Violence In African Americans

Fighting Violence with Violence From the beginning of time conflict has always existed. When conflict is confronted, majority of the time it is answered with violence. The definition of violence from The Oxford Dictionary is "the use of force to cause injury, damage, or death." Violence can come in all forms and may or may not be intended. World history teaches that violence influences wars the most. A simple act of violence can have a big impact on people and how they react to it. Almost always when a violent act is committed it is answered with even more violence. From person to person the reason for violence will be different. Commonly it is because of revenge or anger. However that might not be true for everyone or every war. In "A People 's History of the United
violence is different from many others, because as the passage says, the Native Americans were curious and friendly to strangers. They did not create any conflict and the Spaniards saw that as a weakness. Columbus and his men used violence to make the Native Americans into to their servants. This mindset continued with the Spaniards and the treatment of the Native Americans. Howard Zinn writes, " The cruel policy initiated by Columbus and pursued by his successors resulted in a compete genocide"(H.Zinn, Pg.6). The violence that Columbus inflicted on the Native Americans had no reason other than greed. The Native Americans did not show any obvious threat to the Spaniards, but they still wanted to show they could take everything the Native Americans had. The Native Americans population slowly started to die. However, as history shows, when violence is inflicted on someone and they are trapped sometimes there are no other answers but to respond with violence, and that is exactly how the Native Americans started to feel. The Native Americans felt that in order for them to survive they would have to start revolting and defending themselves. Many popular tactics