I was gonna ask “Are Mestizos settlers?” but I quickly realized that the answer to this question probably isn’t black and white. If the answer to this isn’t just “Yes” or “No” then what determines whether or not a Mestizo person is a settler?
I was gonna ask “Are Mestizos settlers?” but I quickly realized that the answer to this question probably isn’t black and white. If the answer to this isn’t just “Yes” or “No” then what determines whether or not a Mestizo person is a settler?
Totally agreed. There’s so many frustrating “decolonize your mind” takes on twitter and elsewhere, as if having the correct ideas can undo the harms of colonialism.
It’s so much simpler: return stolen lands to indigenous sovereignty, period.