People read texts written by early european settlers. The authors describe the indigenous as 'savages' just as you said. Somehow people read what their ancestors observed and assume, 'oh no that just proves early settlers were bigots'. No wonder history repeats.
People read texts written by early european settlers. The authors describe the indigenous as 'savages' just as you said. Somehow people read what their ancestors observed and assume, 'oh no that just proves early settlers were bigots'. No wonder history repeats.
It's funny, innit? People saw a modern version of them, washed with a semblance of civility and thought, "how could our ancestors be so cruel?" People are starting to learn that it wasn't so much cruel as very accurate.
It's funny, innit? People saw a modern version of them, washed with a semblance of civility and thought, "how could our ancestors be so cruel?" People are starting to learn that it wasn't so much cruel as very accurate.
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