Final Draft- Mackenzie B

 They say history finds a way to repeat itself, and in this case it might not be for the best. Relying on friendly communication between all peoples the story has been past on from generation to generation, sometimes varying depending on who you talk to.  The message is always clear though, the Europeans pushed natives off their land for their benefits and well being. If you have seen the movie avatar you will know that, the movie is set in the future but shows a great representation of our history. Throughout the movie you will realize that there was a great deal of ethnocentrism, Marginazlition and Apathy on the humans part where as the Na’vi welcomed them with open arms tried to accommodate, acculturate and Integrate the Humans into their culture. Unfortunately we will find this happening for ages and still we will find the situation is different with many of the attributes similar.

When two different cultures come into contact they call it cultural contact but when two different cultures come into contact and join together to make one culture with both attributes from either civilization is hybridization. Very few humans posses the talent of hybridization with in the group of people who went to Pandora. Lacking in ability to adapt the human’s push out all offers to reason with Na’vi. Jake Sully is one of the few. When Jakes Avatar gets lost in the natural maze of Pandora on the first day he finds himself being rescued by Netyri, a young women from the Na’vi tribe. The Original peoples take him into the Colony as one of them. He learns their ways and how they live day-to-day life in the wild atmosphere. Soon he realizes how precious everything on this land is to them, how they treasure and respect every part of life and what his crew back at the home station’s plan is very disastrous and wont end pleastly.

For years the White or Europeans have believed that they will conquer all land for ages. When the actual time comes they do just that, without remorse or apathy for what land, culture or scared items they disturb or end up destroying. What we don’t realize yet is that we affect everything we set our foot on, we disturb something in our oath and we have to find a way to minimize that. In Avatar, the humans offered schools and education, but slowly the Na'vi started to get pushed to the side, being de-prioritized and ignored. Their needs were no longer important and unobtainium became the main focus. The tribes “system” wasn’t irrelevant and could easily be replaced, they could move, they could find new-scared places and they could start over, it wasn’t a big deal. The resources, the mission and to get all of the precious metal became the reality for the sky people, what they wanted they got.

The Na’vi opened their world to the humans with friendship and belief that they might adapt well and fit in with the Natives. They gave them their land to use and work, play and resided on. To the Na’vi tribes everything is connected and all ties back to the planet they reside on and one day you have to give all the energy borrowed back to the world. Showing zero empathy and taking advantage of the kindness exhibited the humans took out one of the most scared and cherished places to the Na’vi. They took out home tree
 Na’vi.

We as a society have rejected many different forms of branching out when outsiders have reached in and offered to accept us we have went along with the idea for awhile until we realize we are on the good side of things and than we start to marginalize the people who have let us in and use their resources. We soon over throw them and take over what was once theirs. We don’t realize the entire damage we are doing until its done. We take a look back and the generations to come will realize what a wrong we have committed. Maybe its time to start realizing what we are about to do before we end up regretting our decision. Make the future generations proud of what we have done instead of remorse and wondering what if we turned out different.