The influence of colonialism on Africa's welfare: An anthropometric study

Baten, Jöerg; Maravall, Laura

doi:10.1016/j.jce.2021.01.001

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“…Research has shown that extreme poverty dramatically rose in territories when invaded by Western colonizers, debunking the myth about the prosperity that colonialism would have brought about. Critically, some regions of Africa, Latin America, and Asia have not yet recovered up to their pre-colonial welfare trends (Baten & Maravall, 2021;Sullivan & Hickel, 2023). While descendants from Dutch colonies have inherited structural disadvantage due to colonial dispossession, we reason that White people from former colonial centers have also inherited structural advantage because of it (Oudshoorn-Tinga et al, 2021).…”

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When white people experience the weight of the past: The role of white identity strategies in linking colonialism to current racial inequalities

Cáceres,

Kende,

Boiger

et al. 2024

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How do White Europeans address racial inequalities in times of burgeoning discussions about colonialism? The current research explores the strategies that White people in the Netherlands use to manage their racial-ethnic identity in relation to linking colonialism and current racial inequalities. With this, we examined how White identity strategies were related to ideologies legitimizing racial inequalities. Using mixed-methods consisting of qualitative interviews (N = 24) and quantitative surveys (N = 564), we found that White people exhibited different combinations of prideful (“I am a proud person of our ethnic heritage”), dissociated (“My ethnic group does not have a significant impact on how I see the world”), and power-cognizant (“I am a White person with privileges because of my ethnic group”) identity strategies. Moreover, these White identity strategies were associated with linking colonialism and racial inequalities and, thereby, with ideologies legitimizing them. Specifically, White people holding prideful and dissociated strategies were less likely to link colonialism and racial inequalities than White people who exclusively endorsed power-cognizance. Furthermore, power-cognizant people challenged current-day racial inequalities the most. We conclude by discussing how White European people legitimize or question racial inequalities by managing their Whiteness and the theoretical and practical implications of these findings.

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When white people experience the weight of the past: The role of white identity strategies in linking colonialism to current racial inequalities

Cáceres,

Kende,

Boiger

et al. 2024

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“…Racial bias in Uganda and East Africa is influenced by at least four different factors: (1) indigenous phenotypic differences linked to cultural biases between the 62 different tribes of Uganda and more than 200 distinct ethnic groups across East Africa (Abdi, 2020; Brennan, 2017), (2) the 74 years of formal colonialization by the British Monarchy in Uganda (1888–1962) (Baten & Maravall, 2021; Mentan, 2017), (3) the impact of more than one hundred years of the “triumphal narrative” and Hamitic hypothesis of the Anglo church and missionary history of East Africa (Akpome, 2021; Hughes, 2020), and what Akpome (2021) calls the post-colonial “metaphors of pathology” that include racialized intellectual deficiencies, notions of corruption unique to Africa, and hyper moral judgements against Africans.…”

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Perceptions of Experiential Learning and Racial Bias Following International Study Abroad in East Africa: A Qualitative Study

Hughes

Popoola

2022

Journal of Studies in International Education

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This study explored the racial bias perceptions of study abroad alumni following international learning experiences in East Africa. Ninety-seven participants, who completed a semester-long study abroad between Fall 2016 – Spring 2019, were recruited into the study. Open-ended survey questions evaluated perceptions of racial bias, racial prejudice, and racial identity development. Six themes emerged, following thematic analysis: (1) integration of race-conscious curriculum and experiential learning, (2) mutuality in local relationships, (3) immersive experiences with rural host families, (4) U.S. faculty in the study abroad context, (5) exposure to implications of racism in a field study, and (6) student reflections of racial majority/minority dynamics. Student perceptions of how and why study abroad experiences influenced implicit racial bias, racial colorblindness, critical consciousness, and racial identity development could inform higher education curricula. Implications for future study abroad practice include empowerment of students of color, opportunities for anti-racism learning, and the relevance of race-conscious curricula in study abroad programs.

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Effects of passive smoking on prenatal and infant development: Lessons from the past

Ciccarelli

Fraja

Vuri

2021

Economics & Human Biology

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This paper studies the effect of passive smoking on child development. We use data from a time when the adverse effects of smoking on health were not known, and when tobacco was not an inferior good. This allows us to disentangle the effect on foetuses and infants of smoking from that of other indicators of social and economic conditions. We exploit a set of unique longitudinal historical datasets defined at a detailed level of geographical disaggregation, namely the 69 Italian provinces. The datasets record precise information on the per capita consumption of tobacco products, the heights of twenty-year old conscripts in the second half of the 19th century Italy, and other relevant controls. We find a strong negative effect of smoking in the period before and after birth on the height at age 20. Results are robust to changes in specification and consistent across the height distribution.

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The influence of colonialism on Africa's welfare: An anthropometric study

Cited by 5 publications

References 43 publications

When white people experience the weight of the past: The role of white identity strategies in linking colonialism to current racial inequalities

When white people experience the weight of the past: The role of white identity strategies in linking colonialism to current racial inequalities

Perceptions of Experiential Learning and Racial Bias Following International Study Abroad in East Africa: A Qualitative Study

Effects of passive smoking on prenatal and infant development: Lessons from the past

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