Why colonialist stereotypes persist -- and how to stop romanticizing history | Farish Ahmad-Noor
Why colonialist stereotypes persist -- and how to stop romanticizing history | Farish Ahmad-Noor

Colonialism remains as an inescapable blight on the present, lingering in the toxic, internalized mythologies and stereotypes that outlive the regimes that created them, says historian Farish Ahmad-Noor.

Examining why these prejudices and narratives persist (and sometimes thrive), he suggests a multidisciplinary approach to reject cultural obsessions with romanticized history and prevent this malignant nostalgia from perpetuating past oppressions.