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"There were no black people in the community where I grew up. It was a small
town of only 2,000 residents utterly lacking in diversity. My hometown was in
Anishinaabe land, but we rarely saw Anishinaabe people, and we never discussed
them or their culture at school.
It was a conservative, authority-based community and we weren’t allowed to ask
questions. I’m a naturally curious person, so I was often punished for arriving
at perfectly reasonable conclusions. The result was that I became mistrustful
of authority, and I learned to hide what I truly believed.
Growing up, it was obvious that there was something wrong with the snake oil
philosophy the people around me were trying to sell. When I smelled it, I
became as skittish as a horse shying away from his own shadow. Still, their
ideology seeped in, and it remains as much a part of me as my bones and flesh.
Today, I think I can be useful in providing insight that might help bridge the
divide that’s become all too apparent in our society. A major misconception is
that this chasm is something new. The truth is that it has always been there,
it’s a structural flaw that’s been present since the birth of our nation, and
until it’s recognized and fixed, it will always hold us back."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
