[CODATA-international] The Guardian article

Thu Apr 27 13:00:42 EDT 2023

Beware however the mindset that says "we will replace their colonial mindset with our colonial mindset”.

Geoffrey

On 27 Apr 2023, at 17:38, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:

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Colonialism had impacts in many countries globally.

These articles might be of interest.

Dr Shashi Tharoor MP made a speech at a 2015 Oxford Union debate on the topic "Does Britain owe reparations to its former colonies?"

Video recording at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7CW7S0zxv4

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/08/inglorious-empire-shashi-tharoor-world-economic-forum-book-club/

"We will liberate ourselves from a colonial mindset," India's External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar has said, proclaiming India's new agenda and laying out its global implications.

"Our rich civilisational heritage will be a source of pride and strength," he added at the UN General Assembly.

https://www.businessinsider.in/india/we-will-liberate-ourselves-from-a-colonial-mindset-jaishankar-declares/articleshow/94430304.cms

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Suchith

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Very interesting to hear that.

I was sad when I learnt the history of Brown University, where I got my
Ph.D., that the Brown family had made their money by bringing slaves frm
Africa to the US.

Best wishes
Hilda

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