“I continue this good work for those yet to come.”
March 6th, 2024
Illuminem.com
Also published on http://www.thediversityblog.com
#IndigenousPeoples deserve special attention after centuries of abuse. On the eve of #IWD, here are some powerful and first hand insights from Amelia Marchand.
The dotted line from #colonialism to #climatebreakdown traverses through #Indigenous terrain. While America does not monopolize exploitation, very few can match its scale of brutality.
“I have heard again and again that climate change is a ‘threat multiplier’, says Amelia. “That means that the living conditions and quality of life from the richest to the poorest will be vulnerable to climate impacts, but that those climate impacts will be exacerbated – felt most extremely – by those on the margins of power, equality, and access to resources.”
Well known author and climate champion Amitav Ghosh provides a context in an interview with the Guardian: “Because for two centuries, European colonists tore across the world, viewing nature and land as something inert to be conquered and consumed without limits and the indigenous people as savages whose knowledge of nature was worthless and who needed to be erased. It was this settler colonial worldview – of just accumulate, accumulate, accumulate, consume, consume, consume – that has got us where we are now.”
“Unfortunately, the #patriarchal systems of many colonial and capitalistic governments, as experienced in the United States where #class and #racial #inequalities are still perpetuated, are structured in favor of benefiting men and boys. Some people may believe this subject is uncomfortable or unrelated to #climate and the #environment. But that belief is precisely why the topic must be discussed”, explains Amelia in this very candid conversation.
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