I felt that the colorism piece that we read was very harsh towards African Americans. I was actually a bit surprised when seeing what they were comparing African Americans and dark skinned people to. They were comparing the to objects, Someone brought up this point in class but I forgot who. I feel like this passage further expanded my knowledge on how America has grown and how far the government has came to making things fair for everyone. This passage describes a major course of events in our history. I feel like it covered a lot of topics not just slavery in general. It talked about history even when Christopher Columbus discovered land. It was a lot of information to remember over a short reading. Readings like this personally make it harder for me to remember what was read because its like different topics are all crammed into one reading. Going back to the main idea, this passage also shows not just how to government has grown but people in general. I know for a fact that there are not as many people today in America that are prejudice or racist than there was back when this passage took place. This is also an example of how people have grown over the generations to become more fair towards others. Sure we still see racist crimes or people but is much less than before when slaves would actually be beat and used as if they were not human beings.