Tag Archives: Colonialism

Columbus from the Natives’ Viewpoint

By Robin Bates | Published: October 10, 2021

For an Indian perspective on Christopher Columbus, here’s Laguna Pueblo author Silko.

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An Early Advocate of Native Lives Matter

By Robin Bates | Published: July 16, 2020

A recent SCOTUS ruling in favor of Indian rights brings to mind a Scott Bates poem about Christian Priber, an early fighter for Indian autonomy.

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Achebe vs. Trump’s Heart of Darkness

By Robin Bates | Published: June 2, 2020

50 years ago, black protesters would have been seen as Conrad sees Africans in “Heart of Darkness,” an undifferentiated mass. Achebe helped change that.

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Conrad and White Male Panic

By Robin Bates | Published: March 18, 2019

Tuesday This is a follow-up to yesterday’s post about how Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness provides special insight into white terrorism. At one point I mentioned Conrad’s own racism and sexism, which leads to an interesting literary question: can we consider a work a literary masterpiece if it has one-dimensional depictions of women and Africans? […]

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A Reminder Not to Forget War’s Ravages

By Robin Bates | Published: November 10, 2013

Kipling’s “Recessional” curiously isn’t the imperialistic war poem that would have expected at Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee.

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“100 Years of Solitude” vs. United Fruit

By Robin Bates | Published: June 25, 2012

In a battle between Garcia Marquez’s “100 Years of Solitude” and the corporate behemoth United Fruit, the novel ultimately won.

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