What are "reparations"?
Two generations of minor concessions and symbolic independence after irreparable damage has already been done.
Later, rapid reversal by racist politicians and rapacious business lobbyists.
At least, that's my experience of receiving such.
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There are always legitimate indigenous interests regarding those few parts of the culture that have been preserved.
The rest is post-colonialist guilt masquerading as compassion, and quickly peters out into nothing.
Fuck that sorry display of cognitive dissonance.
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There are people everywhere who won't do more than a pretty word to support living native causes, but are super big on reparations.
It's always like that. It's so much easier to say you're someone's friend if YOU get to define their interests.
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