MEDIA INDIGENA 165
Added 2019-06-12 06:34:56 +0000 UTCON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:
What’s in a word? Well, when that word is "genocide" and you’re part of Canada’s mostly-white, mostly-male commentariat... nothing, apparently? And if you’re like the Prime Minister, the word supposedly matters much less than the vague actions we should all focus on going forward.
In part two of our extended look at the report of the Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, we examine the steaming pile of hot takes that have come in its wake, including those of Settler media makers at great pains to convince us that 'Canadian genocide' is just not a thing, and that using the G word somehow threatens Canada's reputation abroad.
Links referenced and/or consulted for this week's discussion:
- Why Canada and genocide belong in the same sentence
- Canada finally acknowledged the genocide against Indigenous women. It’s time to act.
- Answering Calls to Justice: A National Action Plan on Ending Violence
- What the debate around Indigenous genocide says about Canada
- Canada’s MMIWG report spurs debate on the shifting definitions of genocide
- An Act of Genocide: Canada’s Coerced Sterilization of First Nations Women
- We fact-checked a viral claim about who's killing MMIWG. It was wrong.
- Laval prof who wrote MMIW inquiry's legal analysis defends use of 'genocide' in report
- The MMIWG report chronicles exploitation without really defining it
- Murdered and missing women report risks being ignored with its all-or-nothing approach
- We need a new word: ‘genocide’ isn’t it
- The word you’re looking for is genocide
- Is Canada committing genocide? That doesn’t add up
- What does it mean to call Canada's treatment of Indigenous women a 'genocide'?
- The report on missing and murdered Indigenous women was searing and important, marred only by its inaccurate genocide charge
We've likely missed a link or two: we recommend you check out our Twitter timeline for all sorts of items and commentary related to the Inquiry report.
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