Adam and Diana discuss three readings:

"Ghost Dance Prophecy," Chapter 10 of "An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States," by Roxane Dunbar-Ortiz;

"Heteropatriarchy and the Three Pillars of White Supremacy," by Andrea Smith; and

"The Racist Origins of U.S. Policing: Demilitarization Will Require Decolonization," by Julian Go.

The core of the United States' identity is white supremacy. Its growth as a nation has always depended on genocide, enslavement, and colonization, beginning in indigenous American land, and now globally. To fight them, we need to understand how our oppressions differ, interact, and enable the others. White Supremacy is not a ladder we can climb to the top of. It is a 3-legged stool.

REFERENCED RESOURCES:

"An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States" (Chapter 10 attached) https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/indigenous-peoples-history-of-the-us/

"Heteropatriarchy and the Three Pillars of White Supremacy" https://cpt.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/Undoing%20Oppressions%20-%20Three%20Pillars%20-%20Smith.pdf

"The Racist Origins of U.S. Policing: Demilitarization Will Require Decolonization" https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-07-16/racist-origins-us-policing

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