HST 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Planned Economy, Classless Society, Ethnocentrism
17 Feb 2018
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Fourteen points - set of principles wilson hoped would secure an equitable peace for all nations and prevent future wars. Calls for open communication, open seas, end of european colonial holdings, disarmament, free trade, and a league of nations to implement these principles and resolve future disputes. Wilson"s concept of self-determination applied only to european colonies. Goal of point 5 was to dismantle european empires and create new states organized along national-cultural lines (dismantling of austro-hungarian empire into austria, Wilson was racist who oversaw the segregation of the fed gov (throws civil rights leader. Monroe trotter out of office when he criticizes segregation) Point 5 was not intended for black people living in america and european colonies in. Africa, asia, and the caribbean yet these ppl will seize on this idea to challenge the ethnocentrism of the white man"s burden . European colonists in asia and africa will use their self-determination as a tool in battle to secure independence.
