Explores the impact of racism on a global scale and chronicles the shifts in the perception of race and the history of racism in Europe, the Americas, Australia and Asia.Explores the impact of racism on a global scale and chronicles the shifts in the perception of race and the history of racism in Europe, the Americas, Australia and Asia.Explores the impact of racism on a global scale and chronicles the shifts in the perception of race and the history of racism in Europe, the Americas, Australia and Asia.
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absurdly narrow view of history
I really wanted to like this series and given the ratings I was sure this would be something different but no it's all the same tripe trying to exploit popular discontent. First off, refer to the dictionary definition of racism vs discrimination. The dictionary definition is pretty narrow when it comes to racism because it's based on the premise that certain groups are inferior because of the color of their skin but that's not the same definition of discrimination. Most people, including this series, get the definitions all wrong. Racism is pretty narrow. Discrimination, bias, bigotry, prejudice, is a more broad term that most people assume to be the same as racism but it's not. It's not just semantics but also a symptom of mass manipulation to focus attention on one particular group while gas lighting everyone else. Once again, you take out color and you still have hatred and discrimination, a behavior that has been around for thousands of years. One group cannot claim a monopoly in subjugation and suffering. To describe it that way is just ignorant of history. If you're going to tell a story of one people it does no good, if you don't explain the story of all. The nature of such spins is discriminatory and defamatory in itself. The roots of discrimination are more complicated and to avoid all perspectives is to ignore the roots of bigotry and never break the cycles. Like it or not, for thousands of years, humans have been discriminating against others, and it still goes on today because the media with series like this concentrate only on their perspective of the victims and perpetrators and not on history. What's that phrase? Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
And to say that slavery is special vs other forms of subjugation is also ignorant of historical fact. For thousands of years we've also various forms of slavery from the serfs of russia to the indentured servants at jamestown, who were treated usually no more different from slaves. Jamestown was founded on slavery. Indentured servants were forced to come to america and their masters were legally allowed to treat them as property and do with them anything they wanted, short of say murder, and local morals. They were allowed to use whipping and other forms of punishment to force servants to their will. Also, the irish story has always been spun one way by the media which doesn't match up to the facts. For example, when you think of the irish immigration you'd probably think of boston or new york but in the 1850s the 2nd largest irish immigration was in new orleans where they were often put to work doing jobs considered too dangerous for slaves because slaves were worth money as property and the irish weren't worth anything. And speaking of louisiana, where's the story of the melrose plantation and black slave owners, or william ellison plantation in south carolina? Where to they fit in the narrative?
And it's not just history but you'll today that subjugation and suffering covers the whole planet and people of all sorts of racial profiles and origin, all of which is ignored in this series. Even today, there are stories worth telling that never get told. Racial discrimination in cuba where it's supposedly illegal. The caste system still exists in india despite being outlawed. Discrimination of indigenous people in central ameria. The ughyars people in china. Religious discrimination against palestinians living in israel. And so on...
Unfortunately, this series fails miserably telling the past, present and future of the world, so it does little to help make the world a better place to live for all, on equal terms, and not even very entertaining if it's purpose is to spin and not educate.
And to say that slavery is special vs other forms of subjugation is also ignorant of historical fact. For thousands of years we've also various forms of slavery from the serfs of russia to the indentured servants at jamestown, who were treated usually no more different from slaves. Jamestown was founded on slavery. Indentured servants were forced to come to america and their masters were legally allowed to treat them as property and do with them anything they wanted, short of say murder, and local morals. They were allowed to use whipping and other forms of punishment to force servants to their will. Also, the irish story has always been spun one way by the media which doesn't match up to the facts. For example, when you think of the irish immigration you'd probably think of boston or new york but in the 1850s the 2nd largest irish immigration was in new orleans where they were often put to work doing jobs considered too dangerous for slaves because slaves were worth money as property and the irish weren't worth anything. And speaking of louisiana, where's the story of the melrose plantation and black slave owners, or william ellison plantation in south carolina? Where to they fit in the narrative?
And it's not just history but you'll today that subjugation and suffering covers the whole planet and people of all sorts of racial profiles and origin, all of which is ignored in this series. Even today, there are stories worth telling that never get told. Racial discrimination in cuba where it's supposedly illegal. The caste system still exists in india despite being outlawed. Discrimination of indigenous people in central ameria. The ughyars people in china. Religious discrimination against palestinians living in israel. And so on...
Unfortunately, this series fails miserably telling the past, present and future of the world, so it does little to help make the world a better place to live for all, on equal terms, and not even very entertaining if it's purpose is to spin and not educate.
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- Mar 2, 2022
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