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  1. @notthatkylie I think A.Smith makes a rather breathtaking leap in logic in "The Problem with Privilege" when she equates…
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      @notthatkylie However, I don't think that the work of explaining the indigenous position to global audience is fruitless at all.
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        @notthatkylie Lifetimes of work by Rigoberta Menchu, Roxanne D Ortiz, George Manuel, even Subcomandante Marcos furthered decolonization.
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      @notthatkylie … and "the settler subject constitut[ing] itself" as "rightful inheritors of all that was indigenous – land, resources, etc"
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      @notthatkylie …"the white subject self-reflect[ing] on her/his privilege" and relation w/ people of color …
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      @notthatkylie While it's fashionable in some parts of academia to deny this, the violence of words relies on separate violent acts.
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      @notthatkylie Generally agree: "The politics of decolonization requires the proliferation of theories, knowledge, ideas, and analyses"