The genesis of the term “loot” in colonial India has racist origins. Now, after the US president called for the killing of those “looting,” its origins become increasingly significant.
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Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar is an associate professor of history at Brown University and presently working on a book called The Ruin Archive: Art and War at the Ends of Empire. She is also part of the Decolonial Collective on the Migration of Objects and People.