Editing Colonial mentality (section)

{{short description|Internalized attitude of ethnic or very cultural inferiority}}
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A '''colonial mentality''' is the [[Internalized oppression|internalized]] attitude of ethnic or cultural inferiority felt by people as a result of [[colonization]], i.e. them being colonized by another group.<ref name=":1">Nunning, Vera. (06/01/2015). Fictions of Empire and the (un-making of imperialist mentalities: Colonial discourse and post-colonial criticism revisited. Forum for world literature studies. (7)2. p.171-198.</ref> It corresponds with the belief that the cultural values of the colonizer are inherently superior to one's own.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=David|first1=E. J. R.|last2=Okazaki|first2=Sumie|date=2010-04-01|title=Activation and Automaticity of Colonial Mentality|journal=Journal of Applied Social Psychology|language=en|volume=40|issue=4|pages=850|doi=10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00601.x|issn=1559-1816}}</ref> The term has been used by [[Postcolonialism|postcolonial]] scholars to discuss the [[Transgenerational trauma|transgenerational]] effects of colonialism present in former colonies following [[decolonization]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=David|first=E. J. R.|title=Testing the validity of the colonial mentality implicit association test and the interactive effects of covert and overt colonial mentality on Filipino American mental health.|journal=[[Asian American Journal of Psychology]]|language=en|volume=1|issue=1|pages=31–45|doi=10.1037/a0018820|year=2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Unconscious dominions : psychoanalysis, colonial trauma, and global sovereignties|date=2011|publisher=Duke University Press|author1=Anderson, Warwick |author2=Jenson, Deborah |author3=Keller, Richard Charles) |isbn=9780822393986|location=Durham, NC|oclc=757835774}}</ref> It is commonly used as an operational concept for framing ideological domination in historical colonial experiences.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Goss|first=Andrew|year=2009|title=Decent colonialism? Pure science and colonial ideology in the Netherlands East Indies, 1910–1929|journal=Journal of Southeast Asian Studies|volume=40|issue=1|pages=187–214|doi=10.1017/s002246340900006x|s2cid=143041214 |issn=1474-0680|url=https://scholarworks.uno.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=hist_facpubs|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Felipe|first=Lou Collette S.|title=The relationship of colonial mentality with Filipina American experiences with racism and sexism.|journal=[[Asian American Journal of Psychology]]|language=en|volume=7|issue=1|pages=25–30|doi=10.1037/aap0000033|year=2016}}</ref> In [[psychology]], colonial mentality has been used to explain instances of [[collective depression]], [[anxiety]], and other widespread [[Mental disorder|mental health]] issues in populations that have experienced colonization.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Paranjpe|first=Anand C.|date=2016-08-11|title=Indigenous Psychology in the Post- Colonial Context: An Historical Perspective|journal=Psychology and Developing Societies|language=en|volume=14|issue=1|pages=27–43|doi=10.1177/097133360201400103|s2cid=145154030}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Utsey|first1=Shawn O.|last2=Abrams|first2=Jasmine A.|last3=Opare-Henaku|first3=Annabella|last4=Bolden|first4=Mark A.|last5=Williams|first5=Otis|date=2014-05-21|title=Assessing the Psychological Consequences of Internalized Colonialism on the Psychological Well-Being of Young Adults in Ghana|journal=Journal of Black Psychology|language=en|volume=41|issue=3|pages=195–220|doi=10.1177/0095798414537935|s2cid=146178551}}</ref>
Notable [[Marxism|Marxist]] influences on the postcolonial concept of colonial mentality include [[Frantz Fanon]]'s works on the fracturing of the colonial psyche through Western cultural domination,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Forms of Fanonism : Frantz Fanon's critical theory and the dialectics of decolonization|last=Rabaka|first=Reiland|date=2010|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=9780739140338|location=Lanham, Md.|oclc=461323889}}</ref> as well as the concept of [[cultural hegemony]] developed by [[Italian Communist Party]] Founder [[Antonio Gramsci]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=The postcolonial Gramsci|date=2012|publisher=Routledge |author1=Srivastava, Neelam Francesca Rashmi |author2=Bhattacharya, Baidik |isbn=9780415874816|location=New York|oclc=749115630}}</ref>{{toclimit|3}}