module 2

Module 2
3) By the 19th century Europeans definitely had a hard decline in how they viewed other cultures, specifically the Asian and African societies. The Europeans had created a hype of arrogance that only included their community as a result of the progress made during the industrial revolution. Their motivation for their pretty racist opinions was basically that they discovered all the ways of creating  a new found wealth and science in nature therefore they were better than anyone and everyone else. The Asian and African countries who regarded as nations that were worthy of some kind of respect before were now seen as nothing but the difference in appearance. They called them out for their skin color and even lowered the Africans down to "primitive". The Europeans were able to use their knowledge of science against the Africans and backed up their opinions with their new creations coming from the advance in scientific technology. They also used the excuse of saying they felt responsible to basically rule over the less powerful races which had no real evidence. The whole European nation was influenced to think this because of the new developments made during the industrial and scientific revolution. They were only able to have any upper hand on them in this because they had the tools. At that point it didn't matter if they were using the tools right, it just mattered that the Europeans had them and the Asians and African's didn't.
6) If I had the chance to sit down with Mr. Nguyen, I believe I would feel a lot of remorse and first apologize for the situation he was put through. The fact that he was left in this situation where I'm sure he felt some sort of guilt for being just being alive is a terrible way to live. I think that he needed to be told that it wasn't his fault for what happened or what he was forced to become. I think I would say that he had every right for feeling the way he did and that everything that happened couldn't just be excused and the way that he felt was understood and it made sense. The idea of nothing feeling right anymore was completely supported and I'm sure anyone who was in his situation felt the same way. I would hope the conversation would go well and it would be informative for me and helpful for him to understand his feelings as reasonable and okay. I think he would express a lot of anger and sadness and helplessness as everything that happened had already been done and at that point there was really nothing he could do but remember.
13) The new colonial economies had a large impact on the African women. While they were originally relied on for the growth of cotton for their own families, they soon had a larger subsistence workload due to the men taking control of the more profitable parts of cash crop farming. Women were often left to manage the domestic economy alone while also taking on getting food to the men in the cities. The women were basically forced to take on traditionally jobs that the men handled plus their own responsibilities. As a result of this extra stress on the women, they became closer to their birth families rather than the families they married into. They also established self-help associations for all kinds of working women, even those who were less respected such as the prostitutes. On one end of the spectrum women were able to gain dominance in trading of agricultural crops and textiles and on the other, women became heads of the household with the absence of their husbands. That being said, men still wanted to control the women and were constantly pushing to create rules and regulations to keep the women inside.