Does discrimination arise out of historical precedents/antecedents? Are black Americans discriminated against because they were once regarded as less than human and that perspective remains today? Do Canadians hold Native North Americans in contempt because they were so easily nearly exterminated and thrown off their land? Perhaps the Roman Catholic Church which has manifested disdain and contempt for every indiginous population since the Conquistadors murdered millions played a role in entrenching the notion that a pagan people {without 'god'} justly deserved destruction and near annihilation?
While the Chinese people were perfect candidates for building a railroad across Canada and were subsequently "head-taxed" do the histories of slavery and disenfranchisement practiced as the policies of past Canadian and American governments legitimize the seemingly un-scalable hurdle of racism found in Canada and the United States?
Are there associations formed between the "curse" of Communism in the case of the Chinese or perceptions that blacks breed indiscriminately ignoring the impact that enthusiasm for reproduction has on their communities and structures? Do tales of rape murder and destruction of the Ductch and Portugese who established slavery and appartheid in South Africa provide the impetus for equating the violence of a people caught-up in a struggle of discrimination years ago to the fear and loathing felt for blacks in NA today? Do the Haitians and people from the Carribean (transplants fo Spanish and British practices of slavery) earn North American's contempt for all blacks? Do the well documented histories of "Big Sugar" decimating Caribbean people's reflect the appetites of Americans to control the resources and lands of others or is it simply extension of the notion that blacks are inherently less intelligent and naturally lazy or criminally-minded?
Just wondering....
While the Chinese people were perfect candidates for building a railroad across Canada and were subsequently "head-taxed" do the histories of slavery and disenfranchisement practiced as the policies of past Canadian and American governments legitimize the seemingly un-scalable hurdle of racism found in Canada and the United States?
Are there associations formed between the "curse" of Communism in the case of the Chinese or perceptions that blacks breed indiscriminately ignoring the impact that enthusiasm for reproduction has on their communities and structures? Do tales of rape murder and destruction of the Ductch and Portugese who established slavery and appartheid in South Africa provide the impetus for equating the violence of a people caught-up in a struggle of discrimination years ago to the fear and loathing felt for blacks in NA today? Do the Haitians and people from the Carribean (transplants fo Spanish and British practices of slavery) earn North American's contempt for all blacks? Do the well documented histories of "Big Sugar" decimating Caribbean people's reflect the appetites of Americans to control the resources and lands of others or is it simply extension of the notion that blacks are inherently less intelligent and naturally lazy or criminally-minded?
Just wondering....
