They’re fucking passive. They should directly implicate the US. Instead of “We are on unceded land of the Salish people” we should say “The US government stole this land from the Salish people and genocided their tribe”
They’re fucking passive. They should directly implicate the US. Instead of “We are on unceded land of the Salish people” we should say “The US government stole this land from the Salish people and genocided their tribe”
A purity ritual done in the west to absolve guilt, like a prayer at a beginning of a meeting. As OP said, if it was serious about actually trying to be decolonial instead of just posturing it wouldn’t use passive voice but would point to a guilty party and advocate action, instead of just passively acknowledging defeat over and over