(Referring to last weeks post Jan/21)
During this chapter, that was focused on the Early Modern World, I found many similarities that connect our society today with that of the "Early Modern World." Such as, in the section of "In the Land of the Aztecs and the Incas," it was read that the most distinctive feature of the two colonial societies in Mexico and Peru was the beginning of a "mestizo" or mixed race population. Within this new population came about a mix between Spanish men and Indian women, which begun because of sexual imbalance among Spanish immigrants (the book goes on to give a ratio of seven men to one women). At the time, those who were Mestizo, were mainly Hispanic in culture, in which the Spaniards often looked down upon them because they were not born of "proper" marriages and regarded them as being "illegitimate." This certain topic has a great connection to our society today. Many individuals have several different backgrounds, where it is often never looked down upon. Personally, I am made up of several ethnicities; Japanese, Chinese and Hawaiian, and I have never had a problem with this. It really just shows how much our society has grown and developed nationally, as compared to the views of the older world. Another similarity or connection that I found between our society today, and the "Early Modern World" is the topic of intermarriage. Within the section of "Making China an Empire," it goes on to describing how the Qing or Manchu Dynasty conquered China, and sought to maintain their ethnic ways by forbidding intermarriage. This has a lot to do with America's history, as intermarriage was once illegal. Although, as our society is forever changing, it is no longer illegal to practice intermarriage, but instead we face a new topic of same-sex marriages. This is another point that shows how diverse and ever-changing our society is.
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