Essays on Colonialist

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There has been a major push in the past few decades towards diversity in the literary canon, which was for a long while dominated by similar voices with similar origins. This push toward diversity has taken many forms: the integration of more female voices; the inclusion of more writers of color, regardless of their origin; and the inclusion of works of literature from non-Western cultures that have for too long been ignored. This last point has become known by the name multiculturalism, and though there is agreement throughout the academic community that this addition of previously un-acknowledged voices ...

Ever since the infamous attacks in the World Trade Center last September 11, 2001, the view of the world regarding terrorism has changed forever. To counter terrorism attacks in their countries, governments of various nations have set up diverse procedures and operations that specifically aim to curb the terrorist organizations and their attacks, and to eliminate their threats once and for all. For example, airport terminals thoroughly scan passengers, malls and various establishments check the baggage of entrants, surveillance companies spy on telephone calls by civilians in order to search for suspicious activities, etc. have been utilized in order ...

Diversity is one of the most evident and fundamental aspects of the human experience. In spite of this, there have been many attempts to erase these divisions, trying to instate a pretended normality by force. The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer movement arises from this attempt to erase the differences within people, yet it sometimes encounters a privilege inherent in this group as well: people of color have routinely been left out of the LGBTQ conversations. It is important for this movement to be intersectional, as the experience of non-whites is routinely different than those of the normative ...

1. The colonial rule in West Africa has been successful partly because the colonialist were able to obtain the support of the indigenous elites. The article Circle of Irons showed that colonial employees were able to gain the favor of the indigenous elites. Through their efforts, the colonial employees were able to bridge the communication and knowledge barrier between the colonialist and the indigenous people as exemplified in the Circle of Irons. For example, while it was suggested that Makassouba and Uolare complicated colonial rule (Osborn, 41), they were nevertheless instrumental in laying the French influence and supremacy in ...

Introduction

The Berlin Conference of 1884 to 1885 which is also referred to as the Congo Conference signified a powerful role in the regulation of European colonization as well as free trade in parts of Africa during the period of neo-imperialism. One of the outward goals of the conference was to implement regulations on the rampant colonization of Africa in order to prevent the military conflict between the colonizing states. It is to be noted that colonial powers went into what historians coined as the ‘Scramble for Africa’, where they decided to invade, occupy, divide and colonize the different parts ...

Even in the 21st century, the problems of race, class, gender, and ethnicity did not disappear from the terrains of the U.S. The country holds tragic experiences in the history regarding the unequal dissemination of power that led to the catastrophic outcomes, including the slavery, economic downturns, and a failure to establish equal and sound social relationship in the community. While the liberalist principles prevail in the current political and social frameworks, there are a lot of inequalities existing in the American society, where the representatives of non-Caucasian ethnicity tend to be poorer, women still earn less than men ...

Introduction

In the modern age of technological progress, people begin to puzzle about their place in the environment and the relation of a contemporary human being to the nature. It seems like the link between a person and natural environment is lost, yet still despite the progress, humans try to connect to nature. There is a radical difference between the life in a modern city and in wilderness, which sometimes attracts adventurers and those who try to escape the civilization. There are radical examples, like Chris McCandless, who has chosen alienation from the society in order to live in wilderness ( ...