The Rats Had Never Left: Conquering Colonists & Systemic Racism

Systemic racism underlies post-colonial societies, due in part to the undeniable legacy of historical racism. The conquering colonist (often mistakenly referred to as the "settler-colonist") dominated the colonized, especially their minds. Overcoming destructive colonialism and systemic racism requires the decolonization of the mind-the mutually embedded mindsets of the conqueror and the colonized. Eliminating this legacy requires that we know who we are and admit to and rectify past mistak...