Americans are once again trending “Puerto Rico” asking for statehood, so here’s your daily reminder that context matters:
https://twitter.com/deviIette/status/1382332757393747973 …
Do you feel like statehood for Puerto Rico will lessen colonialism or more deeply entrench it?
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I answer this question in the thread, but to summarize, I have listened to the experiences of my native hawaiian brothers and sisters thus understand that US statehood is the final stage of US colonialism.
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That is the California experience as well... we were also invaded etc.
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Today the Natural Resources Committee will have a hearing on Puerto Rico. Its important to remind you that Puerto Rico is a colony, therefore any discussion on statehood should be done by first recognizing how a century of US imperialism continues to influence votes on Status