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Introduction to Settler Colonialism - Coggle Diagram
Introduction to Settler Colonialism
Erasure of Indigenous Students
Entrance Requirements
Racism in Class
Required Courses
Invisibility
All people are settlers, no indigenous people in the University of British Columbia
Racism from PoC perspective, not Indigenous
White/PoC dominated conversations
Indigenous Erasure of Indigenous Communities
Anti-Colonialism
Benefitting from oppression by using Indigenous land
Tokenization of Indigenous Students
Indigenous students representing all Indigenous people (homogenization)
Diverse groups within Indigenous label
Different cultural backgrounds
Teachers looking to indigenous students to find affirmation or permission
Singling out indigenous students as authority figures on indigenous-related subject matter
Voices aren't actually heard, just their token presence is wanted
Students who are not fully Indigenous have to "prove". themselves
Expected to educate peers or be "studied" by them
Non-indigenous relieve themselves of self-education
"critical settler reflection", or the ways that one benefits from and imposes violence on the indigenous people
Indigenous activism must be recognized and focused on in social justice endeavors
Taking indigenous children from their parents through child welfare system, contributing to "colonial brutality"
Territory Acknowledgements
Territories unceded from Coast Salish peoples
Coast Salish: Anglicized term for Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Stolo Nations
Unceded territory acknowledged by UBC
Acknowledged by member of Musqueam Nation
Offers recognition of privilege and benefits
Welcoming and informative
"Instills a sense of commitment to listeners of the Musqueam nation"
Acknowledged by "settler"
Unsituated as guest, lacks understanding
Acknowledged as historical object instead of recognized properly
Actively allows settler colonialism to continue
Gotten over with quickly and hastily
Not properly acknowledged as unceded
Not used as teaching opportunities often enough
can be used to teach settler accountability for both professors and students