![]() At the heart of the question of African collaboration in slavery is the idea of Black agency in other words, the ways Black individuals and groups acted in the past to help shape the present. Last time around we talked about the Transatlantic Slave Trade and the role of Africans in the perpetuation of the Plantation Complex. #2 – On Abolition, Black Agency, and White Saviour Complexes Those who practise their indigeneity live more closely to the traditional ways of being and knowing than to the dominant country or nation’s culture. Culture is the backbone of human biological success. Cultural groups are distinguished by sets of unspoken rules and norms that shape how members within the culture act and think. ![]() CultureĪ social system of meaning that helps ensure human group survival in a specific environment. Ethnicity puts people into smaller social groups based on characteristics such as values, language, behaviour, political interests, and hxstory. It is formed by your association with a group. This concept is also socially constructed. There is evidence that BIPOC are less likely to be hired for the same job as a white person. There is evidence that BIPOC are disproportionately targeted by the police. Race is a construct that has very real implications for people who are racialized. This is not to say that race is not real. For example, Mexicans have been considered both white and non-white in the USA. What is also interesting is that racial categories and their meanings change over time. This didn’t pan out – biologically, there is actually more difference between two people of the same race than of two people of different races. Scientists classified humans, plants, and animals into races, trying to name a biological difference within species. This concept is a social construct, meaning that humans invented race in its entirety. **In this volume there are 9 sections: Art, Project UPdates, Terms To Know, How We Got Here, Current Events, Book Recommendations, Important Dates, 2SLGBTQPNIA+ and UPlift Spotlight.** Find joy, yes – keep sharing, supporting, donating, amplifying, showing UP anyway and every way you can. Rest when you need to, yes – don’t you take that foot off the pedal, there’s no cruise option here. ![]() Let them fuel you for what’s next, for what’s now. Make sure you are finding time to laugh, to do something you love, to be silly. Without the support we receive in various ways we would not be able to keep doing what we are doing. We strongly believe in UPlifting one another, it’s even in our name, we are so thankful for those who UPlift us as well. ![]() We do though, because of the support we receive from the community and beyond. It’s been wild, heavy and hard to carry on at times. It’s Thanksgiving weekend and we wanted to take a moment to say thank you! Thank you to you the readers for reading, please share this as well! We are living in a time of a lot of uncertainty, a pandemic that not all believe is happening.
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