In this paper we are asked to question the means in which Europeans “discovered” Not hat America and their production of knowledge and truth. It began by establishing the White European as normal and “human” and everyone else as “different.” Other societies were judged on how “near” “almost” and “sub” human. Some of these notions were directly connected to religion as they were judged based on their ability to have souls.
Smith also challenges the notion of “collection” the past and how Europeans collected artifacts, natural resources and even cultures. “Many indigenous people would call this stealing” whereas the collectors themselves thought of it as “rescuing.” Is this to suggest that indigenous peoples were not human enough to care for and preserve their own cultures? That a white man had to be responsible?
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