Thanks Katrina. I've read the piece. I know the FSU advocated for some UA staff historically & it solicited donations at the time. From X today I see the FSU is investigating. I would think Phillippa will be quite well supported in this.
Fantastic to hear. I hope she influences the First Nations people here - many of whom have sadly embraced the whole mess.
It's even a trend here for non-FN men to pretend to be FN elder WOMEN and take away jobs meant for the most down-trodden women in the country. They even pretend to be part of the Missing and Murdered Women!
There is no level low enough for them to stoop to! If you know of any FN people who'd like to chat to Phillipa and/or her sisters, let me know and I may be able to broker an introduction :-)
This movement has appealed to many groups including indigenous ones because it appears to offer "allyship" and says the right things to flatter groups who were marginalised in the past. The problem is they come to collect later - just like the mafia being keen to lend you money on generous terms. The price to pay is always the need to subjugate your own needs and rights whenever they come into conflict with the movement's objectives, and they eventually always do.
I think that there's been a bit of the "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" thinking there. We're all susceptible to it, so it's understandable on one level. But, as you say, it's usually still a relationship with a power imbalance.
just gave some money. thank you.
Thanks Katrina. I've read the piece. I know the FSU advocated for some UA staff historically & it solicited donations at the time. From X today I see the FSU is investigating. I would think Phillippa will be quite well supported in this.
Fantastic to hear. I hope she influences the First Nations people here - many of whom have sadly embraced the whole mess.
It's even a trend here for non-FN men to pretend to be FN elder WOMEN and take away jobs meant for the most down-trodden women in the country. They even pretend to be part of the Missing and Murdered Women!
There is no level low enough for them to stoop to! If you know of any FN people who'd like to chat to Phillipa and/or her sisters, let me know and I may be able to broker an introduction :-)
Thanks. Will ask around.
This movement has appealed to many groups including indigenous ones because it appears to offer "allyship" and says the right things to flatter groups who were marginalised in the past. The problem is they come to collect later - just like the mafia being keen to lend you money on generous terms. The price to pay is always the need to subjugate your own needs and rights whenever they come into conflict with the movement's objectives, and they eventually always do.
I think that there's been a bit of the "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" thinking there. We're all susceptible to it, so it's understandable on one level. But, as you say, it's usually still a relationship with a power imbalance.