really great read — I wanted to restack every other line so I just thought I might as well restack the whole piece! It is funny how in movies we do tell stories of resistance against an imperialist oppressor (Star Wars was my first thought)-- but somehow the heroes are still 'white cowboys'... anyway, thanks for writing this Abdulrahman!
Wow. You brought in so much here! and it really is all interlinked. My dad, who grew up in the Soviet Union, was telling me the other day how they were literally taught in school that Siberia was "empty land" before it became part of Russia (not true, obviously). He was telling me about a Russian historian who did a timeline comparison recently of Russian colonization of Siberia, and European states' colonization all over the world and said it was startling to see the parallels.
really great read — I wanted to restack every other line so I just thought I might as well restack the whole piece! It is funny how in movies we do tell stories of resistance against an imperialist oppressor (Star Wars was my first thought)-- but somehow the heroes are still 'white cowboys'... anyway, thanks for writing this Abdulrahman!
Thank you Olivia! 🌷✌🏼
Wow. You brought in so much here! and it really is all interlinked. My dad, who grew up in the Soviet Union, was telling me the other day how they were literally taught in school that Siberia was "empty land" before it became part of Russia (not true, obviously). He was telling me about a Russian historian who did a timeline comparison recently of Russian colonization of Siberia, and European states' colonization all over the world and said it was startling to see the parallels.
Thank you Antonia. 🙏🏼 I guess the head was carrying too much hah!
The cowboy is the cowboy; he can wear different clothes, talk a different language, but the mindset is the same.
I would love to read that historian's work if you can link me to it..
I asked my dad for it so we'll see if he comes through! I'll share if he does. Unfortunately, I think it's only in Russian.
There's something really big there in the universal idea of the cowboy. The colonizer, dominator, wears many different hats.