Latin Revolutions

The essential question of this activity is "Why is it essential to acknowledge human value regardless of race?  How are the events in the Latin American Revolutions evidence of this social imperative?"  In class we looked at a pie chart that showed the population of all the different races.  For example, the different races and populations in Latin America were 50% Indians, 7% Mestizos, 23% Creoles, 1% Peninsulares, 11% African slaves, and 8% Mullattoes and Free Blacks.

We split into three groups to create a timeline of our revolution.  My group had the Brazil revolution, and the other two were the Gran Colombia Revolution, and the Mexican Revolution.  Some of the differences of the three revolutions were: Brazil was the only peaceful revolution, and all of the revolutions took place in different countries.  There were also some similarities: All of the revolutions happened in the same time period, and they all declared their independence in 1822.  Race was an issue in all of these because in each revolution, race prohibited people from achieving certain things, for example, freedom.  Race has a lot to do with freedom and it is determined mostly on your race.  If you were a certain race you could only get so high on the social pyramid.

Today, race is still a big issue.  For example a lot of people are still prejudice against different races and some people might not get a job because of their race.  Today, the conflict in Ferguson, Missouri has a lot to do with race.  The Ferguson Police force is 90% white and the population of Ferguson has a high percentage of minorities, which is leading to a lot of conflict between the two.