Both racist models grant whites agency while denying it to the colonized
Evidence
The naturalist and progressivist conceptions are alike in viewing as agents those defined as white and those occupying the position of colonizers. For the naturalist, whites and colonizers are considered agents of biological or inherent destiny; for the progressivist, they are agents of history. — David Theo Goldberg, The Racial State, 50
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to the naturalist-vs-historicist distinction laid out in earlier chapters of this same book.