When I first started reading the poem about the Venus Hottentot, I did not understand it. So I looked it up, and found a ton of information about Sara Baartman. It reminded me of an African class I took, where the teacher discussed human zoos in America, and treatments they received. I remember I could not understand then, what would possess a person, to lock up another person and put them on display. Then I read this poem, and we watched this documentary and I felt even more disgusted about it. I felt pity for that young women, who was subjected to peoples scrutiny. It makes me repulsed to think about people who were put in slavery, and had no control over their bodies. How people could stand and watch while people are being subjected to that kind of treatment.
Also with the book reading that we had this past week, that was all about ethnicity, race, and racism. I cannot get over how in today’s society people still misuse terms such as race and ethnicity. How people are still full of such judgment. How easily people can stereotype people into a group. One thing in today’s society that gets me the most upset, is the misunderstandings about the Islam religion. How many people look at the radical Muslims, and believe that, that’s how the religion is. That they just look at the surface and make judgments that are both incorrect and unfair.
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