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James Bouryiotis's avatar

Apparently (according to cultural theorists) the Indigenous are unable to represent themselves in any meaningful way, and/or if they are NOT represented in Western (aka White hegemonical) societal-cultural representations, have NO value. I suggest the actual Indigenous living their lives would disagree, or at least find these academic-based pursuits foolish. But the lives of actual Indigenous people is, of course, not really the matter here. What is going on is simply a passive-aggressive transfer of power, privilege and economy to people who are unproductive and otherwise useless (academics and those who cling to their coat-tails as "activists" and other sycophantic, publicly-funded opportunists). Not that there aren't always opportunists, but hiding power strategies behind Noble Savage mythologies is disingenuous at best. And for every dollar and privilege handed off to actual Indigenous, that much more of the same is garnered by their Great White allies and self-annointed saviours.

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N.M.'s avatar

Watch out Canada!

Don’t be surprised that while you're deep in your naive beauty sleep, they'll change the name of our country, wipe the maple leaf from our flag, and rewrite our national anthem (again). Or more likely, replace it entirely with their land acknowledgment. And that's just scratching the surface... For God's sake and the future of our children, WAKE UP!

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