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    This document provides a summary and analysis of Basil Davidson's video "Different but Equal" regarding European perceptions of Africa. The summary states that Europeans fabricated their own versions of African history upon discovering the continent, rather than accepting African history and culture on its own terms. For example, Europeans attributed African landmarks and kingdoms to people like King Solomon, disrespecting true African history. The analysis argues that Europeans used "exoticism" and viewed Africans as the "other" race to paint them as inferior. However, African society was equally complex as European nations, with unique kingdoms and customs of their own. The document concludes that Africa's culture deserves to be interpreted by Africans rather than defined by past European stereotypes

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    This document provides a summary and analysis of Basil Davidson's video "Different but Equal" regarding European perceptions of Africa. The summary states that Europeans fabricated their own versions of African history upon discovering the continent, rather than accepting African history and culture on its own terms. For example, Europeans attributed African landmarks and kingdoms to people like King Solomon, disrespecting true African history. The analysis argues that Europeans used "exoticism" and viewed Africans as the "other" race to paint them as inferior. However, African society was equally complex as European nations, with unique kingdoms and customs of their own. The document concludes that Africa's culture deserves to be interpreted by Africans rather than defined by past European stereotypes

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    This document provides a summary and analysis of Basil Davidson's video "Different but Equal" regarding European perceptions of Africa. The summary states that Europeans fabricated their own versions of African history upon discovering the continent, rather than accepting African history and culture on its own terms. For example, Europeans attributed African landmarks and kingdoms to people like King Solomon, disrespecting true African history. The analysis argues that Europeans used "exoticism" and viewed Africans as the "other" race to paint them as inferior. However, African society was equally complex as European nations, with unique kingdoms and customs of their own. The document concludes that Africa's culture deserves to be interpreted by Africans rather than defined by past European stereotypes

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    Social Norms Essay

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    Social Norms Essay Social Norms Essay
    The Case Of Legal Drinking Age
    The final situation I have had concerning unclear boundaries involved me and a
    professor. This individual was someone I had grown to know and respect and took
    several courses under. The incident occurred after I had graduated from Western
    Carolina University with my bachelor s degrees while I was living in Cullowhee over
    the summer. I was invited to the professor s house along with another former student
    to eat dinner with him and his wife. While we were eating the meal, the professor gave
    me and the other student a glass of wine to go with dinner. Even though I was of legal
    drinking age and was no longer a student of the professor s, it felt strange to have a
    professor provide me alcohol.
    Also, I felt uncomfortable being in the professor s home since it was the first time I
    had socialized with a professor outside of a school environment. I later discussed the
    event with the other student to inquire if the situation also made her uncomfortable. The
    individual disclosed that she did not feel uncomfortable since this was not her first time
    having dinner with the professor and his wife. I did not talk about how this incident
    made me feel with my professor. The reason the boundaries were unclear in this
    situation was that there was a multiple relationship. I was now the professor s former
    student as well as an individual who had a social relationship with the professor.
    Unlike the two previous examples, I was not the individual with a position of power.
    Since the second person
    Different But Equal Basil Davidson Analysis
    In Basil Davidson s video Different but Equal, he outlines the European perception of
    Africa upon their discovery of the continent. Claims that the Europeans were making
    about African culture, however, were far fetched and did not depict Africa in a
    positive manner. History according to pre European Africa was rich and diverse, but
    once Europeans saw for themselves how different their continent was from Africa,
    they began to make up their own version of African history. Europeans used exoticism
    (MISTAKING AFRICA) to recreate their own version of African history. For example,
    Davidson s Different but Equal, he explained how Europeans would see landmarks in
    Africa, but instead of accepting them as part of African history, they chose to fabricate
    their own versions of the story. For example, the Europeans concluded that kingdoms
    built in Africa were homages to people such as King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.
    Because of this, Africa was seen as inferior to European and Western culture. Europeans
    were disrespecting the African people by refusing to acknowledging their culture. In
    Europeans eyes, Africans were an example of the other , a collection of people whom
    they did not... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
    Europeans filled in the blanks of African history by using exoticism to come up with
    origin theories that made sense to them. Because the African population has a different
    physical appearance than Europeans, they were viewed as the other race, and therefore
    were inferior in the minds of Europeans. Africa, however, was a society that was equally
    as complex as any European nation, unique with their own kingdoms and customs.
    Because of this, it was incorrect for Europeans to label Africans as savage individuals.
    Africa s culture is rich and deserves to be interpreted in the way that they see fit, rather
    than having European stereotypes of the past define their culture of

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