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Decolonization

decolonization

Human Supremacy is part of being colonized

Sipremasi imen se yon pati nan kolonizasyon

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How do you define "decolonization"? I feel a lot of settlers imagine mass deportations, which says a lot about how they still view the world. For me, decolonizing means de-centering outside influence and reclaiming our birthrights, including tradition. Of course, reclaiming tradition is an empty gesture if we have no control over our land and are still experiencing genocide. Treaties remain broken or totally unfulfilled. Europe, the U.S. & Canada would be bankrupted if they actually had to pay the communities they've enslaved, exploited and stolen from. Since creating an ethnostate like Israel is also problematic, we have to find a midway point. So many bells can't be unrung, like carving Mt. Rushmore as a way of defacing a sacred site-- so we have to figure out a way forward that attempts to correct myriad wrongs while also not creating some new form of injustice. People want race relations to be as simple as Black and white, but it's much more complex and nuanced than that. Native Americans were enslaved by European colonizers before Africans were brought here; free Black men from Spain owned Native Americans just like Black slaves had to accompany their Cherokee masters on the Trail of Tears. Not to mention Buffalo Soldiers getting medals for killing us and the Declaration of Independence still saying it doesn't apply to us "savages". I guess the first step to decolonization is for people to accept history and understand that our circumstances are rooted in the past. It's not really that complicated to wrap your mind around that, but it feels like if our society can't come to agreement about what romantic love is, we'll never agree on what "equality" means.

Defining Decolonization

Kijan ou defini "dekolonizasyon"? Mwen santi anpil kolon panse sou deportasyon mas, sa di anpil sou kijan yo toujou wè mond lan. Pou mwen, dekolonize vle di retire enfliyans ekstèn ak reprann dwa nesans nou, ki gen ladan tradisyon. Natirèlman, reprann tradisyon se yon jès vid si nou pa gen kontwòl sou tè nou ak toujou ap fè eksperyans jenosid. Trete yo rete kraze oswa totalman pa reyalize. Ewòp, Etazini ak Kanada ta fè fayit si yo te vrèman oblije peye kominote yo yo te esklav, eksplwate ak vòlè nan men yo. Depi kreye yon eta etnik tankou Izrayèl se tou pwoblèm, nou dwe jwenn yon pwen mitan. Tèlman anpil klòch pa ka tounen, tankou grave Mt. Rushmore kòm yon fason pou defase yon sit sakre-- kidonk nou dwe jwenn yon fason pou avanse ki eseye korije anpil mal pandan n ap evite kreye yon nouvo fòm enjistis. Moun vle relasyon ras yo senp tankou Nwa ak blan, men li pi konplike ak nuanse pase sa. Natif natal Ameriken yo te esklav pa kolon Ewopeyen anvan Afriken yo te pote isit la; gason nwa lib ki soti nan Espay te posede natif natal Ameriken jis tankou esklav nwa yo te oblije akonpaye mèt Cherokee yo sou Trail of Tears. San konte Buffalo Soldiers ki jwenn meday pou touye nou ak Deklarasyon Endepandans lan toujou di li pa aplike pou nou "savage". Mwen panse premye etap pou dekolonizasyon se pou moun aksepte istwa a ak konprann ke sikonstans nou yo gen rasin nan tan pase a. Li pa vrèman konplike pou konprann sa, men li sanble si sosyete nou an pa ka jwenn yon akò sou sa ki renmen romantik, nou pap janm dakò sou sa "egalite" vle di.

Defini Dekolonizasyon

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Sipremasi imen se yon pati nan kolonizasyon

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