#decolinization

[havatabanca]

[thewardenisonthecase]

this is just rambling about brazil because the conversation rn about the liberalism in DA and the change = good/tradition = bad is remiding me of some stuff.

so, in latam, whenever we are criticizing portugal and spain for all they've done to us , we're often hit with the "but its been 500 years. you guys need to move on from that. if you're poor nowadays, its your fault, not ours". And this is something that I myself had to hear from a spaniard, its something I have seen portuguese people say a lot.

And what they don't get is that, it does not matter that "its been 500 years" because we still suffer because of colonization. We can't "move on" from it when so many of us are still affected by it. Hell, Brazil has a very complicated racism issue that is kinda very unique to our country and its in everyday life and its because of colonization. We are a "developing nation" because we were heavily explored and our natural resources were taken from us. The reason why to this day latam is upset with our colonizers is because we never had a chance to grow on our own - our lands were invaded by the europeans and then in the 60's, the USA helped install many right-wing dictatorships that deeply fucked up our countries. How are we eve supposed to "move on" when our colonizers call us monkey to this day, refuse to acknowdlegd any wrong doing and have thrived under our suffering?

And it gets into a cultural problem. I have a degree in performing arts and one thing we studied was history of theater in brazil. the first thing the teacher talked about how colonization fucked things. Because theater stems from religious practices, and all accounts show that pre-colonization Indegenous people in Brazil had practices that resemble theater and that, if given the space to grow, would have become that. But then the portuguese came and with both the genocide and forced catholicism, these practices have been almost lost to time. Yes, there are groups that these traditions have survived to this day, but a lot has been lost. I won't remember what period it was, but there was a movement in brazil, in regards to theater, that was about a "true brazilian theater". Because at the time our theater was heavily based on europe and this is something that goes into other aspects of art and culture which is what is truly ours? in the sense of, because of colonization, a lot of things from our culture stems from portugal and other european nations. we can't really claim Indegenous beliefs and practices as ours, especially when Indegenous people are still being hurt (just to explain this better, a lot of what is considered "brazilian folklore" are actually religious beliefs from Indigenous people who had expressed that they do not like these beliefs to be called "folklore" because its not. and then the other things that could be considered "brazilian folklore" stem from fucking catholicism, which means it came from portugal). Our culture is a mix of cultures that belong to so many other people, but nothing is truly ours. And i guess you could say that through that mix we make our own thing, and there is a beauty in that but it also. just kinda sucks that it feels that theres not much that is truly, 100% ours. that its always 'oh this was taken from this other culture and then we did our own thing' and its a topic that is always on my mind and it kinda gets on the topic of decolinization, and if im not mistaken, when that exploration phase was exploring what could have been if the portuguese hadn't invaded but anyways im deviating from the topic (and btw i do love our culture ok, im just getting a little philosophical or whatever).

Anyways what I mean to say is. you cant expect people to move on and let go of the past when the past is like, all we can cling on to to remind us of who we are. or who we were to be. In fact, we cant let go of the past because if we do, we're allowing ourselves to forget the wrongs we suffered and commit them again. In recent years, the right wing has been trying to do a historical revisionism of the dictatorship and claiming that "it wasnt so bad" "it was good for brazil, we made progress" (the dictatorship was literally one of the WORST period for the economy in brazil but please do tell me how it was so much better). This is why 'im still here" 's victory at the oscars is so important to us because that movie is about no, im not letting go of what has happened. There is a scene in the movie where the main character is asked "with the return of democracy, don't you think that the govnerment has more pressing matters than trying to remedy/right/heal (idk whats the best word) the past?" to which the main character says no. remeding the past IS a pressing issue the govnerment needed to do (and still has to do. so much of the dictatorship still needs to be remedied. so many people are still lost and we never knew their fate but alas).

tldr: you cant expect people to move on from the past when that past is an open wound that still bleeds.

[rainbowriderjt]

1937 Decoliner

[loislane-ana]

Decoliner Custom Built - Jay Leno's Garage

[nussbruch]

Jun 2024 Bleistift auf DIN A2. Man muß groß zeichnen. "Reclaim the Sheet!" In lockeren, großzügigen Schwüngen den Bogen vom kolonialistischen Weiß befreien. Decolinize that paper-Scheiss

Mein "Modell" für diese Zeichnung war übrigens ein jüdischer Mann. Natürlich wieder ein Meister seines Fachs, wie es so viele Juden werden, wenn sie erst einmal beschlossen haben, sich einer Sache mit dem nötigen Ernst zu widmen.***

Ich habe mir übers Wochenende ein bißchen Video-Footage zu den zurückliegenden "Pro Pälestein"-Protesten angesehen. Aus London, Australien, Berlin. Was für eine Mischung aus Möchtegern-Vergewaltigern, totalvermummten Weiß-der-Henker-wer-das-ist-Typen, harten Islamisten, verblödeten Frauen, die einfach gar nix über Israel wissen, und noch verblödeteren Gay-Aktivisten, die einfach bei jeder Demo rumhüpfen, und ansonsten brav denken, was ihnen der Guardian sagt. Was all diese Menschen eint, ist ihr Haß und die Suche nach einem Anlaß, Gewalt auszuüben. Was mich wundert, ist, daß die Polizei auch die offensichtlichsten Straftaten der Links-Islamisten nicht ahndet. Wahrscheinlich hat sie schon lange die Hoheit über den öffentlichen Raum verloren und kann gar nicht mehr eingreifen. Lieber verfolgt sie die Opfer der Linken. Interessant auf jeden Fall, zu sehen, wie der kleinste Anlaß genutzt wird, um sich zu einem linken Lynch-Mob zu gruppieren, der nur durch die Angst vor der Gefängnisstrafe aufgehalten wird. Primitivste* archaische Höhlenmenschen, Egoismus-Maschinen, Massenmörder.

