In the United States, colonialism isn’t just something we do to other people – we do it to our own citizens.
A prime example of this is the charter school industry.
Now that the UK’s longest-serving monarch has died, perhaps we can admit that.
To many people, Queen Elizabeth II is more than just a 70-year figure head – she remains a symbol of the British colonial empire — an institution that enriched itself through violence, theft and oppression.
But one needn’t look solely at European nations pillaging Africa and Asia to condemn the practice.
Nor should we limit ourselves to United States’ hegemony in the Caribbean, Pacific and Middle East.
We’ve got colonialism right here – down the street, in our own neighborhoods.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, colonialism is:
“the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying…
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