09-06-14 Breaking the Silence and Its Colonial Approach by Mariam Barghouti

https://www.oximity.com/article/Breaking-The-Silence-and-its-colonial-1#.VAvJazu0uqo.twitter



An important piece in light of the AIME forum scheduled for 26 October 2014.

"If the world wants to talk about Palestinian oppression, let them use the voice of Palestinians, the ones directly affected by this oppression. It is vital that we do not exalt former perpetrators because they used their tongues after they pulled on their triggers. Their role is in documenting and presenting to their own communities, in order to shift the thought there, pushing for cognitive dissonance. However, in regards to the international community, it cannot be allowed to have a colonizer's voice dominate that of the colonized whilst attempting to break the colonial narrative. "



Thanks to Dorothy Naor for circulating this on the New Profile list and for posting it on Facebook.



Submitted by Donna Hicks, AIME member

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