thoughts of a post-colonial feminist

We went from the 16th century characterization of ‘people without writing’ to the 18th and 19th century characterization of ‘people without history,’ to the 20th century characterization of ‘people without development’ and more recently, to the early 21st century of ‘people without democracy’.

—Grosfoguel http://neocolonialthoughts.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/the-decolonial-option/