Dude, who even knows.

4th September 2020

Post reblogged from Kontextmaschine with 38 notes

kontextmaschine:

argumate:

kwarrtz:

argumate:

so why are Koreans into chilli when Japanese aren’t

Because they’re different countries with different culinary cultures?

yeh but why

from the Japanese perspective, Korea is associated with abundance of red meat

I mean from the English perspective, Ireland was the land of butter and beef, or abundant wheat, even as the Irish associated the colonial period with cheap starches like potatoes and oats, or starvation

Tagged: historycolonialism

25th December 2014

Link reblogged from "Cosas of Color" with 655 notes

14 African Countries Forced by France to Pay Colonial Tax For the Benefits of Slavery and Colonization →

cosasdecolor:

Did you know many African countries continue to pay colonial tax to France since their independence till today!

…France accepted only an “independence on paper” for his colonies, but signed binding “Cooperation Accords”, detailing the nature of their relations with France, in particular ties to France colonial currency (the Franc), France educational system, military and commercial preferences.

Told you.

Tagged: historyfranceafricacolonialismdecolonization