palestine has taught me how easy it is to normalize genocide when it's so close to you
us americans currently live in a state actively continuing the largest genocide in history against its indigenous people
rightfully so, leftists and people with a moral compass are deeply disturbed by what's happening to palestine, and i think it's in part because we're outsiders not yet desensitized to violence against palestinians
but we also turn a blind eye to reservations where the government is actively depriving indigenous communities of adequate land, food, independence, sanitation, drinking water, and who continues to aid the collective forgetting of indigenous culture
north america was a whole ass world y'all, with civilizations as significant and massive as rome, and we know basically NOTHING about that world because our government has actively destroyed and buried it
the genocide is still ongoing; indigenous people are still here, fighting to preserve their culture and languages, and it's happening right now in your backyard
if you ever wanna know how israelis can live with themselves being so close to an ongoing genocide, you probably already know
some very true statements from talesfrommaurea
one of the most radical things we can do is contribute to spreading palestinian culture and documenting its history, because if we've learned anything from the indigenous genocides, it's that erasure upholds the forced disappearance of a people
do not stop talking and learning about palestine
do not stop talking and learning about indigenous peoples
On another 'learn about the genocide your own government is still doing in your on country' note: Europeans, do not stop (or start) talking and learning about how your government treats Rromani people.
