From a Navajo man re: #FourthofJuly:
"While the #DeclarationOfIndependence may initially assert that 'All men are created equal,' thirty lines below that assertion, indigenous people are referred to as #mercilessIndianSavages.
(first 4 tweets are from #UnsettlingTruths Ch6)
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"While the #DeclarationOfIndependence may initially assert that 'All men are created equal,' thirty lines below that assertion, indigenous people are referred to as #mercilessIndianSavages.
(first 4 tweets are from #UnsettlingTruths Ch6)
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"The Founding Fathers could use the seemingly inclusive term 'all men' because they had a worldview informed by the Doctrine of Discovery that gave them a very narrow definition of who was actually human.
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"The Declaration of Independence reflects the theological imagination of its time. The Doctrine of Discovery and the myth of Anglo-Saxon superiority girds the imagination that elevates the white body, mind, language and culture.
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"The Declaration of Independence gives foundation for a framework of white supremacy as it is rooted in the assumption of the exceptional rational capacity of the ethnically pure, white European - now American."
#UnsettlingTruths - Chapter 6
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#UnsettlingTruths - Chapter 6
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In other words the #FourthOfJuly which celebrates the Declaration of Independence is rooted in the lie of white supremacy & plays an integral part in perpetuating throughout the USA the ongoing, dehumanizing legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery.
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In 2015 I wrote one of my most read op-eds re: the #DeclarationOfIndependence it is titled:
"The Dilemma of the #FourthofJuly."
I am grateful to @nativenews_net for once again re-publishing it in 2022:
nativenewsonline.net/opinion/the-di…
"The Dilemma of the #FourthofJuly."
I am grateful to @nativenews_net for once again re-publishing it in 2022:
nativenewsonline.net/opinion/the-di…
The quote I began this thread with, re: the term #mercilessIndianSavages in the #DeclarationOfIndependence came from #UnsettlingTruths, the @ivpress book I co-authored with @profrah. Signed copies of the book can be purchased from my website:
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This #July4th over My Second Cup of Coffee I am talking about the significance of the use of the term "merciless Indian Savages" in the Declaration of Independence. I invite you to grab a cup and join me.
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To understand how the racism in the #DeclarationOfIndependence coincides with the lie of white supremacy evident in the rest of USA foundations, I invite you to watch my TEDx talk re: We the People
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