Archive | Colonialism

The movie "imagines alternative responses to a world dominated by western imperial powers."

"I continue to deepen my own understanding of slavery's enduring impact."

"For what we Europeans have been doing the last 3,000 years we should be apologising for [the] next 3,000 years."

"What an insult to now colonise us, again."

Lemon had no rebuttal.

"After 75 years of independence, has [India] produced a single building as beautiful as the Bombay train station?"

Decolonization did nothing for Queen Elizabeth II.

“I heard the chief monarch of a thieving raping genocidal empire is finally dying."

Non-whites rejoice over the death of a white monarch.

Academic claims "the queen helped obscure a bloody history of decolonization."

The "indigenous" woman looks awfully white.

“It’s a realignment to where we are as a nation."

"I will never pay respect to [the flag]. I find this flag divisive."

Students must incorporate "dimensions of diversity into the patient’s health assessment and treatment plan."

"I hope you go back to Europe, you b**ch."

Charity is now racist.

Experts worry the ideology may expand to the entire continent.

For now, they unpardonably depict the history of "white, wealthy, able-bodied men."

British judge says BVI governance is "appallingly bad."

Trump-appointed justice reads racism into America's past.

"The British records only show 40 to 50 deaths."

Critics claim the assignment is "disrespectful to people whose ancestors were murdered because of colonization."

Police chief: "There has been valid community concern over the use of the patch and its roots in colonialism."

African activists say the mask is a "colonial ill-gotten gain."

It's always whitey's fault.

“We see no reason to celebrate 70 years of the ascension of your grandmother to the British throne."

An overview.

"European people ran roughshod over the continent of Africa, pillaging communities, raping women."

”It was written by slavers and colonists, and white people who were willing to make deals with slavers and colonists."

"Those calls for racial equity and spatial justice need to be front and centre in that vision."

"The belief that one’s entitlement to freedom is a key component of White supremacy."

“Five hundred years after the invasion of Michoacan, the indigenous people continue to resist and fight."

Colonialism with an Asian face.

It was previously vandalized with the graffiti: "destroy white supremacy."

No love for the white man.

By claiming that the land doesn't belong to whites.

Everest has plenty of white privilege.

AOC previously called the country an "Apartheid state."

It also claims “black life is an integral part of German reality."

"It was an oversight on our part to not make the connection to a year of colonization, conquest, and genocide."

Happy Veteran's Day.

"Our government’s commitment to truth and reconciliation demands that we diversify and decolonise."

New book condemns Churchill as a racist.

The college wanted to remove the statue entirely, but settled for an anti-colonialist plaque.

She says it's part of America's "shameful past."

Spanish conservatives defend their nation's history.

Black mayor: "Our shared history in the city is tainted by colonial violence and systemic exclusion."

They also want to “identify and officially restore the original Te Reo Māori names for all towns, cities and places."

"The conquest and colonization are signs of backwardness, not of civilization."

India's poverty owes more to its failure to industrialize.

Eskimos want full autonomy from "colonialist" governments.

UN human rights chief: "I am calling on all states to stop denying — and start dismantling — racism."

"The Black and Palestinian struggles for liberation are interconnected, and we will not let up until all of us are free."

"[T]he Brazilians came from the jungle, but we Argentines came from the ships."

"We will ask forgiveness from Namibia and the victims' descendants."

Jean-Jacques Dessalines exterminated white settlers in Haiti.

College cites "regulatory and financial challenges."

"If you support Black Lives Matter, it was not a difficult leap to saying Palestinian lives matter, too."

"Today we recognize something which we have denied for a long time."

University wants to reduce "Eurocentric" and “white savior” approaches to math and science.

The council demands Portugal "tackle racist biases against people of African descent."

It also removed the school's conquistador mascot.

California’s proposed ethnic studies curriculum supports "countergenocide" to displace white Christian culture.

China adopts "woke" lingo.

Some ornithologists claim naming birds after white people bears the "stench of colonialism."

Macron and his ministers think they undermine national unity and abet Islamism.

Government-commissioned report criticizes the "excesses of a culture of repentance.”

Council member: We should celebrate Juneteenth "just like we do July 4th."

Trump says Columbus Day will never be replaced "as long as I'm President."

BBC lets slip: "It would be unfair to judge a 19th Century man by 21st Century principles."

Should they be invited back?

A group called "Topple the Racists" has a long list of targets.

Dark cinema.

Why didn’t Charles de Gaulle partition Algeria?

One-in-three Brits is still proud of the empire.