The end of empire and the problem of neocolonialism - Decolonization and its discontents - Empire as anachronism

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What was the broad consensus in the West about racism before World War II?

Before World War II, there was broad consensus in the West respecting the appropriateness of white control over "inferior" black, brown, and yellow peoples.

What was claimed as the white race?

Imperialist ideology, buttressed by much pseudo-biological thought, claimed that the white race had an inherent right to occupy foreign lands, if only in the interest of "progress."

How did Europe think they were benefiting civilization?

  • In the European popular imagination, a handful of selfless imperial administrators, soldiers, businessmen, and missionaries brought the benefits of civilization to benighted millions in Africa, Asia, South Asia, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.
  • They supervised the building of roads and railways, provided medical encouraged healthy trade relations, established schools and colleges, introduced the truths of Christianity, and maintained order and good government through willing surrogates.
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To whom did Woodrow Wilson's statement carry weight? To whom didn't?

  • American president Woodrow Wilson's insistence that the war was a noble conflict to "make the world safe for democracy" while advancing the cause of the national self-determination, carried great weight with colonial peoples who had fought alongside their imperial masters during the war.
  • Wilson's rhetoric carried less weight with America's victorious European allies, none of whom reversed their long-standing colonial policies.

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