Menschen, die in einer Anarchie, in einer Welt, in der jeder Mensch nur sich selbst Rechenschaft schuldig ist, sofort mit dem Töten beginnen würden. Wenn man es nur unter dem Aspekt der psychischen, der charakterlichen Verfaßtheit betrachtet, haben diese Leute mit mir, dem mitteleuropäischen Weißen, nichts gemein. Unter diesem Aspekt sind diese Leute ganz einfach eine andere Spezies. Auch wenn viele von ihnen rein äußerlich so aussehen wie ich. Aber ich selbst würde nie aus Langeweile töten.

__ * Ich bin immer sehr vorsichtig beim Gebrauch des Superlativs. Hier aber kann ich ihn mit gutem Gewissen verwenden. Vorsichtig allein deshalb, weil Linke ihn so hirnlos rausschleudern, obwohl oft der Positiv ausreicht. Ebenso kritisiere ich die ständige Verwendung des Attributs "unerträglich", als würden die Linken alle am Kreuz hängen. etc etc **Modell ist etwas übertrieben. Sagen wir lieber "Anregung", denn Bewegungsunschärfe und Dunkelheit haben nur wenig brauchbare Anhaltspunkte gegeben. Seine Beine aber waren wirklich so dünn. Fast wie meine. *** Keine Angst, Ihr Antisemiten! Ich bin ein Erz-Kathole, ein Ultra-Montaner, ein Jesuiten-Zögling, ein Papist. (Naja, ich will nicht lügen. Ich wäre Jesuiten-Schüler gewesen, hätten nicht die Preussen 18irgendundsiebzig die Jesuiten verboten und aus dem Jesuiten-Kolleg, das meine Schule einmal war, die Kaiserin-Augusta-Lehranstalt gemacht.)

[experttouchtiling]

Porcelain tile surround tub up to the ceiling in offset pattern with horizontal deco line and niche on the back wall. Schluters on all open edges. Porcelain 8x8 tile on the floor in straight pattern. #experttouchtiling #tiling #denvertiles #decoline #openedges #porcelaintile #bath #straightpattern

[jillsteinissexy]

Black Snake Killaz - The story of NoDAPL and the revolution at Standing Rock.

Documentary by Unicorn Riot.

Kill the Black Snake!

[frenchcurious]

Decoliner by Randy Grubb 2013. - source  Amazing Classic Cars.

[healingwithtania]

On this day let us remember and honor those who were the true settlers of what we now call our land. May we forever be grateful for their gifts that they bestowed onto us. May we strive to live as they do, upholding community, care for the planet, tending to our spiritual and physical health and healing. Never forget✨ #decolinize #decolinization #whitesupremacy #indigenous #indigenouspeoplesday #indigenizingcolonizedspaces #indigenouspeople #nationaldayofmourning #nativeamerican #nativeamericanheritagemonth #indigenouspeoples #firstnationspeople #thanksgiving #autumn (at Granada Hills) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIEfJ3shiGB/?igshid=szgky06kiz9q

[trb752]

The Decoliner, created by Randy Grubb

Learn more about it here https://randygrubb.com/the-decoliner/

[afro-guanaco]

Knowing you have Indigenous ancestry that is not from Central Mexico yet naming yourself or vowing to name your kids with Nahuatl names is a big slap to your non-Nahua ancestors.

Promoting Nahuatl names instead of promoting people name themselves/their children from their individual cultures is just another form of Mexican hegemony. 

I am LENCA. 

[awesomecarmods]

1948 Chevy Crew Cab COE 'Decoliner' [ https://i.redd.it/0mxmdprbi6481.jpg ]

[hometoursandotherstuff]

I’m feeling Art Deco today- one of my favorite styles, but decadently expensive. Anyway, this is the Decoliner Motorhome which was designed and built by creator Randy Grubb.

It kinda looks like a boat on top, and even though it has a cab, apparently, it’s driven from up here.

randygrubb.com

[millhouz52]

The #decoliner , probably one of my best paintings, at least vehicle wise. Thoughts?? • ¥ • ¥ • ¥ • . . #photography #digitalart #digitalartist #digitalartists #digitalartwork #digitalpainting #nftartinvestor #nft #nftart #nftartist #nftartists #nftartgallery #cryptoart #cryptoartist #opensea #boredapeyachtclub #nftartcollector #art #digitalartgallery #cryptoartcollector #photooftheday @procreate #procreate #coolart #coe #1952coe #barrettjackson @barrett_jackson #cooltrucks #trucks #lowrider (at Greensboro, Maryland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbM-EP2L-KK/?utm_medium=tumblr

[tocanycvintage]

DECO lines at the Fuller Building Elevator #brass #deco #fullerbuilding #nycarchitecture #nyclandmark #ArtDeco #decolines #decodesign #drsign #architecture (at Fuller Building)

[baybayin]

For those who haven't see my @ajplus feature, check out the link in my bio. ᜐᜎᜋ Salamat to all the new followers. If you don't mind, please comment how you found out about my work. #baybayin #prephilippines #calligraphy #art #education #decolinize #filam #filipino #pinoy #pilipinx