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Re: Academic decolonization
« Reply #30 on: October 08, 2021, 10:54:43 pm »
https://www.ajc.com/news/emory-apologizes-for-campuses-displacing-native-americans/AEZPSYGPMZC5PDFYN5BXUFZSVY/

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On Monday, the Emory board of trustees approved an official “Land Acknowledgment for Emory University” that “acknowledges the Muscogee (Creek) people who lived, worked, produced knowledge on, and nurtured the land where Emory’s Oxford and Atlanta campuses are now located.”

In a statement issued by President Gregory L. Fenves, the acknowledgment “sheds light on a tragic chapter in the Emory story.”

“It also reminds us of the important work that lies ahead to create a university community that is more inclusive of Native and Indigenous perspectives, learning, and scholarship,” Fenves said.

More importantly, the university should increasingly exclude Western perspectives, learning and scholarship. It is excluding Western learning, not including non-Western learning, which we need if we are to stop:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-right/if-western-civilization-does-not-die-soon/

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Emory’s announcement came 10 years after the board of trustees adopted a formal statement of regret over the school’s historic involvement with African-American slavery.

It also came ahead of the university’s “In the Wake of Slavery and Dispossession” symposium starting Wednesday. The three-day event will explore the school’s history with slavery and Native American land dispossession and examine through panels, performances and art installations how that history affects the present.
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“This is a moment in which scholars, activists and artists of color have compelled a national conversation surrounding enduring legacies of anti-Black racism and, increasingly, colonialism, including overlaps between Indigenous dispossession and the enslavement of Black people in this country,” said Alix L. Olson, an assistant professor of women’s and gender studies at Oxford College.

The overlap is that both groups of victims were Americans while their common oppressors were Westerners.

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Fenves said the school will continue to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day and take steps to establish a stronger connection with the Muscogee Nation.

But will it take steps to weaken its connection with Western civilization?