Tag: Colonialism

Why Racial Justice Work Needs to Address Settler Colonialism and Native Rights

How can we include settler colonialism in our work – especially as it relates to racism against non-Native people of color? It’s complicated, but this article’s got some crucial answers.   Understand Racism and Settler Colonialism as Connected Forms of Oppression Examine How Settler Colonialism Creates Tensions Between Anti-Racism Work and Decolonization Learn That If You’re on US Land, You’re

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The Unravelling of a Colonized Mind by Jana-Rae Yerxa

See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations “Sure everybody struggles. But to be born an Indigenous person, you are born into struggle. My struggle. Your struggle. Our struggle. The colonial struggle. There are many layers to this struggle. For the longest time, I didn’t even know what the true struggle was about yet I couldn’t escape it. It consumed me. Colonialism,

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