last anthro class

ireland is the oldest british colony. northern ireland was created in 1921, it was needed to be created cuz scots living there

did not want to identify as ireland. northern ireland is part of the UK but that doesnt mean all the people living there identify as british

• legality of the partition was not accepted, which is why the irish republic army was created in 1968 - considered legal irish state but not in british side → followed by a guerrilla war with the goal of reuniting the two parts of ireland → creation of ira was followed by bombings, ambushes, assassinations, attacks in london underground, 2000+ died

• in 1998 the good friday agreement occurred signifying an open border in ireland (wont notice when u cross the border within ireland aside from signs to buy euro vs pound)

• 2020 brexit came to force - border remained open; if u wanted to go northern ireland to great britain you had to go through passport check

nowadays the world is divided into

200 countries and between 3000-5000 distinct ethnic groups → ethnic groups sovereignty is not recognized by official government → very few countries are homogeneous, homogeneity is often the result of ethnic cleansing ie poland during/after ww2

ethiopia in eastern africa has

70 nationalities

indonesia is the largest muslim country in the world and has

300 ethnic groups

china has

56 ethnic groups

the end of colonialism did not end ethnic conflict. the goal of colonialism is to

divide the populations into groups.

• most political divisions were imposed by colonial powers through the creation of artificial countries

• colonial powers ended up creating multinational countries

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