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AnishinaabeAki
=OjibweHomeland
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! Safetyforwhom?! CansafetyforIndigenouspeoplesandpeopleofcolourexistinasocietyalways-alreadystructuredbywhitesupremacy?
ZeusLeonardoandRonaldPorter:PedagogyofFear:TowardaFanonianTheoryof“Safety”inRaceDialogueRace,EthnicityandEducation13no.2(2010).http://vocserve.berkeley.edu/faculty/ZLeonardo/PedagogyofFear.pdf
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DehumanizingViolence! Disfigure,subdueandcontrol.HumanizingViolence! Challengesoppression,questionspositionsofpower.
! Ultimately:Restorespeopletotheirrightfulplaces.
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Notjustmenandwomeninwhitehats,butalsoincludes:! Missing,MurderedandTradedIndigenousWomenandGirls.
! Indigenouspeoplesover-representedinprisons.
TamaraJohnson’selectionplatform(fullpagead),ChronicleJournal,June10,2014.
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! Goal#2.5:“Encouragerespectandmakeracismanddiscriminationunacceptable.”[1]
! Whynotnamewhitesupremacyandmakeitunacceptableinstead?
[1]CityofThunderBay,BecomingOurBest:2015-2018CorporateStrategicPlan,June22,2015,http://www.thunderbay.ca/Assets/City+Government/News+$!26+Strategic+Initiatives/docs/2015-2015+Strategic+Plan+-+Final.pdf
1. Undotheviolencethatisinherenttosafe-spacedialogue.
2. Enactaformofliberatoryviolencewithinracediscussionstoallowforacreativitythatshiftsthestandardsofhumanity.
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1. Iswhitecomfortbeingprotected?2. Whoseinterestsarebeingcentered?3. Resensitivitytraining:Iswhitesupremacy
includedaspartofincreasingsensitivity?4. Doestheproposedchange/projecttake
appropriaterisks?a) Doesitactuallynamewhitesupremacy?b) Doesitaccountforsettlercolonialism?
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