also contributed to a reopening of the demand for reparations which currently has even entered the 3 presidential debates. While we may disagree with the basic liberal premise of the 1619 project, it provides us an opportunity to both challenge the integrationist premise and sharpen the demand for justice, reparations and self-determination for our people.
Photo Credit: UNESCO, The Slave Route Map
Settler colonialism is the main culprit in the rising aggression of white nationalism around the world. The descendants of the original European settlers in South America, North America, Israel and even Europe itself where white nationalists are attacking Africans, Muslims, Asians and other people is result of the settlers belief that they have first rights to land and resources wherever they live in close proximity to indigenous and other colonized people on the land. Here in the United States, settler colonialist oppression has become evident again in urban areas as the settlers encroach on neighborhoods that were once euphemistically called “inner-city” and “urban.” The settlers are reclaiming these spaces through gentrification which is pushing Black people, Latin Americans, and
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