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This article is about how the US and Canada are shifting the blame for the boarding schools that killed thousands of natives for generations and the forced assimilation of those people... but yes, be upset that the title alludes to DNA I guess.
It's real easy to find the author's use of the term "DNA" in the title upsetting, when you're not in the hundreds of indigenous groups who've been forced into generations of oppression at the hands of Anglos. It's a provocative title, it's meant to catch your eye. Now actually read the article, and understand that it's pulling attention to the treatment of indigenous people by Anglo governments. Treatment that Anglo governments are currently trying to deny while claiming the boarding schools for the Uyghur are the same thing.
Really think the title of the article is a problem? tell that to the Beothuk people of New Foundland, who were wiped out by settlers - it was a genocide.
Tell it to the Koroa of Mississippi, who died from European diseases and assimilated into the stronger nearby tribes to escape the English settlers.
Tell it to the Westo of the South East, who were killed off by war with the Carolinian settlers.
Or to any of the various tribes history forgot, because the murderous Anglos didn't deem it important enough to catalogue them. Tell it to the millions of Africans who were enslaved by the Anglos in West Africa and sailed into the Americas to act as a labour force. Tell it to the Palestinians who are actively being killed off by the Anglo Backed Israeli government.
There is a long and tragic history of white people, particularly anglo-saxons, violating the sovereignty of nations, raping, murdering, and profiteering. To say it's in the DNA, this is true in a figurative sense. But what does this wording really accomplish? When open to interpretation, these statements agitate reactionaries and make it harder to educate. It's just unconstructive.
Edit: Please notice I did not say to educate reactionaries. That's not what I mean at all.
Having just re read the autobiography of malcolm x, I think there is some value in making provocative statements like that. Mainly, it acts as good bait that exposes the superiority complex of people who identify as that group, and forces them into either a defense (along racial lines), or an honest appraisal of their history. The only people getting offended by those statements, are not ppl likely to join the side of the oppressed anyway, because the emotional basis for their beliefs is still some form of white supremacy, however diluted that may be.
Also its an understandable reaction from oppressed groups who have been told from cradle to grave, in media and culture, that they're inferior to whites, and that the only way to be successful, is to emulate whites, the way they talk, dress, etc.
just saw this comment and now I wanna cry T_T
so now I'm just someone biting a "bait", with a "superiority complex", someone "not likely to join the side of the oppressed", and having "the emotional basis of my beliefs" being "white supermacy". at least you considered an alternative, someone
which I can't tell if is better or worse.
not to mention the one calling me a reactionary or suggesting I don't understand the pain of indigenous people. all that because I rightfully called out a genuinely racist title? you people are so fucking cruel.
a few days ago there was a thread on lemmy.ml and we all blamed sinophobes for their bigotry, but when it's reversed it's ok? we said dismissing an open source CPU for being Chinese is bigotry, and it's not an acceptable excuse that "they mean the communist party would put backdoors in it". but now "white people are genetically berutal against indigenous people" is a delicate metaphor? don't be so biased. racism is wrong, no matter the race.
edit: this reminds of a thread on lemmygrad a while back, when I explained why tiktok might even be worse than instagram or youtube (its addictive aspects) and how it can be even more harmful (by lowering the attention span to 15 seconds of esily digestable videos), but apparantly lemmygrad users believed being Chinese makes it ok somehow? like have some consistency guys.
White isn't a race, its a social construct that has come for historical reasons to stand for a group of European colonialists from a variety of countries. I'd tread very carefully if I were you, because we will not tolerate white supremacists whining about "reverse racism" here.
I never said white is a race either. I didn't even mention white. we were talking about Anglo-Saxons I assume? even then I clarified in one of my comments that Anglo-Saxons aren't technically a race.
and now I'm getting ban threats from an admin of lemmygrad because we disagree over a title. why are you so hostile? did I say anything outrageous without knowing? I apoligoze if I did, but can you point to it?
bold claim. I never suggested, or even implied that white people are superior or any bullshit like that. as I said I didn't even mention white, you brought it up. I just said saying that an ethnic group has a negative trait in their DNA is racist. but apparantly it's a controversial take on lemmygrad.ml
and you would do me a favour if you don't classify me in the "reverse racism" crowd. I did not say there's sytematic racism against "white people", I didn't even come close to that. it was just a title.
but well, thanks for your warning, and for not banning me. I enjoy talking to you guys, just wished you would reply to me and explain why I'm wrong, instead of downvoting me. that would make a more productive discussion, and a more pleasant experience.