dispossession
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Colonial states are founded on dispossession, he argues—and when indigenous peoples “resist,” they are simply destroyed in the name of security.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The issue was morally and legally complex, he said, with compensation for colonial-era crimes, including land dispossession, yet to be addressed.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
The rebels say they fight for the rights of indigenous tribes and the rural poor, citing decades of state neglect and land dispossession.
From BBC ● May 27, 2025
Directed by Raoul Peck, “Silver Dollar Road” adapts a 2019 ProPublica feature by Lizzie Presser into an intimate portrait of the family’s forbearance in the face of dispossession.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
And this view of things was connected to the fear that passed through the generations, to the sense of dispossession.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Vocabulary lists containing dispossession
Excerpts from "An African Voice"
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