Bruce Gilley is a professor of political science at Portland State University. Bruce wrote an article in 2017 for Third World Quarterly titled, “The case for colonialism.” This enraged people who called for him to lose his academic position and be stripped of his PhD. The article was retracted due to credible death threats. In 2023, he published a book by the same name. Before his academic career, Bruce worked as a journalist in Hong Kong. This experience strongly influenced his views about colonialism. In 2021, we produced a series on my channel called, “Decolonize Explained” where Bruce debunks the myths around colonization. In this conversation, Bruce and I spoke about the Harvard plagiarism scandal, DEI, and the broader academic landscape.
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May 7, 2024 at 1:31 pm
makagutu
I don’t know my feeling about this. I will listen to it again especially on the section on colonialism
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May 7, 2024 at 4:08 pm
The Arbourist
@ Makagutu – It is a quite a bit to mull over and digest. It goes against much of what the cultural expectations of colonialism are. A provocative issue to say the least.
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May 8, 2024 at 8:52 am
silverapplequeen
Colonialism has been around since the beginning of time. Like all things, it has pros & cons. I personally think the blending of cultures is not a bad thing.
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