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Colonization And Tension In Joe's Cornel West

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Joe spouts off to the bar-goers and comments inwardly ironically for his use of the English language to express his frustration to Simon. Joe’s frustration and anger stem from the insidious effects of Colonization. Cornel West rightly asserted about the working of the Dominant culture as “One of the best ways to instil fear in people is to terrorize them. Yet this fear is best sustained by convincing them that their bodies are ugly, their intellect is inherently underdeveloped, their culture is less civilized, and their future warrants less concern than that of other peoples”, and this is what Joe has internalized through is own acknowledgement. This internalized oppression makes Joe assert: “I‘m a typical hori after all, made to work on the

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