Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Colonization to Exploitation.

Colonization is when one race of people, or settlers migrate to a new land and interact with the indigenous peoples, however, colonization is not always a positive development. In most cases, such as the Aboriginals and the British, the colonizers try to force their culture and values upon the colonized. This becomes exploitation when the colonizers start to use the native people to their advantage, and do not treat them justly. Such examples of this are the Stolen Generations, when the settlers stole 'half-caste' children from their mothers, with no regard for the wishes of the Aboriginals.

The foreign people's main reason for this, was that they simply did not understand the customs of the indigenous race, and compared to their standards, judged them as "primitive". They thus assumed that the Aboriginals had less common sense, or were more gullible than they were.

However, this was not the case. There was simply a language barrier, and the settlers had more powerful weapons and were more technologically advanced than the indigenous peoples were, this was why they gained the upper hand, and were able to colonize Australia.

2 comments:

  1. You have made your point very clear. I agree, they did not understand the Aboriginal people, therefore thought it was acceptable to use them as they did. The language barrier and weaponry/technology of the British is a very defining factor, I agree. You have written a good blog, with background information that explains to a new reader the context. However, the blog is short. I'm not sure there is as much information in here as there could be, but it is still a blog with what I think is very useful information.

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  2. Hey Shimara :)
    Your blog is very good. And as ciara said your point is very clear. However, I think that if you spent a bit more time on this, you could make it longer, with more detail and evidence to back up your facts that you have stated in this blog. For example, a part of your blog that you have done this, and it sounds very good is..."This becomes exploitation when the colonizers start to use the native people to their advantage, and do not treat them justly. Such examples of this are the Stolen Generations, when the settlers stole 'half-caste' children from their mothers, with no regard for the wishes of the Aboriginals."...here you have listed out examples to back up what you have written. and it helps me to understand your thinking more.
    Over all you did a very good job on your blog, and your point is evident. i enjoyed reading your blog, :)

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