'Decolonization' is a cynical scam, says Michael Kimmel

Until very recently, the term “decolonization” was familiar only to those within the hothouse of contemporary academia.

As much as academics talk about this topic, they say precious little about how decolonization is to be achieved.

But in the aftermath of the October 7 attacks on Israel , they couldn't conceal their exuberance.

Many universities have shown that they don't simply tolerate these ideologies: they tacitly endorse them.

As the political Left condemns settlers, they celebrate “migrants” as “settlers” writes Aaron Miller .

Miller : Migrants move to a place that is not their ancestral home with the intention of making it their permanent abode and building a community that reflects their own (foreign) traditions and values.

In contrast to the settlers who represent a threat to the integrity and endurance of the already-existing cultures that they settle, "migrants" enhance the already existing culture.

“Decolonization” is a cynical, rhetorical ploy: hypocrisy drenched in moralistic sentimentality, aimed at advancing the geopolitical objectives of Left elites.

Any mass movement into historically-white, Western countries by people from elsewhere is migration.

Any white or “white-adjacent” peoples who come to live in nations inhabited by other groups will be deemed “colonizing settlers”.