MARCH 1, 2026: THE COLONIZER'S PLAYBOOK

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In an article in the September 4, 2017 issue of Current Affairs, author by Nathan J. Robinson stated that “ignoring or downplaying colonial atrocities is the moral equivalent of Holocaust denial.” Instead of being horrified by the lasting poverty and devastation inflicted on this country’s indigenous population, Robinson goes on to write, many Americans show an almost total indifference to those consequences. There are actually facets of society, including academia, that argue that colonialism was, in fact, a force of good for the world, and still others who suggest that it should be revived. 

What should we know about the Colonizer's Playbook? Are we still playing by its rules? Benefiting from its strategies? Is there any way to de-colonize?