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i grew up in post-apartheid South Africa, in the "born free generation" where you still see many inequalities because of colonialism

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The rich families on my island and the bank owners are descendants of slave owners

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Curricula are generally very western oriented (literature, books, etc.)

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When I was in Indonesië (Bali) some people could still speak (some) Dutch.

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People making assumptions about my home country being backward 

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People making assumptions about my home country being backward 

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I have no personal lived experience of coloniality, only the narratives of my patients and students

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It was an eye opener to me all these years ago to learn that this results drom colonialism

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Doctors from Suriname that have to train in the Netherlands 

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Doctors from Suriname that have to train in the Netherlands 

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It’s not something I actively live with or am actively confronted with in my daily life. I almost feel sort of ashamed to admit.

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Literature in curricula is mostly western /from a western perspective

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Realizing more and more how many of our societal structures and everyday interactions root back to colonialism, very much including socioeconomic class and acquisition of wealth in society.

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For the longest time, being entirely unaware of the lasting impact of colonization (because: white, priviliged, etc.)

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in the netherlands we still very much contribute to the economic post-colonial drain from the global south to the global north, for example when we cheaply produce our clothes in the global south

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A lot of white people surrounding me, only few of colour in higher positions.

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A lot of white people surrounding me, only few of colour in higher positions.

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My friends who have to deal with jokes and comments that refer to their appearance that I don't have to deal with as a white person

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I haven’t experienced coloniality personally

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My children want to buy clothes from cheap shops

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In brazil people asked me "when was Germany 'discovered'?" (I am from germany)

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In brazil people asked me "when was Germany 'discovered'?" (I am from germany)

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The realization that institutional discrimination as is happening today is everyone s responsibility, including mine

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The realization that institutional discrimination as is happening today is everyone s responsibility, including mine

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Growing up in Germany I always focused more on the Holocaust and did not learn a lot about colonialism in school, I'm really only starting to learn about it now/did in 2020 following the murder of George Floyd.