European racist imperialism by Kate Heffernan https://padlet.com/kathef20/a7zjkqdq9ggy By Kate Heffernan en-us 2019-02-25 16:42:44 UTC 2025-05-15 16:28:57 UTC hello@padlet.com 1884-1885: 14 European nations met in Berlin to divide Africa into 50 colonies kathef20 https://padlet.com/kathef20/a7zjkqdq9ggy/wish/335463976 2019-02-26 16:46:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kathef20/a7zjkqdq9ggy/wish/335463976 Map example kathef20 https://padlet.com/kathef20/a7zjkqdq9ggy/wish/335464512 2019-02-26 16:46:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kathef20/a7zjkqdq9ggy/wish/335464512 They claimed that they would help Africans and improve the “moral and material well-being” of Africans because they thought they couldn't do anything for themselves kathef20 https://padlet.com/kathef20/a7zjkqdq9ggy/wish/335464976 2019-02-26 16:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kathef20/a7zjkqdq9ggy/wish/335464976 The European countries never considered how claiming land would effect the African people because in there eyes they were "helping them" kathef20 https://padlet.com/kathef20/a7zjkqdq9ggy/wish/335472544 2019-02-26 16:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kathef20/a7zjkqdq9ggy/wish/335472544 Map example kathef20 https://padlet.com/kathef20/a7zjkqdq9ggy/wish/335474122  ]]> 2019-02-26 17:02:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kathef20/a7zjkqdq9ggy/wish/335474122 By 1914, 90% of Africa had been divided between seven European countries with only Liberia and Ethiopia remaining independent nations. kathef20 https://padlet.com/kathef20/a7zjkqdq9ggy/wish/335983007 https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/partition-africa/ ]]> 2019-02-27 16:30:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kathef20/a7zjkqdq9ggy/wish/335983007 Africa is still affected today due to Eurpoe because the Europeans never considered the future of the people they considered to be charity work. kathef20 https://padlet.com/kathef20/a7zjkqdq9ggy/wish/335984466 2019-02-27 16:32:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kathef20/a7zjkqdq9ggy/wish/335984466 In 1908 it was revealed that under King Leopold’s instructions native people of the Congo were forced to farm wild rubber as a form of tax payment to the colonial government. Those who were unable to reach their rubber quota often had a hand or foot chopped off, or were killed by Leopold’s agents. kathef20 https://padlet.com/kathef20/a7zjkqdq9ggy/wish/335986749 https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/partition-africa/ ]]> 2019-02-27 16:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kathef20/a7zjkqdq9ggy/wish/335986749 European countrires began taking materials from africa to bring back to their countury while disregarding that the Africans needed those resources. kathef20 https://padlet.com/kathef20/a7zjkqdq9ggy/wish/335991084 2019-02-27 16:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kathef20/a7zjkqdq9ggy/wish/335991084