Word: colonialist
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...stays for a time with her ex-pat quasi-boyfriend Harry, who aspires to literary greatness by living in squalor, in spite of being the scion of a wealthy family. Eventually Carla's idealism and Harry cynicism come to philosophical loggerheads as Carla accuses Harry of being a "colonialist" and Harry declares Carla a "tourist...
...region where this language is used. It makes much more sense for a student of Africa to satisfy himself with his knowledge of English or French—two of the continent’s much more far-reaching lingua franca. This notion is liable to be criticized as colonialist and directed exclusively at communicating with Western-educated African elites. However, it is only reasonable to choose to undergo African language education once one is far enough along in the study of Africa to know to a degree of certainty which locality one wants to focus...
Luckily, Steven Spielberg’s sparkling new version of H. G. Wells’ anti-colonialist sci-fi bonanza, “The War of the Worlds,” avoids the cliché pratfalls that have been the peril of many an ambitious epic. As he destroys Planet Earth, Spielberg spares us images of the White House splintering to pieces or blustery generals ordering tanks and fighter jets into battle; instead, we see the horrors through the eyes of Spielberg’s everyman hero, Ray Ferreira (Tom Cruise...
...anti-colonialist message of the original novel is present, if diminished, in Spielberg’s rendition. A more evident comparison, though, is Spielberg’s portrayals of scenes of panic, reminding Americans of the real-life public crisis on Sept...
...well-attended speech at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum last night, Alan Dershowitz criticized Israel’s global portrayal as a “colonialist, apartheid, genocidal” state, arguing that the reputation does not line up with the country’s actual policies...