INTRODUCTION TO POSTCOLONIALISM

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1) Look at the first page. What is colonialism - also known as cultural imperialism? 

- The belief that native people were intellectually inferior, and that white colonisers had a moral right to subjugate the local populace as they were "civilising" them, trying to make them more like Western European society.

2) Now look at the second page. What is postcolonialism? 

- Post colonialism refers to a time of critiquing of a school of thought that came before it.

3) How does Paul Gilroy suggest postcolonialism influences British culture?

- He suggests that Britain had notquite faced uptoits colonial past, that the natural psyche had not quite come to terms with no longer being a global superpower, and this has resulted in the desire to still subjugate those from different races, particularly immigrants.

4) What is 'othering'?

- Othering is the phenomenon where we identify something as being different from, or alien to our social identity.

5) What examples of 'othering' are provided by the article?

-Nigel Farage deliberately stoked fears around immigration to fuel his Brexit campaign.

6) What is 'double consciousness'? 

-Where people struggle to reconcile two nationalities or identities.

7) What are 'racial hierarchies'?

-The idea that some races are superior to other ones.

8) What examples from recent media products challenge the idea of racial hierarchies? 

- Brooklyn Nine Nine's Moo Moo episode where Lt. Terry Jeffords is racially profiled by another cop.

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