Catastrophising Indigenous engagement or inclusion is a fairly consistent mechanism by which the settlers maintain power
Even a moderate proposal that includes but doesn’t centre them will always be framed as too hard
And to prove it, they will cite the most obscure or extreme eg to rationalise our calls for participation in our affairs as most unreasonable
Failing to recognise that Indigenous ppl and institutions include and centre Indigenous ppls & knowledges everyday even with the most limited resources
But their ‘constructed’ problem of Indigenous inclusion works so powerfully to exhaust the intellectual labour of Blackfullas that they could be learning from...if only they stopped to listen.
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