2006-08-18 11:19:09 · 16 answers · asked by stikky 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
why dont you educate yourself first and then ask the stupid ignorant questions??
2006-08-18 11:41:56 · answer #1 · answered by Baby Doña! 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
lol, you're truely funny. Your version of civilized might be different than theres. Civilized to you may be refinement and to them it can be something akin to tradition. Remember, we were all once uncivilized as you deemed it until or species settled down and a structure was set. Africa has tribes that you may think unnapealing but that's their life - disc lips and bare feet while I think you're being ignorant. Have you been to Africa, it's not all brush you know. There's running water and flushing toilets. Talk to the Goverment about the slums if you're so concerned or maybe you should look in your own back yard in some of the ghettos about.
2006-08-18 18:28:40 · answer #2 · answered by Dahlias 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Versus What???
They did the same things the Indian tribes in the Americas did at the time. The English were brutal and took them as slaves murdered the Indians and took there land.
The Romans were monsters who fed poor people to the Lions for fun.
Ugh? Who was uncivilized??
2006-08-18 18:27:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Uncivilized" by whose standards? One of the most advanced ancient cultures was african: egypt.
Why is africa a mess NOW? Well, the whole thing isn't a mess...just sub-saharan africa, really. And they have quite a few problems to deal with...just like a lot of other places in the world.
2006-08-18 18:24:32 · answer #4 · answered by extton 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They're not. African cultures are historically very different, decimated now by factors beyond their control, mostly caused by European and American influences since the start of the Industrial Revolution. Christianity and technology visited a double whammy upon that continent that it has never recovered from.
History before Africa's downfall records a rich and diverse land, home to unmatched wealth and natural bounty just waiting to be plundered. Well, we did.
2006-08-18 18:29:45 · answer #5 · answered by functionary01 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In fact the people who lives in harmony with the nature, they are the real civilized people.
So called develop country's people, (as we are) who knows only to take form others and not give, gets bigger and bigger are not the civilized one. In fact we are the uncivilized one and they are the civilized one.
2006-08-18 18:30:03 · answer #6 · answered by dotab 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what makes you think that they came from africa? ^-^ Besides the fact that how in the world would you know that they were uncivilized?
2006-08-18 18:25:17 · answer #7 · answered by What!? No Way!? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because your definition of culture does not match theirs. We cannot expect every culture to have the same values and beliefs. Each tribe in africa has their own version of culture and their own rules. Most of which do not fit western values.
So, yes, they are civilized, just not in a way that our western eyes view as civilized.
2006-08-18 18:26:18 · answer #8 · answered by Searcher 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is a rather myopic view. They feel that WE are the savages. People make the best of their situation, and they live in pretty deplorable conditions, by our standards. By their standards, they live a rich life, and they have a lot more culture and community skills than we have here in the USA. We may have technology and toys, they have a strong sense of community.
2006-08-18 18:26:37 · answer #9 · answered by gadjitfreek 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The premise that people automaticaly become more civilized with the passage of time is false.
2006-08-18 19:33:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not?
Civilized is our definition.
Here we grow to survive. In Africa they are surviving as they are. Simple
2006-08-18 18:27:43 · answer #11 · answered by peppermint_paddy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