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When I criticize a system, they think I criticize them – and that is of course because they fully accept the system and identify themselves with it.
~Thomas Merton
It’s usually around now when the news cycle moves on. It’s usually around now when the government stops pretending like the care. It’s usually around now when donations dry up and volunteers get tired. It’s usually around now.
But the work and the need remains:
@arlenedavila1 Just to clarify, in today’s “British” defination, the term obviously does include others of color. But when early settlers to now usa arrived, it did not include others of color.
@arlenedavila1 Unfortunately, categorization of “other” does not mean of color. The origins of the term “white” never included others outside of “British” descent (an ethnicity). The desire to assimilate is what prompted immigrants from Europe to categorize as “white.” USA forces “white”
Stop missionary tourism / poverty porn.
Our communities do not need your pity. Our kids do not need their photos taken with you. Our people do not need your leadership and input.
We need decolonization.
We want liberation.
Be true allies.
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@chis_mi_refugio I pray that the hearts of those innocent children are not expected to fall into rhetoric religious living, & that teachers learn from them.