BrikoX@vlemmy.net to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoDutch king makes historic apology for his country’s colonial pastwww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down14cross-posted to: news@beehaw.org
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkDutch king makes historic apology for his country’s colonial pastwww.politico.euBrikoX@vlemmy.net to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square25fedilinkcross-posted to: news@beehaw.org
minus-squareChipthemonk@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoMany natives welcomed the colonizers because they could trade with the them and advance their own cultures. It wasn’t purely about oppressors and oppressed. That binary view is simply removed from reality.
Many natives welcomed the colonizers because they could trade with the them and advance their own cultures. It wasn’t purely about oppressors and oppressed. That binary view is simply removed from reality.