Vernacular colonialism

The process through which black slang and vernacular is co opted to become part of "internet culture". Terms like "simp" "woke" and "lit" that have been used for years in the black community and black Twitter become mainstream, leading white people to think the terms belong to them, ignorant of their origins.

Brian: You seen that Kevin, that kids a simp.
Keisha: Vernacular colonialism, at it again.

Vernacular colonialism by Ewyan June 21, 2020

Pi Colonialism 

When math historians from the US and the West never fail to emphasize the contributions of white mathematicians on the development of the number π, with quasi-zero mention of inputs from their nonwhite counterparts.

With a large proportion of journal articles being published by co-authors from different nationalities or races, to what extent is pi colonialism still being practiced in academic publishing today?

Pi Colonialism by Fasters May 22, 2022

american colonialism 

Americans taking culture from countries in decline

Matt, do you love sushi?

The American food?

Yes Matt. That's the consequences of American colonialism.

american colonialism by Pzrple October 3, 2023

Late‑Stage Colonialism

The ongoing, intensifying phase of colonialism that operates through economic conditionalities, development frameworks, and the imposition of Western legal and financial systems. Late‑stage colonialism does not need settlers; it needs structural adjustment programmes, arbitration courts controlled by Western firms, and certification schemes that privilege Northern standards. It is colonialism as a permanent state of exception, maintained not by armies but by contracts and prestige.

Example: “The African nation was forced to open its markets to subsidised European agribusiness, then sued in a London court for trying to protect local farmers—late‑stage colonialism, the law as the new gunboat.”

Late‑Stage Colonialism by Abzugal May 5, 2026

Debunkist Colonialism

The historical and ongoing use of debunking rhetoric to justify colonial expansion, dispossession, and cultural erasure. Under debunkist colonialism, indigenous spiritualties, land management practices, healing systems, and social organizations are labeled “superstition,” “primitive,” or “pseudo‑science,” thereby marking their holders as irrational and unfit for self‑governance. The colonizer positions itself as the agent of enlightenment, “debunking” local knowledge to clear the ground for extraction and control. Debunkist colonialism continues today in development programs that dismiss traditional ecological knowledge, in legal systems that refuse to recognize oral testimony, and in educational curricula that present Western science as the only real knowledge.

Example: “The colonial administrator declared that indigenous fire management was ‘unscientific’ and replaced it with Western forestry—leading to catastrophic wildfires. Debunkist colonialism: using the label ‘pseudoscience’ to justify ecological destruction.”

Debunkist Colonialism by Abzugal May 5, 2026

Nativizing Settler Colonialism 

The worst type of settler Colonialism. Here the colonizers not only steal the land and kick out the natives but also brainwash their future generations that they are the "true natives". Thus the descendants of the colonizers believe that they are the "natives" that no matter how much someone tries they won't be convinced.

A notable example of Nativizing Settler Colonialism is Arab colonization of Israel.

Palestinians are the real colonizers. Read the history books properly. Jews are the true indigestion people of Israel. The Palestinians aren't colonizers themselves but they are descended from arab colonizers who invaded Israel and stole the land. Zionism is a Decolonization movement but due to brainwashing the Palestinians saw the true natives ,Jews as colonizers and most of the world naturally bought the Palestinian side of the story. This is a popular example of Nativizing Settler Colonialism.

Nativizing Settler Colonialism by Zionistman42069 May 3, 2024

Victims of Western Colonialism Memorial Foundation

An institution focused on chronicling the immense, ongoing human and cultural cost of European and American colonial projects from the 15th century to modern neo-colonialism. Its scope encompasses genocide, slavery, famines engineered by resource extraction, cultural erasure, and the drawing of arbitrary borders causing perpetual conflict. It aims to center the narratives of the colonized, challenging the sanitized, "civilizing mission" history still prevalent in Western education.

Victims of Western Colonialism Memorial Foundation Example: This foundation's flagship project could be a global digital map of resource curses, showing how a village in the Congo devastated by coltan mining for smartphones, a neighborhood in Puerto Rico bankrupted by debt colonialism, and a community in the Niger Delta poisoned by oil spills are all linked as Victims of Western Colonialism across time and space.

Victims of Western Colonialism Memorial Foundation by Dumu The Void February 5, 2026