Forwarded from Normal (Michael Kowalik)
I propose a new Acknowledgement of Original Owners ceremony, otherwise know as 'Welcome to Reality', that should be conducted before every public event, performance or community meeting:
We acknowledge the Original Owners of the Earth on which we are standing, the Human kind of which we are all representatives. We all share the same ancient ancestors. We are all related. Reason unites us.
We acknowledge the Original Owners of the Earth on which we are standing, the Human kind of which we are all representatives. We all share the same ancient ancestors. We are all related. Reason unites us.
Forwarded from Normal (Michael Kowalik)
Any statement implying that indigenous people have a superior social status or value compared to other citizens is an expression of nativist supremacism, a core feature of Nazi ideology. It is not possible to transcend tribal or racial resentment without acknowledging that All humans share the same ancient ancestors, that we are all related, that we are all the original owners of the Earth. Reason unites us. https://michaelkowalik.substack.com/p/open-letter-to-government-regarding
Michael Kowalik’s Newsletter
Open Letter to Government regarding ‘Welcome to Country’ (the acknowledgement of Original People)
I submit that the concept of Original Ownership, or any statement implying that Aboriginal Australians as a race or ethnicity have a superior social status or value to other Australians, is an expression of nativist supremacism, a core feature of Nazi ideology.…
Those who assert that indigenous Australians have superior status than non-indigenous Australians are implicitly affirming that indigenous Germans always had superior status than non-indigenous Germans, and so on. In short, they endorse Nazi ideology by the proxy of another race and place.
The premise of Original Ownership is moot
If Original Ownership is a valid principle then any exclusive claim of ancestral ownership is predated by our common ancestors, on account of their earliest exclusive possession of the entire Earth, including the present day continent of Australia. All living humans are descendants of the same ancestors and are thus entitled to partake in the claim of original ownership. Consequently, the argument of original ownership is at best moot, trivially applicable to all of humanity and in relation to every place.
If Original Ownership is a valid principle then any exclusive claim of ancestral ownership is predated by our common ancestors, on account of their earliest exclusive possession of the entire Earth, including the present day continent of Australia. All living humans are descendants of the same ancestors and are thus entitled to partake in the claim of original ownership. Consequently, the argument of original ownership is at best moot, trivially applicable to all of humanity and in relation to every place.
Whatever moral violations were committed among people in the past are irrelevant to the moral obligations of the people living today, do not negate the equality of rights and do not justify racial supremacism or vilification.
Forwarded from Normal (Michael Kowalik)
A smart ruling class installs individuals of a minority race in the most prominent administrative positions, knowing that the majority will blame the race of the administrators instead of the ruling class for any abusive policies.
The crucial difference that is not emphasised is that those Aboriginal Australians who are politically and economically successful have relinquished the bonds of tribal tradition and embraced modern education, whereas those who adhere to tribal norms, or are lost in the nihilistic space between tradition and their rejection of modernity, are impoverished, unheard and alienated. I suggest that this alienation is a result of the indigenous culture itself, lacking the systematisation of meaning and the grounding of reason that the rest of humanity takes for granted. Tribal idiosyncrasies are incompatible with modernity and with the concept of universal humanity. It is tribalism itself that must be cured.
This is what Nativist Supremacism is essentially about; Nazi ideology. https://michaelkowalik.substack.com/p/open-letter-to-government-regarding
"The more skillfully the language of goodness is assumed, the greater the depravity”. https://substack.com/@janniklindquist/note/c-21332363
Tribalism is the attitude of loyalty on the basis of blood ties that ascribes higher moral status to members of the tribe than to other people. The tribal mindset considers wrongful acts done by members of the tribe to outsiders as less wrong or less deserving of restitution than the same acts done to members of the tribe by outsiders. Tribalism is affirmed by a stronger positive emphasis on identification with the tribe than with humanity.
