Source one is from Indigenous Cultures in an Interconnected World by Claire Smith and Graeme Ward. The source mentions Europe’s expansion that emerged from the 16th century, and how the economic and political globalization affected the people’s addressed in the text. This text is critical of globalization during that time; mentioning how Indigenous peoples were ‘invaded’ and ‘threatened’ by globalization and colonization. In this context globalization was/is the catalyst for colonization, speeding it up like adding gas to a fire; which critically changed things for the Indigenous peoples. Colonization of their land did not stop there, it went farther. It globalized things, with the arrival of Europeans came the arrival of new goods, technologies, …show more content…
The source addresses the legacy of Canada, mainly the residential schools, and what it did to many indigenous people. The Residential schools were schools ran by the church and government, their ‘goal’ was to take the indian out of the man; even though they took children as young as 5 years old from their families. The families could also be fined or put in jail i they would not hand their child over. Many children were abused both sexually and physically. It tore apart those kids, causing a cycle of abuse and poverty; the children in the schools never developed parenting skills and would end up abusing drugs as as a way to cope with the trauma they went through. The source uses this content in the context of the Prime minister apologizing for what happened.although the Prime minister is apologizing for more than just the Residential school, the apology included the loss of culture, language, and identity. To turn over a new leaf is why he’s apologizing, as well he is following australia's example; the show support for them and help the indigenous peoples to …show more content…
The white man is a stand in for the larger countries, like Great Britain, in this illustration Britain is carrying Asia, India, Zulu, China, etc, up a mountain. The mountain top is ‘civilization’ and the rocky road to the top is labeled with multiple things, such as, ignorance, superstition, brutality, slavery, vice, cruelty, etc. Uncle Sam, or the United States of America, is carrying other up, Cuba, Hawaii, Philippines, and others, up the road, following in Britain's footsteps. The white man’s burden is to carry them up the mountain, but in reality the ‘white man’ drags these peoples through horrid events; these peoples go through cruelty, brutality, ignorance, and slavery, all for the sake of an unnecessary ‘enlightenment’. The author makes it very sarcastic, using bright colours for civilization as well as on the people drawn, but uses dull less, catchy colours, on the mountain. It is represented that way to show how society does not notice the wrongs it does in order to ‘welcome’ peoples to the ‘NEW’ ways of life. Uncle Sam follows Britain up the mountain, the reason why is because in the white man's burden it can be interpreted that the big nations say to the usa that if they want to be a big nation like them, they have to follow in their