"Colonialism is a practice by which a country controls people or areas, often by establishing colonies, generally for strategic and economic advancement."
The persistence of colonial structures and power relations in modern society.
Colonialism: This topic involves the colonization of nations by other nations, the effects of colonization on the colonized society, and the concept of colonial power.
Eurocentrism: This topic involves the belief that Europe is the center of the world and the standard against which all other cultures are measured.
Whiteness: This topic involves the concept of white privilege, white supremacy, and the ways in which whiteness has been historically constructed and perpetuated.
Blackness: This topic involves the concept of Blackness, the historical and cultural contributions of Black people, and the ways in which Blackness has been historically constructed and stigmatized.
Indigenous studies: This topic involves the history and culture of indigenous peoples worldwide, the impact of colonialism on indigenous societies, and the ongoing struggles for indigenous rights and sovereignty.
Decoloniality: This topic involves the process of breaking free from colonial power structures and achieving true decolonization of the mind, culture, and society.
Intersectionality: This topic involves the idea that multiple forms of oppression (e.g. racism, sexism, classism, homophobia, ableism) intersect and compound in unique ways for different marginalized groups.
Postcolonialism: This topic involves the analysis of social, cultural, and economic conditions that exist after the end of formal colonialism.
Feminism and gender studies: This topic involves the study of gender and sexuality as social constructs, their intersection with other forms of oppression, and the ways in which gender and sexuality shape power dynamics in society.
Critical race theory: This topic involves the examination of race as a social construct, and the ways in which race intersects with other forms of oppression in American society.
"Colonialism is etymologically rooted in the Latin word 'Colonus', which was used to describe tenant farmers in the Roman Empire."
"Colonialism has existed since ancient times."
"The concept is most strongly associated with the European and Japanese empires."
"Starting in the 15th century and extending to the mid-1900s."
"At first, conquest followed policies of mercantilism, aiming to strengthen the home-country economy."
"Agreements usually restricted the colony to trading only with the metropole (mother country)."
"By the mid-19th century."
"Missionaries were active in practically all of the European-controlled colonies because the metropoles were Christian."
"Historian Philip Hoffman calculated that by 1800, before the Industrial Revolution, Europeans already controlled at least 35% of the globe."
"By 1914, they had gained control of 84% of the globe."
"Colonial powers retreated between 1945 and 1975; over which time nearly all colonies gained independence, entering into changed colonial, so-called postcolonial and neocolonialist relations."
"The coloni sharecroppers started as tenants of landlords, but the system evolved so they were permanently indebted to the landowner and were trapped in servitude."
"The system evolved so they were permanently indebted to the landowner and were trapped in servitude."
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