What Can “Settlers of Colour” Teach Us? A Conversation of the Complexities of Decolonization in White Universities

Jadah G.-O.

This fact sheet discusses how academic institutions are sites of settler colonialism, and how non-white people participate in perpetuating white supremacy. It lays out practices and paths for fighting white supremacy by refusing to work within the constraints of colonial systems. It emphasizes the importance of stories and creating stories that save lives.

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References

Patel, S., & Nath, N. (2022). What can "Settler of Colour" Teach Us? A Conversation of the Complexities of Decolonization in White Universities. In A. Gebhard, S. McLean, & V. St. Denis (Eds.), White benevolence: racism and colonial violence in the helping professions (pp. 146-162). Fernwood Publishing.

Source Authors

Nisha Nath, Shaista Patel

Keywords

"Institutionalized approaches to equity", Accountability, Anti-Indigenous Racism, Anti-Muslim Racism, Betraying Whiteness, Caste, Casteism, colonial authority, colonial paradigms, Colonial Violence, complacency, Complicity, Decolonization, Dehumanization, Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Ethical practices, Indigenous dispossession, Indigenous Erasure, Indigenous Genocide, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Law and Beliefs, Individual participation, Limited Colonial Archive, Maintaining White Supremacy, participation in whiteness, racialized settlerhood, Racist Violence, Settler Colonial Project, Settler Colonialism, Settlerhood, Stories, structural participation, Structural violence, What is whiteness?, White supremacy, Whiteness, Xenophobia

Themes

Anti-Racism, Betraying Whiteness, Settler Colonialism, Theory