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B.C. MLA's act to prohibit land acknowledgements in schools fails 1st reading (www.cbc.ca)

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[–] jaselle@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

that deny the sovereignty of the Crown within British Columbia or that attribute collective guilt to individuals based on race, ancestry or the actions of Canadian historical figures.

Well this is just dishonest. Land acknowledgments just acknowledge the land was stolen by settlers. You do not have to believe in the notion of collective guilt to be in favour of land acknowledgment. It's not about ascribing blame to anyone alive today; it's about pointing out a problem that remains unsolved.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (5 children)

True and agree but....

Practically speaking, almost all lands world wide have been (re)conquered at one point or another. This is a problem almost anywhere.

Can we at some point just acknowledge it in maybe a yearly remembrance somewhere? I just really wonder if we need to remind eachother multiple times per day, every day, that we live on the unconceded lands of...

[–] jaselle@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

IMO the problem is not really what happened in the past -- we don't tend to bother fighting for justice for peoples that were completely wiped out. It's the ongoing problems that are what really matters. Land acknowledgments are a proxy for this, but an schelling-effective one; one that people can rally around.

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