Settler colonizing states do not usually publicly articulate goals of cultural genocide
Settler colonizing states do not usually publicly articulate goals of cultural genocide. Rather, they speak in euphemisms that suggest actual intentions while presenting them in a manner that is more palatable to others. In European colonialism during the nineteenth century, cultural genocide was often justified as a “civilizing mission” that was bringing a superior culture to “savages” or as justified in the name of settlers’ security due to the “savage” nature of the native peoples.