During slavery, white Europeans, established hierarchies and maintained power over black people by constructing and constantly manipulating the definitions of “race,” “identity” and “culture”. In the Caribbean and southern United States white Europeans enslaved black Africans. They established and encouraged the stereotype that Blacks were violent, ignorant and uncivilized. Further, they truly believed that Blacks were non-human. Europeans committed atrocious human rights violations against an entire “race” of people. Europeans justified their actions by inventing …showed first 75 words of 1389 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1389 total…black race, identity and culture) white Europeans convinced themselves (and others) that Blacks were less than human. They utilized this falsified belief system to enslave black Africans for their own selfish economic gain. History has proven that the white Europeans were the real savages. It is true even today in many parts of the world that blacks suffer discrimination based on the false stereotypes created during black slavery in the Caribbean and southern United States.