Cultural colonialism

Cultural colonialism

Cultural colonialism refers to internal domination by one group and its culture or ideology over others.

An example comes from the domination over the former Soviet Union by Russian language and culture. Dominant cultures make themselves the official culture; Schools, the media, and public interaction reflect this. Under Soviet rule ethnic minorities had very limited self–rule in republics and regions controlled by Moscow. The oneness of socialist internationalism was to unite all the republics and their peoples. A common technique in cultural colonialism is to flood ethnic areas with members of the dominant ethnic group.

Also, cultural colonialism can refer to changing a societies core values to reflect the colonialist society.


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