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<div>What does "decolonize" mean? No it doesn't mean turning back the clock or sending the Europeans back to Europe. <br/></div><div><br/></div><div>There are many definitions and ways to explain it. I decided to start this page to gather definitions and explanations in an effort to elucidate the meaning of "decolonize"...<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div>Eric Zimmerman, [http://www.pulppoetry.com/occupy-wall-street-or-decolonize-wall-street/ Occupy Wall Street or Decolonize Wall Street]<br/></div><div> | <div>'''<span style="font-size: larger">What does "decolonize" mean? No it doesn't mean turning back the clock or sending the Europeans back to Europe. </span>'''<br/></div><div>'''<span style="font-size: larger"></span>'''<br/></div><div>''<span style="font-size: larger">'''There are many definitions and ways to explain it. I decided to start this page to gather definitions and explanations in an effort to elucidate the meaning of "decolonize"...'''</span>''<br/></div><div>''<span style="font-size: larger"></span>''<br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger"></span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger"></span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger">Eric Zimmerman, [http://www.pulppoetry.com/occupy-wall-street-or-decolonize-wall-street/ Occupy Wall Street or Decolonize Wall Street]</span><br/></div><div> | ||
Decolonizing is about the culture we’ve allowed to calcify around us. A culture that holds private property as sacrosanct above public welfare. Where an individual’s greatness is put above the community, no matter how much wealth that individual amasses, no matter how much the community suffers. It’s the culture that Christopher Columbus brought with him, and every great man who came after him supported, built up, and used to increase their personal gain at the expense of the meek, the<span style="font-family: monospace"></span>poor, the brown, black, and every female regardless of color or creed. | <span style="font-size: larger">Decolonizing is about the culture we’ve allowed to calcify around us. A culture that holds private property as sacrosanct above public welfare. Where an individual’s greatness is put above the community, no matter how much wealth that individual amasses, no matter how much the community suffers. It’s the culture that Christopher Columbus brought with him, and every great man who came after him supported, built up, and used to increase their personal gain at the expense of the meek, the<span style="font-family: monospace"></span>poor, the brown, black, and every female regardless of color or creed. </span> | ||
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<span style="font-size: larger">From [http://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/decolonizing-together Decolonizing Together]</span> | |||
<span style="font-size: larger">Syed Hussan, a Toronto-based activist, states: “Decolonization is a dramatic reimagining of relationships with land, people and the state. Much of this requires study. It requires conversation. It is a practice;<span style="font-family: monospace"></span>it is an unlearning.”</span> | |||
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Revision as of 13:42, 19 January 2012
What does "decolonize" mean? No it doesn't mean turning back the clock or sending the Europeans back to Europe.
There are many definitions and ways to explain it. I decided to start this page to gather definitions and explanations in an effort to elucidate the meaning of "decolonize"...
Eric Zimmerman, Occupy Wall Street or Decolonize Wall Street
Decolonizing is about the culture we’ve allowed to calcify around us. A culture that holds private property as sacrosanct above public welfare. Where an individual’s greatness is put above the community, no matter how much wealth that individual amasses, no matter how much the community suffers. It’s the culture that Christopher Columbus brought with him, and every great man who came after him supported, built up, and used to increase their personal gain at the expense of the meek, thepoor, the brown, black, and every female regardless of color or creed.
Syed Hussan, a Toronto-based activist, states: “Decolonization is a dramatic reimagining of relationships with land, people and the state. Much of this requires study. It requires conversation. It is a practice;it is an unlearning.”