Because a land acknowledgement provides none of those things. It's just "we acknowledge we're on stolen land" and then nothing. It's not working with tribal groups or accomplishing anything, it's just ritualized white liberal guilt.
Tbh I'm probably extra salty about them because the org I was in started doing them, yet didn't reach out to any native orgs , of which there are a couple that at least seemed good and are pretty (10-15 miles) close.
I suggested that we reach out, and a whole bunch of white nonsense about "white saviordom" and "allyship", etc. occurred. And no one reached out. One of the dumber struggle sessions in that org.
Surprisingly, non-white people can also be libs. If every lib who participated in a land acknowledgment kicked in 20 bucks every time they did it, we could buy a chunk of land and actually give it back.
I will answer with a 1h+ long podcast, reference the young lords again and a 280page book. While I agree that people can be libs even when they are in the central committee those seem to not've been libs.
I appreciate the hot take of ppl pitching in when they say stuff, but no amount of wealth in real existing conditions would enable people to buy land and give it back. Those things were tried often and if they become more than sporadic will be opposed by the violence of the state.
Ooh, I'll jump onboard with land acknowledgements are masturbatory. Literally performative liberalism.
Explain? I feel like tribes do deserve control of their land, but also deserve the resources provided to well off communities.
Because a land acknowledgement provides none of those things. It's just "we acknowledge we're on stolen land" and then nothing. It's not working with tribal groups or accomplishing anything, it's just ritualized white liberal guilt.
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Tbh I'm probably extra salty about them because the org I was in started doing them, yet didn't reach out to any native orgs , of which there are a couple that at least seemed good and are pretty (10-15 miles) close.
I suggested that we reach out, and a whole bunch of white nonsense about "white saviordom" and "allyship", etc. occurred. And no one reached out. One of the dumber struggle sessions in that org.
Which was heavily used by BPoC groups as term. I for one favour it, still.
Surprisingly, non-white people can also be libs. If every lib who participated in a land acknowledgment kicked in 20 bucks every time they did it, we could buy a chunk of land and actually give it back.
I will answer with a 1h+ long podcast, reference the young lords again and a 280page book. While I agree that people can be libs even when they are in the central committee those seem to not've been libs. I appreciate the hot take of ppl pitching in when they say stuff, but no amount of wealth in real existing conditions would enable people to buy land and give it back. Those things were tried often and if they become more than sporadic will be opposed by the violence of the state.
https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/young-lords
https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-1/ylp-reader.pdf
I disagree