Making of Latin America

 Hello Annika, I found the example of the Holocaust interesting. While there are differences between the two I can see the comparison. I also agree that if we had more documents about slavery would be such a great learning opportunity. With that, I am left wondering what we could possibly learn more about from these documents.

       This week we talked about the dynamic between the owner and the slave and found it to be interesting. Throughout my education, I was always led to believe that the slaves had no power but in reality, they held quite a bit of it in the dynamic. This power came from their ability of resistance to become a slave. In class, we talked about the different ways they resisted such as suicide or not eating. But one that caught my eye was when we had the discussion about if helping others was a form of resistance or a form of assimilation. In my opinion, this is a form of resistance in assimilation. I see it like this because I see it as a way to change the system from the inside. By assimilation to the idea of becoming a slave and helping others see it this way, they can join together and fix the problem together. They are stronger in numbers than they are by themselves. So by helping each other and forming this bond they are able to join together and fight for a better life together.   

This week I found our reading of Cañizares-Esguerra's "Racial, Religious, and Civic Creole Identity in Spanish America" interesting. What I found most interesting was how they determined their race by astrology. I find that interesting because in today's culture some of us use astrology signs. When using these signs, we use them to describe our personality traits. So as an example someone born October 23rd - November 21sr would be a Scorpio. Scorpios are known to be determined, loyal, and honest. As I was reading, I kept wondering if our idea of the astrology signs came from Creole’s idea or at least had an influence on our views. I also found our discussion about Quilombo intriguing. All of our answers to the discussion question given were different. We talked about how within unity there is always going to be disunity and another group talked about how the disunity caused the fall of Palmares. I think everyone having a different perspective on the movie was a good t