The explorers and conquerors enslaved and killed many of the Native Americans. The enslaved people were then baptized under the Catholic Church, they became slaves to the church, and were used in labor projects. One of the most popular explorers that brought on this domination of people was a common name, Christopher Columbus. He sailed the seas in 1492, just to sails the seas again after brutally killing and enslaving Native Americans then selling them to the European slave trade like any Christian should. (Brown, 36-39) The cruel murder of so many people was justified by saying “they were not part of our religion, they did not follow God’s will, and so they are barely human”. (Brown, 41) This kind of discrimination can be recognize throughout the ages up to the present. Before the Civil War many white Americans use a similar way of controlling and justifying their discrimination towards African Americans, and these racial issues still exist today. As does the use of Christianity to validate social judgment and
The explorers and conquerors enslaved and killed many of the Native Americans. The enslaved people were then baptized under the Catholic Church, they became slaves to the church, and were used in labor projects. One of the most popular explorers that brought on this domination of people was a common name, Christopher Columbus. He sailed the seas in 1492, just to sails the seas again after brutally killing and enslaving Native Americans then selling them to the European slave trade like any Christian should. (Brown, 36-39) The cruel murder of so many people was justified by saying “they were not part of our religion, they did not follow God’s will, and so they are barely human”. (Brown, 41) This kind of discrimination can be recognize throughout the ages up to the present. Before the Civil War many white Americans use a similar way of controlling and justifying their discrimination towards African Americans, and these racial issues still exist today. As does the use of Christianity to validate social judgment and