Colonial epistemic violence produces lasting internalized illusions of African inferiority.

Evidence

These notions enabled Rhodesia to keep black people so marginalized that decades after the attainment of independence, they still find themselves operating under the illusion that European names, religions, architecture, rites of passage, dress codes, and languages constitute the epitome of culture and civilization. — Tavengwa Gwekwerere, Davie E. Mutasa, and Kudakwashe Chitofiri, Settlers, Rhodesians, and Supremacists, 44

Categorization

• QUESTION: For the grievance test: this links settler ideological dominance to the persistence of decolonization demands even after political power flipped.
• SHARE: Worth sending to anyone working on internalized colonialism or epistemic violence in post-independence African states.
• XREF: connects to: The colonial image of Africa forced blacks into self-contempt — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 474; Colonial rule systematically instills an inferiority complex in the colonized — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 59; Colonial racial thinking dehumanized Africans as they assimilated colonial culture (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Colonial rule systematically instills an inferiority complex in the colonized #expands (0.92) — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 59
• The colonial image of Africa forced blacks into self-contempt #corroborates (0.88) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 474
• Colonialism operates as an internalized state of mind, not just external domination #corroborates (0.85) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 324
• Colonial racial thinking dehumanized Africans as they assimilated colonial culture #exemplifies (0.80)
• Educated colonial subjects doing well assimilating get punished with inferiority when rejected #exemplifies (0.78) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 343