COLONIALISM

Examples of British Behaviour in the Colonial Era.

I am sure there are some good examples, but those can be found on numerous other sites. It is not my concern to provide a 'balanced' picture, rather to balance the disbalance that currently exists in the media and in British perceptions. Until we face up to our past we cannot begin to mend the damage we have done, let alone to stop the rot from spreading further.

* * *

'The truth is, though, that Britain has never even faced up to the dark side of its imperial history, let alone begun to apologise.'

Dr Richard Drayton, senior lecturer in imperial and extra-European history at Cambridge University

See all related nuggets here.