In our class this week, we discussed the Latin American revolutions, and our essential question asked "Why is it essential to acknowledge human value regardless of race?" I find this to be a great essential question, as the same question can still be asked today. It's a crucial idea to think about, as without the acceptance of other people's races and ethnicities, we can't come together to be the strongest nation possible. Race discrimination dates all the way back to the Latin American Revolution, with a myriad of different labels and tags that were produced and given out to those with parents of different racial background. Because of this, the social and economic structure of Latin America at the time was bound to be in ruins, due to it's lack of acceptance of race.
Our group had the Brazilian Revolution between 1789 and 1831. During this revolution, John VI was elected as the leader of Brazil, but was reluctantly sent back to Portugal while his son took his place. His son, Pedro, proposed a constitution that the citizens did not approve of his constitution. Pedro eventually renewed the battles between Brazil and Argentina which evolved into the Cisplatine war. Because of the widespread disapproval of his rule, Pedro abdicated his throne and returned to Portugal. Race was a key part in this revolution, since both John VI and Pedro were from Portugal and their people were of Brazilian decent.
Many Judgements are based on race today, simply because of where someone comes from or what ethnicity they were born as. This has lead to many great conflicts of people in the past and has destroyed the morals of many others as well. Recently, there has been a massive case on the Ferguson shooting, with more information in the link below.
Michael Brown Shooting
I do not believe it is important to use race as a barrier between coming together and collaborating to making a better society for those around
us and the younger generation as well. Race only holds us back as a culture and without the indelible lines drawn between ethnicities, we would be much farther as a society today.
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