Decolonizing Antiracism

Comprehension

Before applying Lawrence and Dua’s work in our own life and organizing, we must first make sure we understand what they are saying. Take the following questions and answer them in your own words. When doing so, try to limit the number of sentences you use and aim to explain these concepts succinctly. To double-check your work, or if you are truly stuck, you may visit the summary sections that address the question.

1. What does it mean to look at Canada as a colonized space? 

2. What is Indigenous sovereignty?

3. What does it mean to ignore Indigenous sovereignty?

4. Lawrence and Dua name 5 ways these theories have been constructed on a colonized framework. What are those 5 ways and what are some examples of how theories have failed to factor in Indigenous sovereignty?

5. In practice, what are some more tangible ways antiracist theory has failed?

6. How are people of color complicit in or participatory in colonizing projects?

7. What three things need to be done in the present and future to ensure antiracism theory is decolonized?

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