SOC 134 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Indentured Servant, Atlantic Slave Trade, White Privilege
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Reflexivity: personal (we are privileged and that is why we succeed) and historical (our thinking is influenced by history and hundreds of years of thought) In the 16th century there was no race it was more of a. Capitalism started to rise, industry for profit: age of discovery: explorations of the rest of the world from europe, this led to many misconceptions about foreign people making them out to seem evil and uncivilized. Modernity: rise of nations and nationalism, development of capitalism, global expansion, and discovery of new world , growth of scientific knowledge. Colonialism: when a foreign power invades a territory and established enduring systems of exploitation and domination over that territory"s indigenous people. English in north america: grouped all tribes as one group indian , brought their diseases which ended up killing many of the natives, sometimes on purpose, organized violence first seen in 1622. Indian wars: flood of violence against indigenous population: starts in 1540 with spanish.
