Scouting controversy and conflict

Scouting controversy and conflict
President Donald J. Trump visits the 2017 National Jamboree
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There are various controversies and conflicts that involve the Scouting movement. Scouting has sometimes become entangled in social controversies such as in nationalist resistance movements in India^{[citation needed]}. Scouting was introduced to Africa by British officials as an instrument of colonial authority^{[citation needed]} but became a subversive challenge to the legitimacy of British imperialism as Scouting fostered solidarity amongst African Scouts.^[1] There are also controversies and challenges within the Scout Movement itself such as current efforts to turn Scouts Canada into a democratic organization (see also Non-aligned Scouting and Scout-like organisations).