People got mad at me for pointing out that Denmark has colonized Greenland but they have - ThreadSky

mommunism.bsky.social • 13 days ago

People got mad at me for pointing out that Denmark has colonized Greenland but they have

Reposted from Keyah (bsky's meanest ndn)

Stolen Indigenous children. The global Indigenous experience.

They're still doing this today with the very racist FKU tests that don't consider Inuit cultural and language. Even after the tests were finally banned, they forcibly removed an Inuk baby the very next day.

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sarahhdbristol.bsky.social•13 days ago

Thanks for posting this, Molly. Sadly, this is not surprising.

attheponyclub.bsky.social•13 days ago

America wanting also continue their colonizing genocide that the Danes did IS SCARY. WE SHOULD RIOT!!

chelseagsummers.bsky.social•13 days ago

I'm never not amazed at the quiet history of horrific eugenics, colonization, and erasure of indigenous that Scandi countries have. It's brutal.

mommunism.bsky.social•13 days ago

Also if you’re going to be in the comments saying “what about Hawaii”… yes

ouisequitur.bsky.social•13 days ago

wait, that means we'd be greeted as liberators!

mommunism.bsky.social•13 days ago

Raise you the entirety of the continental United States tbh

alisonborealis.bsky.social•13 days ago

And Canada!

excrubulent.bsky.social•13 days ago

I'd be interested to hear how many indigenous groups worldwide *haven't* been colonised. This isn't a "this is normal and therefore okay" statement, it's "colonialism conquered the world and that is fucked".

happycamper24.bsky.social•13 days ago

And Canada.

littleboblue.bsky.social•12 days ago

mgearsolidarity.bsky.social•13 days ago

There is a peculiarly American vision of colonisation where it was only done by European nations that they don't personally like, and not also by the others and, like you say, America itself.

mommunism.bsky.social•13 days ago

Don’t even get me started on calling Scandinavian countries socialist

esgnet.bsky.social•13 days ago

The number of Scandis who have insisted to me that a racially homogenous state is a safer one - oy gevalt.

I'm from Southeast Asia, for context; we are mongrels in a jumbled stew. Their stupid ideas are in conflict with my lived experience. Before anyone pops up to tell me i don't know about it.

levpetrovitch.bsky.social•13 days ago

A list of territories where the USA or their colonial predecessors have done as bad as Denmark in Greenland if isn't worse wouldn't be short. The same applies to almost all western countries

levpetrovitch.bsky.social•13 days ago

Most of the exceptions (all those I can think of) come from territories which had that done to them, e.g. Ireland

purpleorange.bsky.social•13 days ago

But Hawaii was the only sovereign kingdom take over by a corporation even before the US government got involved.

morten-riis.bsky.social•12 days ago

Well, Yes - but opposite USA we gave it back. I hope USA Will do the same. Im sure You Can live in USSR.
And the other thing was actually happening in Denmark with a huge public outcry to stop it.
Lets talk about the Inuit of Alaska, their homerule, their right to their ressources……

unglamb.bsky.social•13 days ago

White colonizer’s need to erase native cultures.

esgnet.bsky.social•13 days ago

I didn't know about the Danes and Inuit in specific tho common indigenous experience and totally not surprised. So i'm glad that this orange cretin nonsense has brought me that (not glad for orange cretin's existence, but).

bcd1024.bsky.social•13 days ago

“Trail of Tears”
😖

murray104.bsky.social•13 days ago

Truth but Trump is a white nationalist fascist life under him would be worse.

ryanthepleb.bsky.social•13 days ago

Greenlandic independence will come soon, hope that's a positive outcome of this whole debacle

mikytsune.bsky.social•13 days ago

As every imperial country did.

Why anyone would get mad about pointing out the truth is on them. Even America did it to our indigenous people and no, none of it was what should have happened.

silkyweineck.bsky.social•13 days ago

what? how do people THINK Greenland became part of Denmark? They voted for joining a country on a different continent?

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