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Human Supremacy is part of being colonized

Is-Supremazija tal-Bniedem hija parti mill-kolonizzazzjoni

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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

Kif tiddefinixxi "dekolonizzazzjoni"? Inħoss li ħafna settlers jaħsbu f'deportazzjonijiet massivi, li jgħid ħafna dwar kif għadhom jaraw id-dinja. Għalija, dekolonizzazzjoni tfisser li niddisċiplina l-influwenza barranija u nirritorna d-drittijiet tagħna, inkluż it-tradizzjoni. Naturalment, ir-ripristinar tat-tradizzjoni huwa ġest vojt jekk m'għandna l-ebda kontroll fuq l-art tagħna u għadna qed nesperjenzaw ġenoċidju. Il-ftehimijiet jibqgħu miksura jew totalment mhux imwettqa. L-Ewropa, l-Istati Uniti u l-Kanada jkunu bankrott jekk verament kellhom iħallsu lill-komunitajiet li ħaduhom bħala schiavi, esplorati u mitlufa minnhom. Peress li l-ħolqien ta' stat etniku bħal Israele huwa wkoll problematiku, irridu nsibu punt ta' nofs. Tant ċilindri ma jistgħux jerġgħu jinqalgħu, bħal li nħaffu Mt. Rushmore bħala mod ta' tfixkil sit qaddis-- għalhekk irridu nsibu mod 'il quddiem li jipprova jikkoreġi numru kbir ta' żbalji filwaqt li ma joħloqx xi forma ġdida ta' inġustizzja. In-nies iridu li r-relazzjonijiet razzjali jkunu sempliċi daqs is-suwed u l-abjad, iżda huwa ħafna aktar kumpless u nuansjat minn hekk. L-Amerikani nativi ġew imxerrda mill-kolonizzaturi Ewropej qabel ma ġew iġġenerati l-Afrikani hawn; irġiel iswed ħielsa minn Spanja kellhom Amerikani nativi bħalma kellhom is-slavi iswed jakkumpanjaw il-masters Cherokee tagħhom fuq it-Trail of Tears. Minħabba li l-Buffalo Soldiers qed jirċievu medali talli qalu lilna u l-Declaration of Independence għadha tgħid li ma tapplikax għalina "savages". Naħseb li l-ewwel pass lejn id-dekolonizzazzjoni huwa li n-nies jaċċettaw l-istorja u jifhmu li l-kundizzjonijiet tagħna huma radikati fil-passat. Mhux verament daqshekk kumpliku li tikkonċepixxi dan, iżda jidher li jekk is-soċjetà tagħna ma tistax tasal għal ftehim dwar x'inhu l-imħabba romantika, qatt ma nkunu naqblu dwar x'jifhem "ugwaljanza".

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Is-Supremazija tal-Bniedem hija parti mill-kolonizzazzjoni

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