Colonisation is as Much a Psychological Project as it is a Political One
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Colonisation is as Much a Psychological Project as it is a Political One
This is a process of decolonization. Whether you are the descendants of colonizers or the colonized—or, like me, both—all of our peoples have experienced the loss of something essential to our liberated well-being. Whether that was taken from you or given away in the bargain to win power, it is loss.
Mia Birdsong • How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community
Epistemicide is at the heart of colonization, but we cannot decolonize our minds by unknowing modernity. Like it or not, your belonging is dependent on a reclamation of the dismissed ancient and a reconciliation with the dominant modern.
Sebene Selassie • You Belong: A Call for Connection
When I write about what it means to decolonize, I’m referring to the idea that it means a return to one’s original state of being, before the effects of colonization. This legacy of colonization includes patriarchy, white supremacy, heteronormativity, capitalism as an economic principle that gives advantages to some people over others, a belief... See more