The Whites have carried to these (colonial) people the worst that they could carry: the plagues of the world: materialism, fanaticism, alcoholism, and syphilis. Moreover, since what these people possessed on their own was superior to anything we could give them, they have remained themselves... The sole result of the activity of the colonizers is: they have everywhere aroused hatred. (7th February 1945)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker claims Western colonizers brought only harms like materialism and disease, leaving natives unchanged but hateful toward colonizers.
- In plain terms
- Colonizers brought disease and bad values; natives stayed the same but now hate colonizers.
- What can you take from it?
- Colonization may create hatred without real change.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is the net impact of colonization?
- How do cultures resist influence?
Another view
The view ignores positive exchanges and oversimplifies history.
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