#Colonial

Gogol Dhaaf

ladanay

After seeing this tweet I've spent the past couple of hours trying to find out what happened to his sister Isabella Marincola and mother, and god its bleak.https://twitter.com/apjama/status/1259075173585739776?s=19 Isabella was

☭ Shimmy God✨

mal_praxis

There is wide disagreement on who is and what constitutes a "lumpen proletariat".This has a lot to do with the historical development of the concept and the historical context of

shutdown tourism

lilmissagitated

thread on the history of the terms first and third world and how liberal academia aided the empire: to start, the original meaning of the denominations of first, second &

Rachel Bean

colocha_rachel

I’m trying to collect my thoughts on reframing the narrative/myth that homeless encampments *create* more violence due to the concentration of violently marginalized and colonized people. This narrative/myth is used

Umbereen S. Nehal, MD, MPH

usnehal

This - not only the social structure of South Asian culture, whether India or Pakistan, but the experience of Colonialism. We understand this in implicit & explicit ways used for

Put a Balaclava on it

Papa_Shell

4/ When you center *everything* around Cold War politics, you are basically continuing the colonial project, and insinuating that 2 big white powers are the only people with agency on

vakibs

vakibs

I periodically see arguments about how Rāvana, Mahābali or some other Asura in Purānic stories is a Brahmin. The arguments are often given as counter to colonial/missionary propaganda of racist

m.k

LegendOfShabir

A thread. Plz bear with me. I have been on Twitter from 2016 under various anonymous handles.I don't think I should have be here before that to be called a

wolverine’s NDN gf

fka_jayesimpson

queer radicalism is colonial language, but queer radicalism should be not be deemed as “patriotic” as nationalism is inherently dangerous. the focus on “drag queens changing the world” is a

Darrion 🎭🗝

Theatrics868

Firstly, you cannot understand the “Fancy Indian”/ “Red Indian” or any other ole Mas character without firstly understanding the Carnival which is a celebration of inversion, role reversal and a

clarky

itsclrkhns

The Ibans should get rid of mentality of “kerja offshore badas gik”. In the old days, of course the O&G are high demand due the discovery O&G in Sarawak. Now,

M. Gouldhawke ∞

M_Gouldhawke

Seeing important discussion among Indigenous ppl of why Canada & provinces/territories are prioritizing vaccination of our ppl when neglect is the norm. Maureen Lux in her history books has pointed

Carey Newman - Hayalthkin'geme

blueravenart

Regarding monuments and naming...It is impossible to recontextualize a lie. Statues are illustrations that depict untruthful narratives, therefore taking them down isn't "changing history," it is being honest about how

Anurag Shukla

Anuraag_Shukla

Reading this fascinating book by Swagato Ganguly where he uses 'idolatry' as a concept-metaphor to explore its deployment in the colonial representation of India, and how it came to legitimize

Joel Tan

joeltheobscure

my elderly parents once casually let slip that they don't like Peranakans. I was surprised cuz they're not normally so strident. Apparently they grew up being lorded over by rich

ACB Network of Waterloo Region

OfAcb

Derek Chauvin being found guilty on all counts isn't justice. George Floyd is no longer here, but the conditions that allowed for his death are. Neither justice nor accountability can