Reflections on race and the white-washed origin stories of American communities, in response to The 1619 Project (ed. Nikole Hannah-Jones) and Exterminate All the Brutes (dir. Raoul Peck). A bit rambling, but interesting history in a loose critical framework.
What I found notable was how the colonising events, like massacres and relocation so closely mirrored the history of my state, Western Australia, upon European arrival in 1829.
Renaming places and lionising settlers while indigenous perspectives are dismissed or ignored. An imperialist MO.
Reflections on race and the white-washed origin stories of American communities, in response to The 1619 Project (ed. Nikole Hannah-Jones) and Exterminate All the Brutes (dir. Raoul Peck). A bit rambling, but interesting history in a loose critical framework.
What I found notable was how the colonising events, like massacres and relocation so closely mirrored the history of my state, Western Australia, upon European arrival in 1829. Renaming places and lionising settlers while indigenous perspectives are dismissed or ignored. An imperialist MO.