Colinial Takeover

• ·        Are standards lowered when rule makers do not have to endure the setting they create?
• ·        Is colonization and creating civilization in countries deemed “uncivilized” a mask for exploiting resources and people in weaker communities?
• ·        How effective is help if it is forced upon someone who was not seeking it and what is the end result?

Throughout history first world countries that possess all the power, money, and Godly behavior in the world have somehow managed to spread corruption through the mistakes made against humanity. Things are taken without permission and changed despite the lack of need for the alternate lifestyle being imposed upon a group of people. This leads me to focus on the question: Is colonization and creating civilization in countries deemed “uncivilized” a mask for exploiting resources and people in weaker communities? Rich and powerful white men have repeatedly reaped the benefits from people and places that were not originally a part of their world to begin with. Slavery is a huge trade that has not totally gone away despite the current stigma it has gained. Regardless of the fact that most slavery has been abolished, what was left of the remnants? According to the author the corruption that was created in Antigua can never be undone. The grudge will never go away. The world of these people was turned completely upside town, exploited for whatever its colonials deemed pertinent and resourceful, and tossed aside like a box of leftover pizza, destined to rot and fester.

The thing that is festering is contempt, which only fuels lawless behavior and exploitation of each other. When rebellious nature begins, sometimes this rebelliousness is reflected towards all areas of authority, regardless of warrant. Colonized people rarely ask to be saved by someone else’s God or molded into a lifestyle that is completely alienating to their culture of origin. Kinkaid talks about the fact that tourists who visit her tiny island don’t bother thinking about the struggle of the land or its inhabitants because they too are exploiting it. All it is is a form of entertainment and escape from a mundane life others would be quite satisfied with. I think that as I looked through the author’s eyes I can understand her feelings towards foreign visitors, who show up to get what they want and leave their mess behind.