Colonization Reflection Papers

Colonization reflection paperStudent’s nameInstitution affiliationCourse Date According to Veracini (2014), colonization can be defined as the physical, political, and intellectual acts that lead to the forceful occupation and domination of one society by settlers from another society. These acts mostly lead to the displacement of the indigenous people, enhance settler-colonialism, and the rise of coloniality. These systems impose the rule of the settlers on the colonized society and the community resources are used as per the will of the imposer. Colonization can also exist within the cultural values, sociological, political, and other systems of a place even after the exit of the colonizers. Settler colonialism is a type of colonization where the settlers take the land owned by the indigenous people and claim its ownership. It involves the replacement of indigenous people with time by the invading community which develops sovereignty and a distinct identity with time. Settler-colonialism doesn’t necessarily have to be a past thing but exists as long as the settlers still occupy the lands originally owned by the indigenous population (Wolfe 2006).According to Fanon (2007), the land is the most valued thing for a colonized community as