tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875725.post3515592904426947625..comments2024-02-13T18:29:24.630+10:00Comments on NO REST FOR THE AWAKE - MINAGAHET CHAMORRO: Another September PassesMichael Lujan Bevacquahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075510205190074738noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875725.post-77562294919569591972009-09-25T02:31:19.349+10:002009-09-25T02:31:19.349+10:00Colonialism's erasure of identity starts early...Colonialism's erasure of identity starts early, as shown in this video in which Sanchez Elementary students regurgitate the propaganda for their schoolteachers:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/user/pncnews#play/all<br /><br />It reminds me of my father boasting how he was top in his class in drawing pictures of Mount Fuji. (Japan occupied Korea while my dad was growing up.) It wasn't until after he passed away that I stopped to wonder, "Why the hell was a little kid in Korea competing in school to draw Mt. Fuji, when Diamond Mountain is the country's most sacred and revered natural feature? <br /><br />Welcome to the colonized mind of self-erasure. No experience counts, unless you're the colonizer.Kauai Sanctuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18270108277516034826noreply@blogger.com