There is four different
colonized people in which I shall be talking about in this article,
all four of them have the same similarities of their situation
because of the result of colonization. These colonized people are the
African-Americans, Vietnamese, Palestinians, and Native Americans
The Black community and
the Vietnamese people:
Huey P. Newton said in an interview “In America black people are treated very much like the Vietnamese people or any colonized people because we're used, we're brutalized. The police in our community occupy our area – our community – as troops occupy territory”. Throughout slavery and segregation, the black community was relentlessly attack and manipulated, this included the utter destruction and theft of their labor and culture, same with the occupation and colonization of the Vietnamese people by the French bourgeoisie. Colonization ended in Vietnam with the revolution and rise of socialism under the communist party. However the oppression and colonization has not ended for the black community, for the oppression that creates and continues their current situation is still evident, so much to the point that there is black people who help the enemies of their community, such as helping the very racist and oppressive government that put them in the situation. This is called the establishing of Neo-Colonization within the mind of the oppressed and colonized.
Huey P. Newton said in an interview “In America black people are treated very much like the Vietnamese people or any colonized people because we're used, we're brutalized. The police in our community occupy our area – our community – as troops occupy territory”. Throughout slavery and segregation, the black community was relentlessly attack and manipulated, this included the utter destruction and theft of their labor and culture, same with the occupation and colonization of the Vietnamese people by the French bourgeoisie. Colonization ended in Vietnam with the revolution and rise of socialism under the communist party. However the oppression and colonization has not ended for the black community, for the oppression that creates and continues their current situation is still evident, so much to the point that there is black people who help the enemies of their community, such as helping the very racist and oppressive government that put them in the situation. This is called the establishing of Neo-Colonization within the mind of the oppressed and colonized.
Native
Americans and Palestinians:
Palestinians
at this current time are going through colonization as the Native
Americans did, with constant war upon their land, theft of territory
to build settlements for the imperialistic settlers. The
Palestinians, just like the Native Americans, are discriminated
against, secretly arrested, used and brutalized if not killed, and so
on. It's no wonder why these two have similarities, for Israel is
using the same practices as the American government used, the only
difference is the advanced technology the Israeli's are using
compared to old Colonial America's technology. There is a lot of
Native Americans who have been so brutalized that they're plagued
with Neo-Colonialism, the Stockholm Syndrome remains prevalent in the
reservations. However there is still Native American communities
where militancy is deep rooted, where the will to revolt and fight is
strong among everyone in the community, these communities are the
most slandered against and most hated, usually by the vast majority
of the nation. The Palestinians have not given up their fight, they,
like the Native Americans, still keep fighting against the settlers
for their right to live.
The
black community and Palestinian solidarity:
Israel's
operation protective edge launched on July 8 2014 opened the door to
awareness of Israeli terrorism to the American population, following
this was outcry from political activists throughout the U.S.
Later in the year followed the Ferguson riots, which brought solidarity from the Palestinian people to the black community. The Palestinian people and black community could see the similar colonization of both their communities from oppressive governments, so of course it is not surprising to hear many African-American organizations declare solidarity with the Palestinian people, especially with their shared common issue of colonization and oppression.
Later in the year followed the Ferguson riots, which brought solidarity from the Palestinian people to the black community. The Palestinian people and black community could see the similar colonization of both their communities from oppressive governments, so of course it is not surprising to hear many African-American organizations declare solidarity with the Palestinian people, especially with their shared common issue of colonization and oppression.
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