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How to live with awareness of historical injustice beneath daily life

I moved to a city built on stolen indigenous land and every day I drive past monuments to colonizers and I feel complicit but also trapped because I cannot afford to live anywhere else.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Awakening to historical trauma in one's immediate environment can create paralysis if not balanced with acceptance of present circumstances.

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