#not some distant detached ‘return to culture’ or invisibilizing American Culture
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[vaguely gesturing to discourse buzzing on the horizon] there is no pure pristine culture to return to, we have to interrogate the ones we have and make our own
#no shame to ppl reconnecting with their european ancestral culture but i am suspicious of those movements too#white supremacy runs so deep#and idk if it’s rly truly less appropriative and more just to cling to reviving european traditions you’re deeply detached from#i want to give the benefit of doubt to everyone trying to find a place in the world and do it right / justly#but i do wonder if white settlers in the US need to find ways of being that acknowledge where and what we are#not some distant detached ‘return to culture’ or invisibilizing American Culture#but finding specificity in Where You Are and how you got there#building relationships with the land and local community and the uniqueness in that#and still grappling with white supremacy and settler colonialism as 100% saturating forces which are core to all of this#i don’t think there are perfect answers but it’s worth talking about#the disconnect from Culture/tradition/meaning-making structures is something everyone grapples with individually#it’s your own familial / ancestral history to wrestle with but#there are common threads of disconnection to Being American#and specific shared baggage to the broad umbrella of White Americanism#idk just scattered thoughts we need to figure out how to be good ppl without letting ourselves off the hook for systemic violence
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