Anti-colonialism

This text was originally written in French

Racialized people are victims of many forms of discrimination. For instance, during the 2016 census, the income of people reported as belonging to visible minorities was 30% lower than white people. Another example is the fact that polluting factories and city dumps are often found on land populated by Indigenous and racialized people. One may assume that capitalist developments simply prefer territory inhabited by poorer people, but wealth does not explain what is seen in the field. In practice, capitalist developments are often used as a pretext to enforce racist ideology. [1]

Les personnes racisées sont victimes de nombreuses discriminations. Par exemple, le revenu moyen des personnes rapportées comme minorités visibles dans le recensement de 2016 est de 30% inférieur à celui des personnes blanches. D’autres manifestations incluent le fait que les usines polluantes et les dépotoirs se retrouvent fréquemment sur des territoires regroupant des populations racisées et autochtones. On pourrait penser que le développement capitaliste préfère simplement les territoires habités par des personnes plus pauvres, mais la richesse n’explique pas tout. La réalité est que le développement capitaliste sert souvent de prétexte pour des politiques racistes. [1]

I remember the first time I killed a deer. I don’t know why, but before we started skinning or anything, I walked up to that deer and I put my hand on it. I could feel that the deer was still warm. In that moment I knew that he was the same as me. As I had taken his life, now I owed him mine.