doing the Indians a favor by taking them over and naturalizing them so that they could become citizens in the United States. However, he felt that blacks weren’t worthy of this “naturalization” process. “They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations: and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” (Bell 17) Roger B Taney was the 5th Chief Justice in the Supreme Court who had such hateful views towards non-whites. What is most disturbing about this is that he is such a high ranking official in the highest branch of the
Reaction to White Privilege Alisha Heinen Northeastern State University SOWK 4613 Human Diversity Dr. Eun-Jun Bang 9/12/12 Reaction to White Privilege As a white person it was emotionally complicated to read the article, “White Privilege”. It caused me to feel sensitive, defensive, and somewhat embarrassed. After reading the article a half dozen times I still am not sure where I stand. I have no doubt that white people are privileged in the United States but I feel very disgusted to think that the low paying jobs I have obtained in the past were because I am white. I was fortunate enough to graduate from high school but I worked at it.
They were at one time only seen as workers and treated with no respect for the beginning of Americas history. It is sad to me to have that mark on the history of America but during those times it may have seemed normal to the dominat race being white. Things have come far and people are much differant now than back then, but somehow there seems that there will always be a presumption that "Whites" will always be more supperior than all other races. However wrong this concept may be, it has always been around and no matter how much another race struggles to be equal there is this feeling I have that it will never be quite equal as seen through "White" eyes. I hope Americas society does eventually change its views on this.