Thanksgiving is a Day of Mourning, from LAPOCC
The following is from the Liberate Austin People of Color Collective. You can click over to their original post right here, if you’d like. It includes a statement from the LAPOCC, an article by two indigenous activists, and some links to further essays. LAPOCC is still getting their site together, so there’s not much else there, but keep an eye on it for future insightful commentary, for sure. “It is a deep thing that people still celebrate the survival of the early colonists at Plymouth — by giving thanks to the Christian god who supposedly protected and championed the European invasion. The real meaning of all that, then and now, needs to be continually excavated. The myths and lies that surround the past are constantly draped over the horrors and tortures of our present. - Mike Ely, Kasama Project ...