I suspect instead she represents an earlier time and a nation/empire many still wished they lived inĬonsidering the state of once-Great Britain, why shouldn’t Britons look to the past? It is hard to know whether the inevitable avalanche of mourning and reporting in the days and weeks ahead speaks to the way the monarchy still matters for many Britons. As the head of that empire she symbolised its racial order of white supremacy. Her coronation was an imperial event that evoked what some hoped would be a new Elizabethan age for what was still a very large Empire. Economic Freedom Fighters September 8, 2022ġ. The South African Economic Freedom Fighters Party was especially cold considering that the queen’s racial treason is a major reason they can strut around pretending they have a functional country.ĮFF Statement On The Death Of Queen Elizabeth /YlBhG2uXno Now give Africa back the gems y’all stole. (Often) white people saying 'hey but the colonists were people too' yeah and the people exploited and murdered in the colonies are what? Meanwhile, it’s not impolite to ask the colonized to mourn the chief symbol of their colonization?ītw this is how white supremacy, imperialism and colonialism are upheld. ĭecorum will silence people from telling the truth because it’s “impolite.†Today is a reminder of how things like ‘decorum’ help white supremacy be cultural-not just systemic. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas September 8, 2022 "Respect the dead" when we're all writing these Tweets *in English.* How'd that happen, hm? We just chose this language?
Telling the colonized how they should feel about their colonizer's health and wellness is like telling my people that we ought to worship the Confederacy. When have Black folks gotten a chance to mourn? Anybody? Only your old genocidal racist British colonialist friends will now be able to see your jokes about the Queen according to /e1WijCtHw1īrits get two weeks off to mourn because the Queen died. Tariq Nasheed 🇺🇸 September 9, 2022Īccording to no black people will mourn the Queen's death since she's a colonizer. We are reminded of the urgency of Treaty with First Nations, justice & reparations for British colonies & becoming a republic. I cannot mourn the leader of a racist empire built on stolen lives, land and wealth of colonised peoples. However, there were countless others who responded heartlessly to the queen’s death.Ĭondolences to those who knew the Queen. We are happy to do the DEI song and dance but we throw a professor who calls out literal white supremacy in a way that makes people uncomfortable under the bus.
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