Thread by @campbelllor

Westernized mental health frameworks are harmful & function to pathologize Indigenous peoples. If western frameworks are deemed "successful" we find our mind, body & spirit colonized. We become but a ghost of our ancestors.

#DecolonizeYourMind
#DecolonizeYourPractice
#Resist

Being called "resilient" for not being murdered, stolen, dying by suicide, substance use, at the hands of the justice or child protection system is messed up. Do you get how messed up that sounds?

Those who aren't actively trying to dismantle the systems that kill #BIPOC do not get to feel good about #BIPOC survival. Nor should BIPOC ever have to thank or show gratitude to the colonial system of abuse.

Some of us survive despite the system that tries to kill us, steal our lives & children, & colonize our minds, bodies, & spirits.
We survive because of the undeniable strength of our ancestors & the love, that gets interpreted as radical rage by the colonizers, for our people.