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Should European countries be made to pay reparations to their former…
Should European countries be made to pay reparations to their former colonies?
The countries colonised by European countries
North America - 13 colonies (Virginia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia)
Asia - Qatar, Palestine, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, South Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, Maldives, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
South America - Brazil, Peru
Australia - NSW, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Africa - DRC, Ghana, Kenya, Sudan, Nigeria, Egypt, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Botswana, Tanzania etc.
The negative impacts of colonisation on those countries
Human rights violations
Spread of disease
Degradation of natural resources
Economic instability
Loss of sovereignty
Loss of culture
The positive impacts of colonisation on those countries
Introduction of industrialisation and technology
Information about trade and relations
Western education and healthcare
Centralised governments
Reparations
Compensation for the loss of loved ones
Pricelessness of lives
Making up for the death and destruction
'It’s no wonder that the sun didn’t set on the colonialists’ empire, since not even God trusted them in the dark' - Shashi Tharoor