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So the racist pieces of shit who did this are our Kamloops neighbours. Now what? #TRC #TruthBeforeReconciliation 1/ 
I heard @tult7 on CBC condemning this as “small minded hate crime”, saying he hopes this racism isn’t representative of Kamloops.
I don’t know if I can be as generous as Kukpi7 Ignace. The racism is real and everyday and ingrained. In Kamloops, and the rest of Canada too. 2/
I don’t know if I can be as generous as Kukpi7 Ignace. The racism is real and everyday and ingrained. In Kamloops, and the rest of Canada too. 2/
I talk to community & business groups, educators & bureaucrats abt Indigenous history/rights/ all the time. It’s an *understatement* to say people are ignorant of Indigenous issues.
It’s better characterized as flat out denial. A preference for ignorance. And it fuels racism. 3/
It’s better characterized as flat out denial. A preference for ignorance. And it fuels racism. 3/
I have an idea instead of renaming Emily Carr’s ‘Indian Church’.
👉Teach the role of these little churches in Canada’s civilization project. In clearing the land. In cultural genocide.👈 #TruthBeforeReconciliation (AGO pics) 1/
👉Teach the role of these little churches in Canada’s civilization project. In clearing the land. In cultural genocide.👈 #TruthBeforeReconciliation (AGO pics) 1/
The decision to Remove-the-Indian-From-The-Painting is a decolonizing opportunity lost.
Better to learn WTF an Indian Church is & *why* they’re everywhere (📷VancouverArchives) 2/
Better to learn WTF an Indian Church is & *why* they’re everywhere (📷VancouverArchives) 2/
Sure, Carr called the painting Indian Church, and that may grate since we’ve now matured into FirstNationsIndigenous vocab... but it actually WAS that.
It’s a thing: a ~Church~ built by missionaries for ~Indians~. 3/
It’s a thing: a ~Church~ built by missionaries for ~Indians~. 3/
