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They’re fucking passive. They should directly implicate the US. Instead of “We are on unceded land of the Salish people” we should say “The US government stole this land from the Salish people and genocided their tribe”

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[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 66 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The problem with them is that they're bullshit. We have them here in Australia "We recognise that this is the land of XYZ"

No you don't. You haven't given those people any legal right over their land. You might as well be saying nothing.

[–] newmou@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago

Yeah each one should at least come with “we donated x% of our proceeds from this to [the tribe]” or whatever. Something actually tangible. Otherwise it’s just, and we all know this to be true of course, self righteous lip service

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago

It's actually worse than saying nothing, it's basically sarcastic and kicking them while they're down

"Oh yeah? You want your land back? Well too bad"

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Aw well, bud, seems like you ain't a fella Canuck?

Well, I stay by your statement: land acknowledgements are, at best, useless, if not patronizing....