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From a Navajo man re: #FourthofJuly:
"While the #DeclarationOfIndependence may initially assert that 'All men are created equal,' thirty lines below that assertion, indigenous people are referred to as #mercilessIndianSavages.
(first 4 tweets are from #UnsettlingTruths Ch6)
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"While the #DeclarationOfIndependence may initially assert that 'All men are created equal,' thirty lines below that assertion, indigenous people are referred to as #mercilessIndianSavages.
(first 4 tweets are from #UnsettlingTruths Ch6)
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"The Founding Fathers could use the seemingly inclusive term 'all men' because they had a worldview informed by the Doctrine of Discovery that gave them a very narrow definition of who was actually human.
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"The Declaration of Independence reflects the theological imagination of its time. The Doctrine of Discovery and the myth of Anglo-Saxon superiority girds the imagination that elevates the white body, mind, language and culture.
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If you want to know why President Trump is able to so effectively use the church & the Bible as political props for a violent & divisive campaign message to white evangelicals, I invite you to read the book I co-authored on the Doctrine of Discovery. It's titled #UnsettlingTruths
The heresy of Christendom provides doctrinal justification for institutionalized violence and white supremacy to perpetuate it's adulterous relationship with power. At some point in the past decade @realDonaldTrump learned this and regularly uses it to his political advantage.
The unsettling part of this story is that it's not simply a partisan problem. The left plays the same game, slightly differently, but just as effectively. Yesterday, both Trump & Biden visited churches. Donald affirmed the 2nd amendment & Joe suggested shooting people in the leg.
Justice for #GeorgeFloyd requires confronting the institutionalized white supremacy that has been embedded in our nation's foundations. We need to fix our Constitution. I am the only candidate in the 2020 presidential election whose platform includes abolishing slavery.
I lay out these challenges in this video I released over a year ago when I announced my independent campaign for POTUS. My vision is to build a nation where We the People truly means #AllThePeople
markcharles2020.com/allthepeople
markcharles2020.com/allthepeople
On Thursday I recorded this live stream addressing the murder of #GeorgeFloyd.
Most presidential candidates publish books introducing themselves to the nation. Last year I published an in-depth book (#UnsettlingTruths) I co-authored regarding the Doctrine of Discovery and how racism, sexism and white supremacy are bi-partisan values...
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that have been embedded deep within both the western church & the foundations of the US. This book also lays out a vision for creating #CommonMemory thru national Truth and Conciliation, and demonstrates that throughout US history We the People has never meant #AllThePeople.
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#UnsettlingTruths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery (co-author: @profrah, Publisher: @ivpress) received a Starred Review from @PublishersWkly as well as the 2019 American Society of Missiology Book Award — Excellence in Missiology.
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Ya'at'eeh @Trevornoah. I'd like to introduce myself. I'm a dual citizen of the US & Navajo Nation, co-author of a book on the Doctrine of Discovery (#UnsettlingTruths), & Independent candidate for POTUS. My vision is to build a nation where We the People truly means #AllThePeople
My staff has been attempting to contact you re: me being a guest on @TheDailyShow. B/c of your experience growing up (a crime) in ZA, I am sure you can relate to the experience of Native Peoples here in the US. I think you would appreciate my campaign.
In December of 2018 I gave a @TEDx talk at @TEDxTysons (near DC) regarding the most recent time the Doctrine of Discovery was referenced by SCOTUS, it was in 2005. Here is a link to that talk:
You probably don't know this, but today (Friday, Nov. 29) is the 'official' #NativeAmericanHeritageDay. The fact that our country has insists on honoring Native peoples on #BlackFriday, which in 2019 is also the anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre (1864)...
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is a testimony to the multi-generational & communal manifestation of white America's perpetration induced traumatic stress (PITS). If there is ever a day in the list of civic religious holidays where Americans are most certain to be distracted/sedated, Black Friday is it.
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For this reason, I have attemptied to interject into the consumeristic feeding frenzy of our nation a small dose of #UnsettlingTruths.
I love the cover of our new book. Not only does it incorporate the design of an actual Navajo rug, but I had the honor of meeting
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I love the cover of our new book. Not only does it incorporate the design of an actual Navajo rug, but I had the honor of meeting
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