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Message: <blockquote data-quote="07sanjeewakaru" data-source="post: 27802924" data-attributes="member: 460140">However, De Silva and Somaweera argued that Sri Lankans used live bait such as dogs, monkeys, chicken, or cattle for crocodile hunting. Not babies. Their study comprised local documents collected in Sri Lanka.They contested the reports written by British journalists about the issue clarifying that this western news failed to look for more in-depth information about the story. Thus, they did not interview any Sri Lankan about the matter.Therefore, it is plausible that these reports were merely narratives created by white colonizers speaking on behalf of the indigenous people. Probably to portray an exotic representation of what their colonies looked and should be like with the usual <a href="https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/09/a-quick-reminder-of-why-colonialism-was-bad" target="_blank">self-projection of supremacy</a> against people of color.</blockquote>

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