Thursday, April 28, 2011

"The Evils of Colonialism" by Frantz Fanon

Fanon, a modern critic of colonialism from the French West Indies, discusses the oppresiveness and dehumanization of European colonialism:
  • The colonies are split into two parts: the European side with all the resources and luxuries and the native side which is much worse off
  • The police of the colonies enforce peace through their weapons and violence
  • The natives always look to the European town with envy and they dream of all of their possessions
  • The colonies show forms of segregation based on race
  • The settlers believe the natives to be evil because their culture and their ways are different from the Europeans
  • The Church is a way for the European to oppress the native

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