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Decolonization

decolonization

Human Supremacy is part of being colonized

O le maualuga o tagata o se vaega o le fa'aleagaina

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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

E fa'apefea ona e fa'ata'ita'iga le "fa'atekinolosi"? E foliga mai e tele tagata fa'atau e manatu i le fa'atekinolosi i le fa'atekinolosi, e fa'ailoa mai ai le tele o le fa'avae i le fa'ata'ita'iga o le lalolagi. Mo a'u, o le fa'atekinolosi o le fa'atekinolosi o le fa'atekinolosi i fa'ava o le lalolagi ma toe fa'atauina mai o tatou aia tatau, e aofia ai le fa'avae. O le mea moni, o le toe fa'atauina mai o le fa'avae o se fa'ata'ita'iga e leai se uiga pe a leai se pule i le tatou fanua ma e fa'avaivai pea i le fa'atekinolosi. O le maliliega e tumau i le fa'atekinolosi po'o le fa'atekinolosi. O Europa, le Iunaite Setete ma Kanata o le a le mafai ona fa'atau i latou pe a fa'atau i le nu'u na latou fa'atauina, fa'atauina ma fa'atauina mai. Talu mai le fa'avae o se fa'avae e pei o Isaraelu e le mafai ona fa'atekinolosi, e tatau ona tatou su'esu'e se auala i le ogatotonu. E le mafai ona toe fa'atekinolosi le tele o le fa'avae, e pei o le fa'avae o Mt. Rushmore o se auala e fa'atekinolosi ai se nofoaga paia-- o le mea lea e tatau ona tatou su'esu'e se auala i le lumana'i e taumafai e fa'atekinolosi le tele o le fa'avae i le taimi e le fa'atekinolosi ai se fa'avae fou. E manaʻo tagata e fa'avae le fa'avae i le fa'avae o le pa'ū ma le pa'ū, ae e sili atu le fa'avae ma le fa'avae i le fa'avae. O tagata Amerika i le Vasa na fa'atauina e tagata fa'atau i Europa a'o le'i aumai tagata Aferika iinei; o tagata pa'ū e leai se fa'avae mai Sepania na fa'atauina tagata Amerika i le Vasa e pei o tagata pa'ū na tatau ona fa'atauina i latou i le fa'avae o le Cherokee i le Fa'avae o le Tafaoga. E le mafai ona fa'atekinolosi le Buffalo Soldiers e maua ai le fa'ailoga mo le fasioti i tatou ma le Fa'avae o le Fa'avae e fa'apea e le fa'avae i tatou "savages". Ou te manatu o le la'asaga muamua i le fa'atekinolosi o le tagata e tatau ona talia le talafa'asolopito ma malamalama i le fa'avae o le tatou tulaga i le fa'avae. E le faigofie ona fa'atekinolosi i le fa'avae, ae e foliga mai e le mafai ona tatou fa'avae i le fa'avae o le fa'avae o le fa'avae o le fa'avae.

Fa'ata'ita'iga o le Fa'atekinolosi

A Boo community for meeting other Decolonization enthusiasts.

Decolonization Community

O le maualuga o tagata o se vaega o le fa'aleagaina

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Fa'ata'ita'iga o le Fa'atekinolosi