Monday, April 6, 2009

A form of biological warfare.

I’ve never thought much about feminism. I was kind of ignorant and believed that most women, of all races, just bound together to “fight the man”. After recent readings, that naïve idea of mine has been completely reversed. In particular, indigenous feminism is based around many ideas that I believe are more affective towards indigenous females. For example, there was a piece written by Winona LaDuke. It was extremely moving and based around the effects of colonization; it was not pleasant. At one point in time, colonization affected the Mohawk women b/c they are the ones to reproduce and keep the Native American culture thriving. But they weren’t able to do that b/c of the amount of toxins they were feeding their babies through breast milk. Where did these toxins come from? The food and air the Mohawk Indians were surrounded by. Which is perfect for the idea of colonization because they want to completely wipe out the population. In a way, this reminds of a biological warfare. Which is just as harmful as a nuclear war, but in a more deceitful manner.

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