The study of racial hierarchy in colonial societies.
History of Colonialism: A comprehensive study of how European countries established colonies in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, along with the political, economic, and social implications of colonialism.
The Impact of Colonialism on Indigenous Peoples: A thorough examination of how colonial policies, practices, and attitudes affected the lives of indigenous people in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, including land displacement, forced migration, and cultural assimilation.
The Roots of Racism: An exploration of the origins and theories of racism, including how colonialism and imperialism contributed to the establishment of racial hierarchies and categories.
The Legacies of Colonialism: A study of the enduring effects of colonialism on contemporary social, economic, and political structures in former colonies, including patterns of inequality, poverty, and discrimination.
Postcolonial Theory: An evaluation of critical approaches to understanding the relationships between colonizers and colonized, including the study of postcolonial literature, film, and other cultural production.
Race and Ethnicity: An analysis of how colonialism has shaped concepts of race and ethnicity, and how these ideas have been used to justify discrimination and domination.
Anti-Colonial Movements: An exploration of the resistance, activism, and struggles against colonial rule, both within colonies and beyond, including nationalist and liberation movements.
Decolonization: An investigation of the processes of decolonization, including the political, economic, and social changes that accompanied the end of colonial rule and the emergence of independent states.
Globalization and Neocolonialism: An examination of how contemporary economic, political, and cultural relations continue to be shaped by the legacies of colonialism and imperialism.
Intersectionality and Colonialism: A discussion of how colonialism intersects with other social categories, such as gender, class, and sexual orientation, to shape experiences of oppression, resistance, and liberation.
Settler Colonialism: This is a type of colonialism where the colonizers aim to permanently settle in the colonized region, and displace the indigenous population.
Exploitation Colonialism: This is a type of colonialism where the colonizers exploit the natural resources of the colonized region, often without providing any benefit to the local population.
Plantation Colonialism: This is a type of colonialism where the colonizers set up large plantations for the cultivation of cash crops, usually forced labor by the local population.
Informal Colonialism: This is a type of colonialism where foreign powers exert their influence over another country through economic or other means, instead of direct control of the government and territorial sovereignty.
White Colonialism: It refers to the dominance of white people in colonial empires and the belief that people of white European ancestry are superior to others.
Black Colonialism: This is the system where black people are discriminated against, excluded and oppressed in colonial societies.
Indigenous Colonialism: This is the system where native inhabitants of colonized territories are discriminated against and displaced by colonizers.
Racism: This is the ideology that one racial group is inherently superior or inferior to another based on physical or cultural characteristics, with discrimination and prejudice towards the subordinate racial group.