My country (Singapore) became independent in 1965, after more than 100 years of British rule. Self government was achieved in 1959, but Singapore was part of Malaysia from 1962 to 1965. The race relations deteriorated as the result of Islamization by the Malays, and Singapore seceded from Malaysia in 1965.
The Brits played their part in developing Singapore as a trade hub. But they looted the natural resources as well.
Topic: End of the colonial Empires: 70 years later (Read 270 times)
Quote from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decolonization
Decolonization: The term refers particularly to the dismantlement, in the years after World War II, of the colonial empires established prior to World War I throughout the world. However, decolonization not only refers to the complete "removal of the domination of non-indigenous forces" within the geographical space and different institutions of the colonized, but it also refers to the "decolonizing of the mind" from the colonizer's ideas that made the colonized seem inferior.[2]
What's your opinion? Do you live in a former western colony? If so did your establishment build palaces for themselves exploiting the local population? Are you in a former colonial state that is successful? What's the opinion of the Queen of England? She saw both world.
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