 a colonial mentality is a conceptual theory around feelings of inferiority within some societies post-european colonialism, relative to the values of the foreign powers which they became aware of through the contact period of colonization. the concept essentially refers to the acceptance, by the colonized, of the culture or doctrines of the colonizer as intrinsically more worthy or superior. the subject matter is quite controversial and debated. ==origins==  throughout human history, nations and peoples have continuously colonised and been colonised. it is said that when a foreign colonial or imperial power is too strong to be effectively resisted, the colonised population often has no other immediate option than to accept the rule of the foreigners as an inescapable reality of life. as time progresses, the colonised indigenous people-natives would perceive the differences between the foreigners and themselves, between the foreigners' ways and the native ways. this would then sometimes lead the natives to mimic the foreigners that are in power as they began to associate that power and success with the foreigners' ways. this eventually leads to the foreigners' ways being regarded as the better way and being held in a higher esteem than previous indigenous ways. in much the same fashion, and with the same reasoning of better-ness, the colonised soon equates the foreigners' racial strain itself as being responsible for their superiority. the native soon strives to that strain to give their children a better standing in life than just their native genes. ==english-speaking societies== ===the indian subcontinent=== some critics have stated that rudyard kipling's portrayals of indian characters generally supported the colonialist view that the indians and other colonized people were incapable of surviving without the help of europeans, stated further that these portrayals are racist. examples of this racism are mentioning "lesser breeds without the law" in "recessional" and referring to colonized people in general as "half-devil and half-child" in the poem "the white man's burden". the term macaulay's children is used to refer to people born of indian ancestry who adopt western culture as a lifestyle. the term is usually used in a derogatory fashion, and the connotation is one of disloyalty to one's country and one's heritage. it derives from thomas macaulay, the 19th century british historian and colonial administrator who regarded british culture as inherently superior to the indian one, and who was the prime mover in rep
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