tw: canadian residential schools and genocide
if you live on “canadian” territory and participated in canada day celebrations today, i want you to seriously reconsider your point of view as a settler in Turtle Island (North America). remember last year when there was such a huge outcry for the #cancelcanadaday and #noprideingenocide movements following the recovery of 751 unmarked children's graves? (notice how i didn't say discovery because indigenous peoples have known that those graves were always there?)
yeah well anyways, where's that same energy this year when the truth and reconciliation report is estimating there are over 3200 unmarked graves out there? i KNEW that everything that happened last year would mostly end up being false allyship. most of the canada day events were cancelled because of covid not because people gave a damn about mourning indigenous trauma.
if you were an actual ally, this would have been front and centre of your minds today. if you were an actual ally, you would have worn orange and black instead of red and white. if you were an actual ally, you would have donated your money to indigenous organizations instead of purchasing frivolous Canada day products.
celebrating canada day celebrates colonialism, genocide and stolen land. end of story.
if you are one of my followers and have no idea what i am talking about i encourage you to read more about residential schools in canada and the 60s scoop as a starting point! support indigenous organizations and businesses if you are able!
i'm not going to sit around here today and let this slide without saying anything. i'm not celebrating canada day and never will, not after the canadian government institutionalized to "kill the indian in the child." not after knowing what my grandmother would have experienced in those institutions.
