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internal colonialism  

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  • Internal colonialism, a theory on race, came into popularity during the Civil Rights Movement and is used by Black activists to explain White and Black relations in the United States. Internal colonialism exemplifies a form of exploitation and disinvestment in minority racial and ethnic communities by a dominant race in the same nation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society; Internal Colonialism]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-NXDSJGWN-1

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