Imperialism & (Post-) Colonialism

This board explores imperialism and colonialism, which taken together refer to a type of domination that involves the direct application of military, political, and economic control over a people or nation. Check out our "social movements" boards to find images that explore the many resistance movements against these twin forces of domination.
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Massacre
This map shows the locations of known killings of Aborigines by Europeans for only the 18 years between 1836 and 1853.
Say It with Me: "Reservations Are Not Reparations"
My 4th grade students recently read of the true history of Columbus...
an advertisement for the national bank depicting donald and piggy in front of a sign that reads, how to read donald duck
How to Read Donald Duck: Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic, 1971
Written and published during the blossoming of Salvador Allende's revolutionary socialism, the book examines how Disney comics not only reflect capitalist ideology, but are active agents working in this ideology's favor. Authors: Ariel Dorfman and Armand Mattelart
Why did the internet go ballistic when Rachael Ray described food as "Israeli"?
Imperial Privilege and Assessing Obama's Presidency
we had a little real estate problem the underappreciated story of native americans and comedy
"We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans and Comedy" 2020
~ Kliph Nesteroff
there are many people walking up the hill
"Please Don't Climb"
"Please Don't Climb - We, the Anangu traditional owners, have this to say: Uluru is sacred in our culture. It is a place of great knowledge. Under our traditional law climbing is not permitted." The Anangu primarily dwell in the Central Western desert in Australia. Photo credit: @BadSalishGirl
Columbus Day Revisited
a sign with instructions on moving out
"Moving Out - When the European settlers arrived, they needed land to live on. The First Nations people agreed to move to different areas to make room for the new settlements." Another passage says: “The First Nations peoples moved to areas called reserves, where they could live undisturbed by the hustle and bustle of the settlers.” Source: Complete Canadian Curriculum 3
an old man standing next to a german flag
(3 of 3) Burnum Burnum, an Aboriginal man, planted the Aboriginal flag in England to claim the country as the English did to the Aboriginal people, January 1988.
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Christopher Columbus did nothing wrong. ~ @KaitMarieox He was criticized, arrested, and imprisoned for brutality *in his own lifetime* ~ @silvergelpen
the cover of white lie's book, christopher columbs discovered north america
White Lie: Christopher Columbus Discovered North America
The Truth: Between his four different trips that started with on in 1492, Columbus landed on various Caribbean islands that make up the present-day Bahamas and the island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic). Although he explored the Central and South American coasts, Columbus never reached North America, which as we know was already inhabited by Native Americans. Columbus committed horrific atrocities and decimated the population of the communities inhabiting the islands ...