The emergence of modern colorism in the Americas

     This is a article about the history of colorism in the Americas, this begins in the 1400s when countries were moving west to find new trade routes east ,but the men had found new land. Colonization had started to begin and many people were starting to pour into the Americas as well as slaves from Africa. The settlers started to mate with the slaves which was extremely frowned upon back then and many of the slaves became pregnant and the babies were half white, half black and the word Mulattos was used to describe the kids. This article was very informative and i liked it because of the historical background and the information given clears things up about history and racism. The change that we as one species have made over time is drastic and it shows how people change there attitude on things like race and love, this shows how we all can co-exist as people.In the past this would not have seemed possible and people would have thought this was disgusting.Some people in this time period also believed that mating with an African or an African American was considered bestiality.If people in the modern period in which we live in now would have acted like this or believed this, they would have been beaten or even killed.Race is still a very big issue in the world today and many people still feel this way but are to scared to say anything because they know its extremely offensive and wrong.This story should give people an idea of how bad of a past that mixed raced people and African people had it back than.Race is only a small difference we have and this should not give people the right to hurt people of other races we should respect others and coexist as one race , the human race.

Class and the politics of writing

     This story overall was not great i did not find any interest while reading this story about writing.The author said " i never really heard anyone from a privileged background talk about self-censorship that emerges from fear that writing certain experiences will lead family and friends to break ties.", but I believe that anyone even from a privileged family can get in trouble for writing experiences without consent from the other person. A bad experience can really hurt someone even if there from an elite background or a poor background it can show a whole different side of a person. I felt like the text was very dry and it was not a good read i found it to be quite boring but understandable.When someone says something about another person in a negative light no matter who it is they will be hurt. Trying to ruin someones reputation is horrible it can completely ruin the person or even hurt them so much they will end up doing harm to themselves. Stories like this should be asked to the person if its okay to write about , writing without permission can destroy a person if the story if bad enough.Like many people say if you don't have something good to say about a person don't say anything at all, this also goes for writing because writing is a form of expression that can be used to help or hurt a person. Even though i didn't like this story it does put out a good message and helps people understand that writing about someone can be bad and disastrous.Writing was also meant for the elites the author talks about but i also disagree, anyone can write not just the elites . Even if people didn't know how to write it is there privilege to write as human beings we all write, we express our thoughts and ideas through writhing throughout time and we will continue to do so.