"Decolonization is not a metaphor"
An exploration of the distinction between settler colonialism and decolonization, arguing that decolonization is not a metaphor and should not be reduced to social justice initiatives.
clas.osu.edu"Decolonization is not a metaphor"
decolonize western epistemologies by moving partially outside Enlightenment-based frameworks.
Gloria Anzaldua • Light in the Dark/Luz en lo Oscuro: Rewriting Identity, Spirituality, Reality (Latin America Otherwise)
As we will see, all the colonial powers used violence, strategic dependency, intermarriage, and religious conversion to create and maintain control. And in this process, language would be no less powerful a weapon: a rhetoric of rightful possession coupled with a narrative of Indian aggression, laziness, transgression, and paganism.