The University of Maryland School of Public Policy is apparently about to require faculty members to add a statement to their syllabus;...
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are gathered on the stolen land of the Piscataway Conoy people and were founded upon the erasures and exploitation of many non-European peoples. You can find more information about the Piscataway Conoy Tribe at http://www.piscatawayconoytribe.com. For more information about the University of Maryland's project for a richer understanding of generations of racialized trauma rooted in the institution visit https://go.umd.edu/SNW.
This land was ultimately stolen from mammoths and smilodons, who mysteriously disappeared shortly thereafter.
It's not education they lack but intelligence.
ReplyDeleteCredentialed, not educated.
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