Colonialism’s legacies persist long after colonial rule ends.

Evidence

The legacy of colonialism explains not only debt and poverty but also other important issues of our times such as racism, migration, lack of educational opportunities, and terrorism. The remnants of colonialism will linger as long as former colonizers continue to try to impose their economic and political models of development as the only worthy goals for the rest of the world. Thus, although historical colonialism might be over, we can still speak of coloniality, that is, of legacies of colonialism that have outlived colonial rule per se. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 257

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘coloniality’ as distinct from historical colonialism — a key concept the chapter builds on toward data colonialism.
• XREF: Connects to decoloniality literature (Mignolo, Quijano) and colonialism’s ongoing structural effects, relevant to the reader’s comparative framing of data colonialism against attention/surveillance schools. — connects to: Formal decolonization did not yield genuine independence because colonial debts and legacies persisted. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 256; Colonial language legacies still govern which texts circulate. — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 820; Empire continues reshaping colonized peoples’ lives long after formal decolonization — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 36 (+17 more)

Broader Connections

• Empire continues reshaping colonized peoples’ lives long after formal decolonization #corroborates (0.95) — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 36
• The postcolonial condition begins with colonial contact and persists beyond formal decolonization #corroborates (0.95)
• Colonial history persists as inseparable watermarks in present society #corroborates (0.90) — Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemic…, 70
• Colonial language legacies still govern which texts circulate. #exemplifies (0.85) — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 820
• Data colonialism continues the older colonialist economic and social order. #exemplifies (0.85) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 63
• Postcolonial Orientalism preserved colonialist residues under altered forms of power. #corroborates (0.85) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 467
• Euro-American epistemic authority persisted from colonial to globalized eras. #exemplifies (0.85) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 467
• Post-colonial African states remain dependent on foreign investment and Western cultural influence. #exemplifies (0.85)
• The postcolonial begins with colonization, not after it ends #qualifies (0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3428
• Post-1970s globalization is continuous with earlier colonial expansion #exemplifies (0.85) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 318
• The doctrine of progress makes colonialism appear natural rather than impositive #expands (0.80) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 217
• Colonial officials kept legal distinctions after freedom to sustain slavery. #exemplifies (0.80)
• Europe’s colonial past is irreversible and constitutive of its present identity #corroborates (0.80) — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 826
• Colonial rule manufactured political identities that it then naturalized as culture #expands (0.80) — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab, 45
• Colonial rule justified itself by keeping the ruled unfit to rule #exemplifies (0.80) — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 571