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I'm happy to share that today is the release of the paperback edition of my book Lessons in Legitimacy: Colonialism, Capitalism, and the the Rise of State Schooling in British Columbia:
Sean Carleton
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Sean Carleton
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Historian/Indigenous Studies. Books: When The Pine Needles Fall; Lessons in Legitimacy; Dissenting Traditions; Direct Action Gets the Goods.
- Then don't support fascists, Wayne. This isn't hard.
Janet Gretzky says it has “broken (Wayne’s) heart” to read and see the mean comments about him and he would “do anything to make Canadians proud.” - In less than two years, we’ve gone from “we’re all in this together” and “flatten the curve to support frontliners” to “it’s your duty to keep working and get sick/die for the economy.” COVID is the virus, but capitalism has always been the pandemic.
- It’s so frustrating, as an historian of Indigenous-settler relations, to hear fellow settlers say that treaties give Indigenous peoples “special privileges.” Without those treaties, settlers wouldn’t have the “special privilege” of living here. We need more treaty education.
- If you're a settler feeling lost as to where to "start" to learn more about residential schooling, I'm a non-Indigenous historian of the system. To help play my role, I'm making myself available to field your questions and to provide accessible resources etc. Hit me up.This Post is from an account that no longer exists. Learn more
- Canada: this is just a reminder from a friendly historian that the RCMP was *literally* created to check and suppress Indigenous resistance to colonization and capitalist accumulation. What is going on at #Unistoten is not an anomaly, a "one-time" deal; it is Canada.
- Historian of schooling here to remind everyone that public universities are not, in fact, businesses.Opinion: Facing pro-Palestinian protests, universities must realize they are businesses - and act like it theglobeandmail.com/business/comme…
- Banning talk of "decolonization" on X is the most predictable, colonizer response to decolonization.
- Replying to @JeffFynnPaulFor people new to this hot mess, Jeff's been at this white innocence project for a while. No credible historian takes him seriously. Even Foreign Policy eviscerated his "ideas," here's a good read to get you caught up:
- I see some confusion re: the relationship between residential schools and "Canada Day," so as an historian let me clarify: residential schools were developed and defended by Canada as part of its strategy of colonization + nation-building; Canada and the schools are intertwined.
- Mulroney loved Canada *so much* that he sent in the army to end the 1990 Mohawk resistance, defending the right of settlers to build a golf course and condos over an Indigenous cemetery. That’s how much he loved Canada aka capitalist accumulation by colonial dispossession.Brian Mulroney loved Canada. I’m devastated to learn of his passing. He never stopped working for Canadians, and he always sought to make this country an even better place to call home. I’ll never forget the insights he shared with me over the years – he was generous, tireless,
- Remarkable that Angus Reid shared a disinformation video re: church arsons and engaged in residential school denialism - and defended it in the same week as Orange Shirt Day - and no media outlets reported the story. He's deleted his account, but let me connect the dots 🧵
- Canadians, a few weeks ago, responding to #ShutDownCanada: all these Wet'suwet'en solidarity actions are inconvenient and hurting the economy. We can't just cancel everything to fix social problems. Canadians, now, responding to #COVID19: #CancelEverythingNow #ShutDownCanada
