Forgive the repetitive nature of my comments here. I appreciate this piece so much, and being welcome to express some thoughts.
There's a poem by Steve Von Till (Poem XII) that I think is relevant here:
It's so damn easy
To justify the horrors done in your name
When your soul has already been conquered
And you identify most
With those who have conquered it
Words don't exist to express my feelings about the culture I'm from, but I can say I am disgusted by, and completely reject its domination of essentially the entire planet, people included. That UBC is constrained to the colonial, capitalist state's dictates as to how to deal with First Nations strikes me as nothing more than an evolved strategy for maintaining existing domination. I think that only appears too dark to the same kind of people who were 'offended' by the report you wrote and mention in the piece you linked about government embarrassment. The same people described in the poem above.
Side note- I applied to a communications job in the President's office recently, representing myself accurately and including some descriptions ongoing about truly engaging with First Nations. I don't think I'll stop applying for these kinds of roles.
Forgive the repetitive nature of my comments here. I appreciate this piece so much, and being welcome to express some thoughts.
There's a poem by Steve Von Till (Poem XII) that I think is relevant here:
It's so damn easy
To justify the horrors done in your name
When your soul has already been conquered
And you identify most
With those who have conquered it
Words don't exist to express my feelings about the culture I'm from, but I can say I am disgusted by, and completely reject its domination of essentially the entire planet, people included. That UBC is constrained to the colonial, capitalist state's dictates as to how to deal with First Nations strikes me as nothing more than an evolved strategy for maintaining existing domination. I think that only appears too dark to the same kind of people who were 'offended' by the report you wrote and mention in the piece you linked about government embarrassment. The same people described in the poem above.
Side note- I applied to a communications job in the President's office recently, representing myself accurately and including some descriptions ongoing about truly engaging with First Nations. I don't think I'll stop applying for these kinds of roles.
Keep going Charles.