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4th of July Declaration | Tum Dunya Tek Millet
In one of my early works I once wrote, “America is a great country, built by great people”. And it took me some time to look through the fallacy of this statement. I could still justify it by saying, it depends on the context – which would be technically true. But my dignity, my conscience, my morality – everything that is civilized in me, has been eating me alive for some time now over this one statement. Because if we throw away all technicality and look from a simple, everyday human perspective – nothing about the the birth of America is great – America is a terrorist nation, built by terrorists who invaded other people’s land, stripped them of their homes, and built a spin-off of the ruthless British empire over their blood and bones. You think America’s homeless problem is something new! It’s not – America has been making people homeless ever since the pilgrims set foot in Plymouth Rock. The pilgrims were not pioneers, they were terrorists.
99 percent of the world’s warzones are the legacy of white, western imperialism. Until you get your head around this simple fact, your views, your opinion, your advocacy, all are worthless to the peace struggles of these “westsploited” nations.
In the modern age no other country has wrecked more nations than America. Like father, like son – first it was England, then it’s its rebellious runaway child America. That’s why China is such an enemy in the westwashed narrative of the world – because when one nation has somewhat maintained an autocratic control over the planet since the 1800s (under the banner of “Manifest Destiny”), it would never want that control be undermined by another budding power – particularly when that power is far superior in infrastructure. Sure, the state of China tries to influence every move of its people, that’s the first unwritten rule in the handbook of “democracy” – but Uncle Sam has been manipulating the moves of every single state for over two hundred years. Now tell me, which state should you be more cautious of?
No country is free from human rights violation, but America’s share in global transgressions is right at the very top. America is the top exporter of humanitarian crisis in the world, and as such, US is the least qualified nation to be the moral guardian on anything.
It doesn’t matter whether you are white, colored or martian – denial never solves nothing. To treat a disease we must first acknowledge the disease. And what is the disease? Is it white people – is it whiteness? No – whiteness is not the disease, but white imperialism is. And how do you treat this disease? You gotta strip yourself of all the privileges of skin, and make yourself one with the world – you gotta denounce the privilege of your whiteness and embrace the responsibility of your humanness. Only then, shall there be peace in the world – only then, shall there be integration – only then, shall there be a civilized world to begin with.
99 percent of the world’s warzones are the legacy of white, western imperialism. Until you get your head around this simple fact, your views, your opinion, your advocacy, all are worthless to the peace struggles of these “westsploited” nations.
In the modern age no other country has wrecked more nations than America. Like father, like son – first it was England, then it’s its rebellious runaway child America. That’s why China is such an enemy in the westwashed narrative of the world – because when one nation has somewhat maintained an autocratic control over the planet since the 1800s (under the banner of “Manifest Destiny”), it would never want that control be undermined by another budding power – particularly when that power is far superior in infrastructure. Sure, the state of China tries to influence every move of its people, that’s the first unwritten rule in the handbook of “democracy” – but Uncle Sam has been manipulating the moves of every single state for over two hundred years. Now tell me, which state should you be more cautious of?
No country is free from human rights violation, but America’s share in global transgressions is right at the very top. America is the top exporter of humanitarian crisis in the world, and as such, US is the least qualified nation to be the moral guardian on anything.
It doesn’t matter whether you are white, colored or martian – denial never solves nothing. To treat a disease we must first acknowledge the disease. And what is the disease? Is it white people – is it whiteness? No – whiteness is not the disease, but white imperialism is. And how do you treat this disease? You gotta strip yourself of all the privileges of skin, and make yourself one with the world – you gotta denounce the privilege of your whiteness and embrace the responsibility of your humanness. Only then, shall there be peace in the world – only then, shall there be integration – only then, shall there be a civilized world to begin with.
Refugees & Colonizers (The Sonnet) | Abhijit Naskar | Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations
Refugees carry culture,
Colonizers carry infection.
Colonizers are the virus,
Refugees are civilization.
Refugees live on hope,
Colonizers thrive on greed.
Refugees dream of acceptance,
Colonizers dream supremacy.
Refugees are the true free and brave,
they carry within the silver lining.
There’s nothing brave about genocide,
no matter the whitewashed thanksgiving.
Refugees are practicing healers,
living testament of wounds to ointment.
Colonizers are proof of darwinism,
that from monkeys comes the human race.
Colonizers carry infection.
Colonizers are the virus,
Refugees are civilization.
Refugees live on hope,
Colonizers thrive on greed.
Refugees dream of acceptance,
Colonizers dream supremacy.
Refugees are the true free and brave,
they carry within the silver lining.
There’s nothing brave about genocide,
no matter the whitewashed thanksgiving.
Refugees are practicing healers,
living testament of wounds to ointment.
Colonizers are proof of darwinism,
that from monkeys comes the human race.
Earth Belongs to The Natives (Sonnet 2401) – Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop
We cannot abolish systemic persecution
without dismantling systemic privilege.
You cannot wipe the slate clean, but you can
take the responsibility and stand to heal.
Colonizers are the second class citizens,
every land first belongs to the indigenous.
Landback is the mother of all movements,
it contains the plight of all First Humans.
Women are indigenous to their own body,
Palestinians are indigenous to palestine;
uncultured crowns and criminal uncles
have no jurisdiction over our Earthright.
Earth belongs to the Natives, settlers are
welcome, but as participant, not head of state.
Somos indígenas, somos indomables –
you can make us houseless, but never homeless.
Connected Texts:
White Man, Apex Predator of Earth (Sonnets 2399-2400) – Abhijit Naskar, When Calls The Kainat
Record of White Crimes Against Humanity (White Fragility Sonnets 1308-1310) - Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets
