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flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 10 months agoWow! That’s insane (and really highlights how far my local indigenous people have come, the Maōri people)… What a gross monument
Gerard Baker sounds awesome!
Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 10 months ago
flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Try reading the native how website linked above - it’s a totally different perspective
Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Mt. Rushmore has literally NOTHING to do with the Maori
flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
It was meant as a comparison between two countries approach to their treatment of indigenous peoples, silly.
One attempts to pay lip service (NZ), while the other (US) still heavily white washes things
BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf 10 months ago
Yeah, its a really gross monument to oppression and genocide. It’s tough though, I don’t know how I’d feel about it’s removal, it would be even more damage to those mountains. Wouldn’t be opposed to some cheeky graffiti on it though.