A liberal arts professor at the University of Minnesota called for people to "dismantle" and "decolonize" America during a pro-Palestinian event.Earlier this month, University of Minnesota liberal arts professor Melanie Yazzie took the stage with several other speakers as part of the anti-capitalist Native American advocacy group the Red Nation's "teach-in" on the Israel-Hamas war.
During the pro-Palestinian event, Yazzie made several controversial comments, including early on when she said she wanted a takeaway from the event to be that "we're all indigenous people who come from nations who are under occupation by the United States government."
"And, of course, the U.S. bankrolls the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land," Yazzie continued. "They're one and the same, really."
"So it's our responsibility as people who are within the United States to go as hard as possible to decolonize this place because that will reverberate all across the world," Yazzie said. "Because the U.S. is the greatest predator empire that has ever existed."
Yazzie said that she and her comrades "want [the] U.S. out of everywhere," including "Palestine" and "Turtle Island" -- a name used by some Native American tribes to describe North America."And that the goal is to dismantle the settler project that is the United States for the freedom and the future of all life on this planet," Yazzie said. "It very much depends on that."
Yazzie also appeared to imply she saw the "entire world" change after the Oct. 7 attacks by the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas on innocent Israeli civilians and claimed that "Palestine is the alternative path for native nations."
"It is a righteous struggle and it is so powerful that it has literally, in 60 days, changed the entire world," Yazzie said. "The entire world has changed. I knew it the moment that it happened that nothing, and I mean nothing for colonizers or for any of the good, humble people of the Earth, would ever be the same ever again."
"And we need to lean into that. Lean into the fact that colonizers are scared," she said, laughing. "Lean into scaring them and making them feel uncomfortable!"
All of us, every single man, woman, and child on the face of the Earth were born with the same unalienable rights; to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And, if the governments of the world can't get that through their thick skulls, then, regime change will be necessary.
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Wednesday, December 27, 2023
U. of Minnesota "Professor" Praises the Terrorism of 10/7, Calls for Violent "Decolonization" of America
University Professor Melanie Yazzie
No problem, now we know where to start...
ReplyDeleteLet's not discuss my great, great grandfather, Solomon Pasco, who was the last white man to be scalped in Indian territory in Oklahoma by Chief White Water. I am not kidding.
ReplyDeleteAnd let's not dwell on the fact that my father's mother was Cherokee. God! Who exactly, should I support in this fight? sigh
Can we rid our nation of stupid people? That is the real question.