Decolonising Psychology
Imagination is one of the spoils of colonization, which in many ways is claiming who gets to imagine the future for a given geography. Losing our imagination is a symptom of trauma. Reclaiming the right to dream the future, strengthening the muscle to imagine together as Black people, is a revolutionary decolonizing activity.
adrienne maree brown • Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
We need to decolonize our:
Metaphors
Languange
Culture
Governance
Habits
Worldviews
Time
Saviourism
Going beyond blame and shame. From appropriation to appreciation.
Operating from emptiness. Beginners mind & non-categorization.
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
"When we fail to critically examine dominant terminology and discourses, our worldview becomes shaped by external agendas, often without our consent. However, consciousness of language's constructive role allows us to reclaim agency over our self-perception and values and allows us to actively participate in reshaping language to articulate diverse
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