Lakshita Paidipati

Honors Development 1 and Honors Global Studies

Mr. Wimmer and Mr. Grandi

November 15, 2022

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Comments, Kimani Njogu

0, and Kimani Njogu. “How

Colonialism Causes Language Endangerment.” Goethe,

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This article is about how languages in Africa and Asia became endangered because of

colonialism and its aftermath. During the colonial era, indigenous languages under British

rule were suppressed, lost their prestige, and replaced by English in various institutions.

Oftentimes, you were shamed if you spoke your mother tongue instead of English and as

a result, many languages became forgotten and lost their significance and native

speakers. Efforts to revitalize these languages are underway, but their success is

undermined by years of colonial suppression. As a result, many people have lost an

 important part of their cultural heritage. The purpose of this article is to bring awareness to

that and also to convince the audience that the impact of colonialism is still there to this

day. The audience would likely be anyone who isn’t already aware of that, someone who

specializes in linguistics and languages, or someone who feels the impact of language

suppression in their lives today. I think this article is trustworthy because it uses multiple

statistics, historical facts, and evidence, and for the most part, it is very factual.

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This article talks about the East India Company and their early impact on India’s economy

and natural resources. The East India Company was a massive corporation that played a

huge role in British and Indian politics for almost two centuries. The company exploited

trade from many countries in Asia and Africa, but played a particularly large role in India.

They used slave labor, unfair trading practices, and exercised monopoly within their

company and without to get their profit. They benefited the British economy greatly by

exporting goods like cotton, silk, tea, spices, timber and iron and over time, their power

and influence increased, culminating in the eventual annexation of India. The purpose of

this article is to inform the audience, and I think the audience may be a historian or the

average person, about what this company did and the influence it had on various

countries. I think this is trustworthy because it was verified by many other sources I found.

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This article talks about different artifacts that were stolen by the British from their

colonized nations. These artifacts were very culturally significant to the nations that they

originated from, like the Kohi-noor Diamond from India, or the Benin Bronzes from

Nigeria. There was even once a woman who was brought over from South Africa and she

was basically used as an attraction for a freak show, and her name was Sarah Baartman.

Even after she died, she was still used as an attraction with her remains being displayed

in a French Museum. The purpose of this article is to inform the intended audience, which

I assume must have been historians or people who have advocated for the return of these

artifacts, about the stolen artifacts and also about the barbarism that the British portrayed

during their time colonizing other countries. I think this article is trustworthy because there

are multiple other sources that confirm the facts shown here.

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This article talks about how the British attempted to cover up their crimes during the

colonial period by destroying important documents that would’ve otherwise exposed their
 atrocities. It became known as Operation Legacy, because according to the British

government, they were attempting to protect the reputation and legacy of the British

crown, government and people, and it occurred during the final years of the British

Empire, when nations in Africa and Asia fought for independence and freedom. The

purpose of this article is to basically expose the British government and inform the general

public about their lack of transparency and accountability. I think the intended audience

would be people who have probably never understood the impact of British colonialism,

but it would certainly attract many other people like historians, first-hand survivors of

colonialism, and people in general who hold resentment against the British because of

their crimes. I think it’s certainly trustworthy because it is largely informational, though it

can attract quite a few opinionated readers.

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This article lists five atrocities that were committed by the British government and/or

military in the past century. It usually talks about crimes committed during the era of

colonialism, and that includes the Amritsar Massacre that killed many innocent peaceful

protestors as they fought for their nation’s sovereignty in India, as well as the Boer

concentration camps, in which over 100,000 people were unlawfully detained and starved

to death later on, and more. This article was written probably for historians and people

who overcame British imperialism or have come to resent it, or just ordinary people

interested in this particular topic. The purpose of this article is to throw some light on

these atrocities that are frankly not well known, especially to the British public, and I think

it’s trustworthy because it is largely unbiased in the way that it portrays the facts of what

had happened, and it doesn’t shy away from depicting the ugly truths either.
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Want,

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This article details the ongoing abuse of Africa’s resources by the United Kingdom. It talks

about how companies from the UK have access to and now control much of the resources

in Africa, which totals at least a trillion dollars. This includes up to 101 companies that

have mining operations in over 37 countries. It also talks about how the UK government

provides protections for these companies to survive, rather than the people they exploit.

Because of all this, these companies are allowed to violate human rights and take

advantage of land, resources, and people. I think this article is trustworthy because the

cite actually has an academic study with statistics, facts, and all of that. You’d have to be

a really credible source to be able to do that. In addition, I think this article was meant for

the British public because to me, the purpose is that they can spread awareness about

the wrongdoings of their government and certain corporations.

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