En relisant mes brouillons, je trouve celui-ci. Je réactualise simplement le contexte.
Puisque je suis cité dans la presse canadienne anglophone (en 2020), voici le correctif que j'ai envoyé au journal (cette année-là) suite à la publication de la première version de leur article et de leur reportage vidéo (évidemment, c'est en anglais...) :
Hi,
Please note that I am an Associate Professor at MRU and a land defender, not a protester. I join Indigenous land defenders in ensuring a sustainable future for all of us.
Please also note that there has been no major concessions to Indigenous peoples from the Canadian state that has not involved disruptive direct action (see one of Martin Lukacs's most recent tweets). The problem is not the blockades of Indigenous peoples and their allies, it is the stubbornness of a colonial state. Stating, like my colleague does, that this situation will lead to backlash (understand from the white or white-aspiring population) does not enlighten the situation. Stating, like this store owner, that "blockade is not very Canadian", refers to a white-framed idea of what constitutes a true, respectable and legitimate Canadian. This is clearly not respectful of the lives of Indigenous peoples and of their struggles for self determination. Finally, it is immoral to equate the temporary inconvenience of a settler capitalist with the indignities suffered by Indigenous peoples at the hands of the state that have been ongoing for the past 500 years. In the words of writer Marie-Michelle Melotte " There can be no parallels drawn between the indignities wrought by the settler state against Indigenous populations on Turtle Island and the resentments of settler industry and settlers themselves who feel their supremacy rightfully attacked and their over-representation and legitimacy rightly diminished and called into question."
Hi,
Please note that I am an Associate Professor at MRU and a land defender, not a protester. I join Indigenous land defenders in ensuring a sustainable future for all of us.
Please also note that there has been no major concessions to Indigenous peoples from the Canadian state that has not involved disruptive direct action (see one of Martin Lukacs's most recent tweets). The problem is not the blockades of Indigenous peoples and their allies, it is the stubbornness of a colonial state. Stating, like my colleague does, that this situation will lead to backlash (understand from the white or white-aspiring population) does not enlighten the situation. Stating, like this store owner, that "blockade is not very Canadian", refers to a white-framed idea of what constitutes a true, respectable and legitimate Canadian. This is clearly not respectful of the lives of Indigenous peoples and of their struggles for self determination. Finally, it is immoral to equate the temporary inconvenience of a settler capitalist with the indignities suffered by Indigenous peoples at the hands of the state that have been ongoing for the past 500 years. In the words of writer Marie-Michelle Melotte " There can be no parallels drawn between the indignities wrought by the settler state against Indigenous populations on Turtle Island and the resentments of settler industry and settlers themselves who feel their supremacy rightfully attacked and their over-representation and legitimacy rightly diminished and called into question."
