From f67bcb16d73b1b6e47b69f3aed882bd5b7c1d082 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sia <44813863+siawayforward@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:34:14 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update 11ty/definitions/neo-colonialism.md Co-authored-by: Tatiana Mac --- 11ty/definitions/neo-colonialism.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/11ty/definitions/neo-colonialism.md b/11ty/definitions/neo-colonialism.md index ed1722d9..7f2c58b6 100644 --- a/11ty/definitions/neo-colonialism.md +++ b/11ty/definitions/neo-colonialism.md @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ the continued influence and impact of colonial-era ideologies and practices in a ### Note -An extension of colonialism that appears in the 21st century is neo-colonialism - a more pervasive form of imposing ideological and economic dominance on a country after it has been declared independent from its colonizer. The stealth nature of neo-colonialism can be traced to treaties, agreements, and ideologies that have been imparted from the oppresors on the oppressed because of previous dependencies. +Neo-colonialism is a modern and more pervasive form of imposing ideological and economic dominance on a country after it has been declared independent from its coloniser. The stealth nature of neo-colonialism can be traced to treaties, agreements, and ideologies that have been imparted from the oppressors onto the oppressed from previous dependencies. ### Impact In most African nations that were colonised by the British empire, western countries' ideals are seen as civilized and the best representation of societal progress. Standards of living that are ancestral are often dismissed as uncivilised and unconventional, erasing what is often thousands of years of culture.