When social activists and ideologically driven historians claim something is evil by virtue of its existence, chances are those who receive that information are missing context. Typically, a lot of context.
The idea of colonialism is one of those topics in which today’s social and political commentators are missing a lot of context, though indeed they are not short on rhetoric. Bruce Gilley, the professor of political science at Portland State University, has written a new book on the subject in an effort to provide more context on colonialism, though he does add his own hyperbolic rhetoric to the mix….