chapter 20

I hope everyone blogged so we dont have a quiz! :)

as usual i have a comment about the introduction of the chapter. we talked about it briefly in class. the fact that this teacher was in Africa teaching them english. the teacher had received a letter stating that teaching them english would put their women and girls in danger. When Andrews had first brought it up, i couldnt think of a reason why this would be an issue. the thought of interracial marriage or evern dating never came to mind. it is obvious that us students have grown up in a different lifestyle. interracial dating or marriage is nothing uncommon. for the older generation it may seem a bit obsurd but we dont think it is anything out of the ordinary. one of my best friends is in an interracial relationship and often times when we go out i do notice people giving them dirty looks or awkward looks. i also have noticed that these people are typically older generations. people our age dont even look twice. this is also a bit demening towards women. it sounds like men just saw women as their property and that they couldnt be trusted. it wasnt a fact of the women will make a bad choice, it was like women were their pet and they didnt want her to get attached to another owner. news flash men: this is no way to treat a woman hahahahha but again, i like to think that men are getting that idea now a days :)
later on in the chapter it talks about what happened usually when a country was conquered by Europeans. it is sad to think that the Europeans just waltzed right in, took what they wanted, destroyed things, and just left. it didnt usually happen as a fast rate, but it did happen over all. typically the indiginous people were wiped out or greatly diminished or the way of life was completely changed due to the idea of "the white man's burden". I feel like America still has this idea of a burden. we cant seem to stay out of other countries' business. I do believe that we should be involved to an extent because everything affects us, but there have been some cases where we go to another country to teach them or to help them with their government. i like to think that we are doing less of this, but the recent news with Lybia is starting to change my mind....