Aftereffects of colonialism

 

Unlike slaves, the Brazilian Indians, being on their own land, were hostile to the colonizers. Blacks, far from their lands, forced to live with other ethnic groups and with latent conflicts of origin, lacked solidarity among their own. This lack of unity initiated a loss of identity, which may explain passivity.

This passivity has become responsible not only for incorporating foreign cultures, but also for a dependence regarding to their colonizers. The colonial mentality was something assimilated, built, faceted. The racial miscegenation and, hence education was tasked to solidify such a feature. However, not only our passivity and our stubborn dependence on a foreign model became emblematic.

However, save for better opinion, it seems that this trend has been changing since the beginning of the last century, especially in the arts. Let us remember the "Art Week of 1922”, as well as the musical model that gave rise to "Bossa Nova". Although its roots emerged from samba, a rhythm inherited from blacks, with the mix of American jazz and blues with black roots, "Bossa Nova" was almost universally accepted. In the field of architecture, can be exemplified the works of Oscar Niemeyer; his creations became models for all students and connoisseurs of architecture.

Of course we still need some sort of tour de force for the turn aside of alien models, especially when assimilated spurious values ​​which very dismiss of our reality and circumstances. I believe, therefore, that the subservience so characteristic of Brazil will change. However, it should not be something in the short or medium term, because culture brings in itself the prerogative to influence other models as well as to let be influenced by them.