Standing on the Shoulders of Our Ancestors: An Afro-Indigenous View

This teach-in, led by Daniel Ferman-Leon, will give an overview of colonization, anti-Blackness, and white supremacy as world-making, hemispheric structural processes that have shaped the existence of Black, Indigenous, and racialized peoples across Turtle Island. We will go over central definitions and concepts that have been developed by and through de-colonial and Black radical traditions. We will grapple with popular, and at times contradictory, notions of Latinidad, Indigeneity, Blackness, race, and whiteness to stress the need for clarity and mutual understanding. Ultimately, this teach-in underscores the need to challenge hegemonic, white-centered ideas about racial difference and instead fashion our own collective identities through shared struggle and ethical commitments to our communal well-being.