Decolonization: How a Dangerous Ideology Was Born

Part 1 of a three-part series on decolonization
Decolonization: How a Dangerous Ideology Was Born
Demonstrators supporting Algerian independence from France parade through the streets of Tunis on May 1, 1956. Central among decolonization’s small coterie of founding theorists was Caribbean-French psychiatrist Frantz Fanon, writes Brock Eldon. -/AFP via Getty Images
Brock Eldon
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A second “D” has been added to “DEI.” The pervasive diversity, equity, and inclusion trio has been repackaged as “EDID”: equity, diversity, inclusion, and decolonization. Like DEI, decolonization holds that society is systemically divided between a class of oppressors/exploiters and various victimized/oppressed minorities defined by their (racial, sexual, etc.) identities. And while the designated victim groups are fluid and shifting, the oppressors invariably fall into one category: “privileged” “white” “European” “settlers.”

Brock Eldon
Brock Eldon
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Brock Eldon teaches Foundations in Literature at RMIT University in Hanoi, Vietnam, where he lives with his wife and daughter. He earned his B.A. and M.A. in English Language and Literature at King’s University College at Western in London, Ontario, and Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. His debut non-fiction novella, “Ground Zero in the Culture War,” appeared in C2C Journal.