Blog #12 - Colonial Encounters in Asia and Africa

The problem with the Europeans seem to stem from their ambition. The text provides us with cartoon art called, The Devilfish in Egyptian Waters. The artwork well portrays England’s desire to gain as much colonies possible by using octopus tentacles claiming their colonies. In this process of their ambition, their “religious superiority” becomes obsolete and results in this new kind of racism. This is where the reading gets interesting because the European’s reliance on science to “scientifically” prove the superiority in race. The one thing I found very appalling was the bishop’s declaration. A religious superior declaring such thing where there is a level of superiority amongst individuals is just wrong. A religious leader, especially a bishop, should be promoting equality amongst each other rather than blatantly distinguishing a lower group of people.