MC 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Indirect Rule, Civilizing Mission
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Britain: colonial administration style- post- colonial immigration policy, indirect rule- cultural pluralism. France necessary: direct rule- strict assimilation, be french and then you will become citizenship. British colonialism- indirect rule- really weren"t that accepting of diversity. The white man"s burden-supportive of colonialism and imperialism aka the. Assimilation policies british tests for naturalization- education system. Instead of assimilation, we saw association: only immigrants who could adopt british cultural life should stay in. French post-colonial policy: strict assimilation, aim to strike balance between fostering common ground and valuing diversity, they don"t recognize racial and ethnic differences, public spaces- differences are not recognized, language taught to children-education promoted.
