Original sentence: Especially in the colonisation of the Far East and in the Scramble for Africa (1870–1914), the representation of a homogeneous European identity justified colonisation — the subjugation of (native) coloured people, and the exploitation of their labour and of the natural resources of their countries
Edited sentence: Especially in the colonisation of the Far East and in the Scramble for Africa (1870–1914), the representation of a homogeneous European identity justified colonisation — the subjugation of (native) coloured people, the exploitation of their labour, and the despoliation of the natural resources of their countries