Racism is something that has existed since the beginning of time. For centuries people have argued whether whites and non- whites were equal and should therefore have equal rights. My position is that all people and unique and should be treated in the same way.
             In this essay I will be arguing against some eighteenth century philosophers such as David Hume, Immanual Kant and Thomas Jefferson. Hume, Kant and Jefferson all had the same idea that negroes were unintelligent, uncivilized and barbaric. They believed in culural supremacy, slavery, colonization and that negroes should in no way be treated equally to whites.
             I tend to prove that all people are equal and should in turn be treated equally. I also tend to prove that Africa was a civilization that was unjustly stereotyped by the Europeans. In my essay, you will learn that most Africans were a peaceful, simple people with their own personal ideas on government, sex, religion, art and culture in general. You will see that the Europeans have tended to act more in the barbaric ways that they accuse the Africans of, than the African people themselves.
             David Hume states that "there was never a civilization of any other complexion than white.(p.629)" The term civilization refers to a country with some form of government, education, arts and sciences.
             The early African states such as Mali, Songai and Ethiopia were universally organized on the principle of kingship; they had no bureaucracies, but depended on the loyalties of subkings and chieftains to work the king's will. The king was a war chieftain, a member of a family or lineage that enjoyed great prestige or was even thought to be sacred. He acted as an intermediary between the living and the dead and was thought to be able to discern the wishes of the tribal ancestors through magic. His will was undisputed, unless and until he demonstrated himself to be incompetent in controlling his underlings. S...