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MEDIA INDIGENA 273

Added 2021-10-29 01:16:47 +0000 UTC

Settler Shitposting / MI 273

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

Unsettled settlers. When it comes to advancing Indigenous causes, is making settlers 'feel bad' a winning strategy? At least one settler pundit says 'no,' and he’s rounded up some Indigenous people who seem to agree with him.

At issue: the apparent cultural war on Thanksgiving, where bad attitudes toward the cherished holiday have spilled across the U.S./Canada border like so much rancid gravy. And as the time of year nears for Americans to feel supremely thankful, leave it to some Indian ingrates to try and spoil the party!

Or at least, so says one Postmedia columnist with an axe to grind and a column to fill. In a moment, we’ll subject this settler polemic to some good ol' fashioned line-by-line media critique, carving it open like an overcooked turkey with no thanks given.

Joining host/producer Rick Harp at the 'table this week are regulars Kim TallBear (professor in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience & Environment) and Trina Roache (Rogers Chair in Journalism at the University of King’s College).

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LINKS REFERENCED / CONSULTED THIS EPISODE:

• Racism Lives Here Too - Part 1 | APTN Investigates

• Racism Lives Here Too - Part 2 | APTN Investigates

• Tweet: "We have entered that triple holiday part of the year... where a certain portion of Americans overindulge on anti-Native rhetoric." @RhinoReally

• "Rutherford parent's rant about 'canceling' Columbus Day gets her removed from meeting" WZTV Nashville

• "Maybe White People Should Feel Bad," by Michael Harriot The Root