Hi again… I guess I’ve been really silent on this side, but then again my life has been a bit of a crazy and confusing rollercoaster at times over recent months.
So what have I been thinking about lately? Well, for some reason I found myself thinking about colonialism (no surprise there) and slavery. During my time in London there were “celebrations” marking 200-years since the end of the slave trade. This was somewhat ironic considering the number of people still being traded as slaves in the world today. I guess the modern global society as a whole sees the practice of slavery as unethical and criminal but there was a time it didn’t. it was seen as a essential to trade and it was a given. I guess this got me thinking about things that we take for granted as things that are normal and simply part of trade etc.
I’m talking about the way in which trade today makes the rich richer and the poor even poorer. This happens in spite of the increase in the popularity and spread of humanitarian agencies over recent decades. I’m just wondering how future generations will view the things this generation has argued away in the name of financial gains and global development. You could even say that we haven’t learnt from history so we are repeating it…
facing reality...
16 years ago
