Civilization - Kaiminka

...But it also gave birth to a new intellect that criticized colonialism. What the students without exception experienced and were made to recognize in their daily lives in the colonial power was the thick wall of racial and ethnic discrimination based on skin color, and their self-existence as "enlightened people" who had lost their identity. This self-existence became an aporia that they could not escape from as long as they were colonized and as long as being black was considered a negative value.

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "enlightened people" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…しかしそこからは，植民地主義を批判する新しい知性もまた生み出された。留学生が宗主国の日常生活のなかで例外なく経験し，認識させられたことは，肌の色による人種差別と民族差別の厚い壁であり，アイデンティティを喪失した〈開化民〉としての自己存在であった。この自己存在は，みずからが被植民者でいるかぎり，また黒人であることが負の価値とされているかぎり，脱出できないアポリアとなる。…

※「開化民」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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