“Freedom” and “Liberty” Were Only for Whites in Settler Colonialism: Truthout’s Mark Karlin interviews Gerald Horne

The following appeared in the April 29, 2018 edition of Truthout

Mark Karlin: How did you settle on the title The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism for your book?

Gerald Horne: In my opinion, discussing profound change in the US without a popularizing of the concept of “settler colonialism” would be akin to seeking change in pre-1994 South Africa without underscoring “apartheid.” By adding “apocalypse,” I wanted to at once contrast this account with past accounts, which have tended to stress the “benefits” of settler colonialism, which obviously elides and obscures (if not justifies) genocide and dispossession targeting the Indigenous population of North America and mass enslavement of Africans.

Read the entire interview at Truthout

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