Colonialism Quote by Albert Memmi

“Colonial racism is built from three major ideological components: One, the gulf between the culture of the colonialist and the colonized: two, the exploitation…

— Albert Memmi

“Colonialism oppressed and subverted Africans and remade them as scavengers, pleaders, and servants”

— Paul Theroux

“When World War II erupted, colonialism was at its apogee. The courde of the war, however, its symbolic undertones, would sow the seeds of…

— Ryszard Kapuściński

“Conquest occurred through violence, and over-expolitation and oppression necessitate continued violence, so the army is present. There would be no contradiction in that, if…

— Albert Memmi

“Settler colonialism, as an institution or system, requires violence or the threat of violence to attain its goals.”

— Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

“Colonialism had its way with making us believe we were inadequate, if we mimicked the lifestyle and values it upheld, we were embraced with…

— Mala Naidoo

Colonialism is the cousin of slavery.

— Chadwick Boseman

“It is foolish to pretend that the legacies of colonialism can be consistently erased without a trace.”

— Partha Chatterjee

The brutal history of colonialism is one in which white people literally stole land and people for their own gain and material wealth.

— Patrisse Cullors

“When the [colonial] contact was violent, in fact, failure was more frequent than success. 'Colonialism' may have triumphed in the past: but today it…

— Fernand Braudel

“The history of colonization, imperialism is a record of betrayal, of lies, and deceits. The demand for that which is real is a demand…

— Bell Hooks

Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.

— Imran Khan