Our community center is trying to decolonize our programming and decision-making, but the older generation who founded this place is resistant to changing practices they fought hard to establish, while younger members are pushing for completely dismantling structures they see as colonial. Everyone is passionate and everyone feels unheard, and I'm watching our community fracture along generational lines over what liberation is supposed to look like.
More people experience this than they realize.
A community is discovering that different generations carry different wounds from colonization and therefore envision different paths to healing.
“Where Are You with Postcolonial identity and decolonization?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.