Tournament: VBT | Round: 1 | Opponent: IDK | Judge: IDK
Colonialism AC

Colonialism is a social construction of power that is based upon violence and exclusion. It is Necropolitical – it claims the power to exterminate groups as The Other. 

Mbembe, 2003 – senior researcher at the Institute of Social and Economic Research at the University of the Witwatersrand (Achilles, “Necropolitics,” Public Culture 15(1): 11 –40, http://www.jhfc.duke.edu/icuss/pdfs/Mbembe.pdf)

Late-modern colonial occupation differs … : the terror of the Holocaust. 54 

Therefore, the standard for this round should be Rejecting Colonialism. The debater that does the best job of uncovering and rejecting colonial arguments and actions should win. Colonialism is racist and stratifies a society

Lancaster, 1991 – George Mason University Roger N. Skin Color, Race, and Racism in Nicaragua Ethnology Vol. 30, No. 4 (Oct., 1991), pp. 339-353 JSTOR

Racial and/or ethnic problems … on racial forms, as well

Prefer my framework for two Reasons:

First – Racism - Colonialism is ethically unacceptable because it is based on racist assumptions and eradicates other ways of thought – not benefit that comes from colonial actions can justify those assumptions

Shaikh, 2007 - writer at Asia Source Nermeen Development 50, “Interrogating Charity and the Benevolence of Empire,” Palgrave-Journals

It would probably be incorrect … and the Mediterranean generally (Anidjar, 2003, 2007).

Racism is a side-constraint on any ethical theory. 

Memmi, 2000 - prof of sociology @ U of Paris Albert. Racism. Trans. Steve Martinot. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota Press, 2000. 

The struggle against racism will … , but the stakes are irresistible.

Second is Individual Identity - Ultimately, … colonialism can reject these assumptions

Harzenski 2003 – professor of law at temple law school sharon, post-colonial studies: terrorism, a history, stage two, temple international and comparative law journal, fall, 2003, 17 temp. Int'l and comp. L.j. 351,

*405  Michel Foucault tells us … shaping I have been speaking about.

Contention 1: Resource Extraction entrenches colonialism 

Extraction of resources incentivizes colonialism 

Bassil 05 (Noah Bassil, Member of the Australian Institute of Policy and Science, The Legacy of Colonial Racism in Africa, AQ: Australian Quarterly , Vol. 77, No. 4 (Jul. - Aug., 2005), pp. 27-32, 40)

Increased trade of goods, other … important to the European powers. 

Colonialism is a façade for exploitation

Dossa 07 (Shiraz Dossa Member of the Social Sciences Department at St. Francis Xavier University Slicing up 'Development': Colonialism, Political Theory, Ethics Third World Quarterly , Vol. 28, No. 5 (2007), pp. 887-899)

But development is not neutral; it is often a facade for 'imperialism,
exploitation and dependency'.21 This is … but end with their liquidation

Modern Companies use colonialism to exploit labor and resources on racist assumptions

Dossa 07 (Shiraz Dossa Member of the Social Sciences Department at St. Francis Xavier University Slicing up 'Development': Colonialism, Political Theory, Ethics Third World Quarterly , Vol. 28, No. 5 (2007), pp. 887-899)

In essence development is a bad … , its very limited success fortuitous.

Colonialism is responsible for Africa’s underdevelopment. 

Nunn 05 (Nathan Nunn, Member of the Department of Economies, Historical legacies: A model linking Africa’s past to its current underdevelopment, Received 22 July 2004; received in revised form 24 November 2005; accepted 23 December 2005)

Africa’s economic performance since independence … remains trapped in this equilibrium

The consequences of Colonialism are the degradation of former colonies and the new form of corporate colonization. The racial violations perpetuate a consequential link of events leading to the destruction of any hopes of recovery. Brown and black countries will be subject to corporate greed and domination. This conquest based on racist assumptions must be rejected to prevent further abuse in the name of racism and corporations interest.