A commentary by a Victoria writer who is the author of A Snake on the Heart: History, Mystery, and Truth – The Entangled Journeys of a Biographer and His Nazi Subject.
Upon reading emeritus professor Dennis Danielson’s commentary, “Tolerate me for what I am — a colonial” , I had two quick thoughts.And, boy oh boy, did he! Eleven of the 16 letters on the Aug. 29 Comment page were either strongly in favour or opposed to what he had to say.
As for the good professor’s comments about colonialism, they elicited observations about psychological baggage, colonialism’s connection to patriarchy, and the courage of gays who have proclaimed their identity and sought to take an equal place in our diverse society. “After slavery’s abolition in the British Empire,” Rapley writes, “India became the economic jewel in the imperial crown. It also quickly occupied an important role in Canada’s economic development. … Britain usually ran a surplus on its trade with India, but ran a deficit on its overall imperial balance of payments.
He maintains, “Canada is today one of the planet’s rare countries able to claim it has created a harmonious political order out of disparate peoples.”
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