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I mean, I'm not mad if you want to refer to Northern Ireland as Britain, you can do whatever you feel comfortable doing! It's just a subtle thing and I feel tha
by mtalantikite 4y ago
I mean, I'm not mad if you want to refer to Northern Ireland as Britain, you can do whatever you feel comfortable doing! It's just a subtle thing and I feel that language is important. Reminds me of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QemYNQfix-c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QemYNQfix-c
To the rest of your point, it's not my fault I was born here because my family was forced to leave their homelands due to the effects of colonization (in Ireland and Algeria). My grandfather was abducted and murdered by the French due to his involvement with the FLN and the decolonization of Algeria. So that one is closer in historical time and trauma to me, but I think about Ireland quite often as well.
And yes I'm critical of US colonialism and enslavement, and this country's continued imperialism around the world. I fully support reparations to all indigenous people in the United States and the descendants of those that were formally enslaved. I've voluntarily paid land tax to Native American tribes that are indigenous to where I live (Brooklyn). It's all interdependent.