One of the many generational scars of colonialism is displacement. In Palestine, Tigray, Sudan, the DRC, of the Rohingya people, Uyghur people, the list is endless.
The UN states that at least 1 in every 57 people on this planet is displaced.
This number does not factor all of the generations “displaced” over decades and centuries through enslavement, war, genocide, and colonization.
From all across Africa, the Philippines, Korea, the Islands of Oceania, Turtle Island. Again, the list is endless.
I am technically a couple of generations after the date of the division of Korea, but I still feel eternally generationally displaced. That divide and displacement impact me every single moment of my life.
Displacement is life altering.
It is generation altering.
Colonialism REQUIRES displacement.
And often, we cannot “go back” to what once was because time, families and memories were stolen.
However, we can all fight for LandBack with Indigenous stewardship because that means that everyone gets to be a guest on a planet that is owned by no one, but livable by everyone.
Liberation is life.
When we recognize that land is our relative and family, it changes everything.
Just as we understand that being in a circle of people connects us through our breath, energy, and even moods, expand your mind to understand also that every being on this planet is in one earth-sized circle. We are all connected.
LandBack y’all.
It is the path to liberation.
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