"Next year marks the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America. While from the administration of President Donald Trump and his supporters we can expect a year full of toxic nationalism-misdescribed, of course, as "patriotism"-it will likely fall largely on Black and Indigenous people to hold up a mirror to the nation and carve out space for accountability, honesty, and repair."
"As Black and Indigenous people, we know firsthand that the creation of this nation happened at our ancestors' expense. The legacies of anti-Indigeneity and anti-Blackness live all around us. The nation's first sins were genocide and slavery, so our collective redemption is only possible through reckoning with and restitution for those harms. In other words, our solidarity and united insistence upon shared visions of justice are the balm and antidote."
Next year marks the 250th anniversary of the United States' founding and will likely feature toxic nationalism from the Trump administration and its supporters. Black and Indigenous people will need to hold up a mirror to the nation and carve out space for accountability, honesty, and repair. The Black Liberation-Indigenous Sovereignty Collective hosted Disrupting 250, a writers' retreat that convened Black and Native storytellers to envision a liberated next 250 years. Writers imagined what a United States that does not trample Indigenous and Black needs, cultures, and ambitions would look, taste, and feel like. The nation's first sins—genocide and slavery—demand reckoning, restitution, and solidarity rooted in shared visions of justice.
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