Colonial misreading of reciprocity stemmed from assuming its own norms universal
Evidence
The yellow man, the black man, is not our cousin at all. Here there is a real difference, a real distance, and a very great one: an ethnological distance. After all, civilization has never yet been made except by whites… If Europe becomes yellow, there will certainly be a regression, a new period of darkness and confusion, that is, another Middle Ages. — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 106 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Unequal power shaped what colonial observers saw and what they missed; Colonial race-thinking substitutes ethnological difference for kinship with non-whites — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 106; Colonial discourse distinguishes legal equality from factual inequality to justify hierarchy — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 236 (+2 more)
Related
- Colonial race-thinking substitutes ethnological difference for kinship with non-whites (similarity 0.91)
- Colonial discourse distinguishes legal equality from factual inequality to justify hierarchy (similarity 0.82)
- Colonial whites misread multi-ethnic solidarity that would someday outnumber them. (similarity 0.81)
- Egyptian racial thought blended medieval stereotypes with European civilizational concepts (similarity 0.79)
- European racialism justified colonial expansion and rule (similarity 0.78)
- Colonial rule rewarded mixed-bloods according to their degree of whiteness. (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Colonial race-thinking substitutes ethnological difference for kinship with non-whites
#expands(0.78) — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 106