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We are individuals who are uniquely different from
our genetic variation, the society we were born into, the beliefs and customs
we were taught and lived by, to our distinctive individuality. Whether our
differences may be from Darwin’s scientific theory of evolution or
Christianity’s religious theory of God creation, the fact remains that we are
surrounded by diversity in our as well as the many other societies around us. When we reexamined our human history to find our first discovery of
race other than our own, we will also discover the variety of human psychology and sociology in response
to it.
Columbus Landing at Guanahani, 1492
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Our curiosity to explore as well as
the development of technology were what pushed us to discover the new
people and their land. Christopher Columbus may be the first to be
recorded for this first encounter between two different cultures. In 1492, Columbus
first
came to the new world looking for Asia but instead found himself in
what is
now America and the Native Americans. The picture on the left portrayed Columbus and his crew taking over and declaring the land to Christianity and the Spanish. And though this was their land, the natives are showed blending in the background and submissive to his arrival.
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The article criticized that though Columbus recognized that the land and its
people were different, he failed to accept them as different and repeatedly relate everything back to Europe or otherwise considered them as savages. He died still thinking he found Asia but unsure of why he didn't find what he set out to seek. Also in his report, he was more eager to seek for financial support from the Royal to continue his quest to find golds and spices there, rather than to understand his new discovery of the new people, new land and their culture.
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The Discourse of Abundance by Julio Ortega and Nicolas Wey Gomez
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