LET US STOP CELEBRATING COLONIALISM
--- LET US CELEBRATE FREEDOM THROUGH TRUTH
TODAY is celebrating Colonialism
British and French hence perpetuating colonialism and neocolonialism and
negating all those who are NOT White European making it an all-White holiday
that also celebrates a history that is full of slavery, domination and celebrates
White supremacy and privilege. Let us celebrate
freedom by facing our history acknowledging our past and start a new tradition
that is inclusive of all.
Queen Victoria ruled over the
world and knew that the sun never set on the British Empire. During her reign
we Canada was a Dominion and we were given the BNA Act (British North American
Act) and the “Indian Act” in both cases women were not persons under the
Law. Queen Victoria did not believe in suffrage
for women. Meaning women did not have
the vote, even if requested by Suffragettes.
First Nation women who could vote lost their right and so did men because
they were considered to be “ORIENTAL” after all they were renamed “Indian”
meaning they came from India. They were
serfs and now under THE law they became children like women they were not able
to make decision on their own they need a man a White man of European
background to tell them what to do and how to do it, that man is known as the “great
White Father” Not so great in my opinion.
Because Father did not know
best. As a woman how can I celebrate a
woman who did not believe I could think and vote? As a woman how can I celebrate
colonialism? Nine (9) provinces and
territories celebrate Queen Victoria but not in Quebec.
Quebec does not celebrate because
they claim it is not proper as England colonized France, therefore they decided
to celebrate First Dollard des Ormeaux and then settle on the Patriots of 1837.
The Patriots are also a symbol of
colonialism. They have been made into
heroes by some French speaking Canadians as they fought against England hence
they promote war and not PEACE. Secondly, the ones from Chateauguay wanted to
go to war with Mohawks and with the British.
On a Sunday morning when Mohawks were attending Mass in the Catholic
Church they made their way to Kahnawake to steal their hunting guns and attack
the Mohawk’s. One woman who was late saw
them coming and alerted the men at Church and the Patriots were defeated and
rounded up and given to the British. It
was not the place of Mohawks to put them on trial it was for the governments of
Upper Canada to deal with the men who were at war with both the Mohawks and
England. They wanted to rule over Quebec
and be under France and the politicians of the time enforced the Code of Napoleon
in 1804, where women all women had NO RIGHTS.
The leadership of France was and is Misogynistic. As a woman how can I celebrate the Patriots
who wanted to make sure I had no RIGHTS…
Plus, these men wanted to keep their slaves Black or First Nation. England had banned slavery in all its colonies
and Upper and Lower Canada were colonies.
How can I celebrate colonialism, neo-colonialism, misogyny and slavery
as a Woman?
Be it Queen Victoria day or
Patriot day represents oppression of First Nation those of African descent
which include former slaves, and makes Jews, First Nation, African-Canadians
and women second class citizens… LET US STOP CELEBRATING COLONIALISM MISOGYNY
AND INTELLECTUAL SLAVERY.
SOLUTION push for a new holiday
that celebrates FREEDOM based on truth.
