colonization

The Monroe Doctrine dates back to the U.S. president in 1823 who articulated his opposition to further European colonization of Latin America which he asserted would henceforth be a U.S. sphere of influence.

Dozens of U.S. cities and states — including Los Angeles, Seattle, and Philadelphia — now observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day to honor Native resilience and acknowledge the violence of colonization.

With this first season, Hawley has given us an excellent tale about colonization that covers space, Earth, and body sovereignty, cautioning against presumptions of superiority.

More recently, Gonzales-Day has been making drawings that appropriate historical prints and paintings related to European colonization of the Americas.

An exhibition of the American Latino museum, it said, “characterizes U.S. history as rooted in ‘colonization.’”