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Question: Did Colonialism leave FOREVER scars on America,Africa,Asia!?
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American by definition of your question is a scar, a former British colony that took over American!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

These scars do not fade over night!.Absolutely ,for instance , do you think that latin-americans love or are grateful for their spanish heritage!?!.!.!.!.specially today when they still seeing by the spaniards in a pejorative way as "sudacas''' meaning this word almost like "wetbacks"( as some people here in America call the mexican immigrants) of the southamerican continent!? Despiting the truthfulness of the improvement due to colonialism in many many ways, it isn't less real the resentment for the cruelty and the explotation in the process of colonization still alive even today, when they are seeing as a second class citizens!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

No!. The current problems faced by all the countries in these areas outweigh any scars from colonial times!. Some of the vestiges of British colonial rule were actually advantageous to the locals in that it set up many beneficial institutions!. Most modern countries now face real scars from genocide and massacres by current despots and environmental problems and matters of disease and starvation!. Long-ago colonial events don't enter into the picture!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Forever is a long time, and not all remnants or legacies would be considered scars!. I see little in the way of scars in India; anything I would consider a "scar" there are from the caste system, not from colonialism!. And America has no scars at all that I can see!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

well, sure, imperialism always has effects, positive, negative, depends;

look at the legacy of the Ottoman Empire, or the present problems caused by Arab economic expansion in Africa and the ensuing political, religious, cultural, ethnic violence!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Not in America and any scars that may linger in Africa or Asia will disappear with time, they've only been free from colonialism for a short while now but eventually they will move on and the scars if there are any will be gone!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

yes it has left scar and mark forever
in india the british completly changed even the demographics of the country
everything was scripted by the mastersWww@QuestionHome@Com

Is this a reference specifically to the British Colonialsim of America, or are you talking about colonialism in general!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

I looked in my crystal ball, and the answer is NO!.!.!.in 300 years, they will have colonized other planets and made the same mistakes!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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