When a person of color, an immigrant from outside of Western Europe/North America, or someone who is both, adopts the lifestyle and aspirations of those countries while ignoring the historical contexts of oppression, theft, genocide, human trafficking and the current systemic prejudices built into those societies. The full syndrome is manifested when the afflicted person even defends these choices and, essentially, their current and/or former captors.
Afflicted person: I have everything that I need to integrate into this new world and I've adopted its Nationalist American and Western Eurocentric views
Non-afflicted person: You will never be accepted there and you are only buying into these pervasive ideas without any reflection on how these societies became the giants they are
Afflicted person: But these aspirations, and even my preferences for the type of people I want to date and marry, are my own. I'm choosing of my own free will.
Non-afflicted person: No friend, you are a victim of Post Colonial Stockholm Syndrome
Non-afflicted person: You will never be accepted there and you are only buying into these pervasive ideas without any reflection on how these societies became the giants they are
Afflicted person: But these aspirations, and even my preferences for the type of people I want to date and marry, are my own. I'm choosing of my own free will.
Non-afflicted person: No friend, you are a victim of Post Colonial Stockholm Syndrome
by Mister Crapaud October 22, 2022