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"How The British Took Over India" - TREVOR NOAH (from "Afraid Of The Dark" on Netflix)
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- When you think about colonization,
it is the strangest thing you can think about.
'Cause conquering is one thing.
You go to another country, you take what's theirs,
you want more, you take the land, you know,
you take the resources, you kill the people.
That I understand, but colonization...
I don't condone; I understand.
But colonization is strange because you go there,
and you don't just take over.
You then force the people to become you.
That is such a strange concept.
When you think about where the British did it...
I mean, they...
You know, they did it in Africa, they...
You know, they did it in Asia.
And think about in India.
Those cultures could not be more diametrically opposed.
And out of nowhere, the British just decided to roll up.
Imagine what the Indians must have felt like on that day.
(audience chuckling)
Minding your own business, walking through a field.
The next thing you know, the British showed up on horseback.
(mimicking hoofbeats)
(fanfare)
(audience laughing)
Hear ye, hear ye!
By order of her Majesty, the Queen, we have arrived!
(audience laughing)
You over there!
What is the name of this land?
There's land over here?
This is called "India."
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