Irish President Michael D. Higgins—also known as "Miggledy" by the children—is perhaps best known for having an awesome dog. But he's also a renowned poet, sociologist, and human rights activist. In a recent piece for The Guardian, Higgins wrote quite eloquently about the legacy of British colonialism:
— Read the restIt may be fruitful to consider the relationship of what has been titled – and not without dissent – the "European Enlightenment" within the project of imperial expansion for an understanding of how the mask of modernity has been used for cultural suppression, economic exploitation, dispossession and domination.