The Rational Limits of Indigenous Rights
According to the U.N., people "are regarded as indigenous on account of descent from the populations which inhabited the country, or a geographical region to which the country belongs, at the time of conquest or colonization or the establishment of present state boundaries". https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/workshop_data_background.doc
The argument that all humans are indigenous people, with an equal claim on all of the Earth, neatly fits the above definition. Our common ancestors lived on Earth before any nations were formed, which includes all regions that were subsequently colonised. We also share a global culture, a common rationality, that makes us the same kind of people. All humans have the right not to be excluded from or limited in use of any territory in favour of specific races or ethnicities who falsely assert their exclusive, racial indigeneity and deny it of others.
According to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, "indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples", not better, not more entitled, not more valuable or more important. The Declaration also affirms that "all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin, racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust", which is in conflict with the premise that a particular indigenous identity is entitled to special rights, special respect, special opportunities or privileged treatment. https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/un-declaration-rights-indigenous-peoples-1
According to the U.N., people "are regarded as indigenous on account of descent from the populations which inhabited the country, or a geographical region to which the country belongs, at the time of conquest or colonization or the establishment of present state boundaries". https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/workshop_data_background.doc
The argument that all humans are indigenous people, with an equal claim on all of the Earth, neatly fits the above definition. Our common ancestors lived on Earth before any nations were formed, which includes all regions that were subsequently colonised. We also share a global culture, a common rationality, that makes us the same kind of people. All humans have the right not to be excluded from or limited in use of any territory in favour of specific races or ethnicities who falsely assert their exclusive, racial indigeneity and deny it of others.
According to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, "indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples", not better, not more entitled, not more valuable or more important. The Declaration also affirms that "all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin, racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust", which is in conflict with the premise that a particular indigenous identity is entitled to special rights, special respect, special opportunities or privileged treatment. https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/un-declaration-rights-indigenous-peoples-1
humanrights.gov.au
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter,
Jeff Schmidt, the author of “Disciplined Minds: A Critical Look at Salaried Professionals and the Soul-Battering System that Shapes their Lives”, initiates an anti-discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education, alleging that Affirmative Action (lower standards of academic performance for black and latino students) discriminates against black and latino students by relinquishing the departments responsibility to educate them as well as white and asian students. In short, Affirmative Action reinforces rather than alleviates the racial inequalities in education.
"The low goals make it as easy as possible for officials to say that schools are meeting their goals. That helps hide their failure to make students proficient in English and math and allows them to avoid serious consequences for that failure.
Note that private schools in D.C. comply with civil rights laws and do not have lower academic achievement goals for their black students. Black children who cannot afford private-school tuition deserve to attend public schools that are free of racial discrimination in academic achievement goals."
The practical intent of Affirmative Action is not to improve education of black students but "minimize the chance that the authorities will face consequences for failing to educate black students."
https://denisrancourt.substack.com/p/dc-government-does-not-require-schools
"The low goals make it as easy as possible for officials to say that schools are meeting their goals. That helps hide their failure to make students proficient in English and math and allows them to avoid serious consequences for that failure.
Note that private schools in D.C. comply with civil rights laws and do not have lower academic achievement goals for their black students. Black children who cannot afford private-school tuition deserve to attend public schools that are free of racial discrimination in academic achievement goals."
The practical intent of Affirmative Action is not to improve education of black students but "minimize the chance that the authorities will face consequences for failing to educate black students."
https://denisrancourt.substack.com/p/dc-government-does-not-require-schools
Denis’s Substack
D.C. government does not require schools to educate black students as well as white students
Author Jeff Schmidt explains to Biden administration why lower academic standards for black students constitute racial discrimination, files civil rights complaint
Forwarded from Normal (Michael Kowalik)
Land is an existentially crucial public resource that no group has a better right than others to monopolise on racial/cultural grounds. The distinction between private property rights vs public land is relatively new, seeking to prevent conflicts about access and use of this limited resource on the basis of human equality under law. This precludes any claims of ownership predating this system, which are not based on human equality, are universally overlapping and contradictory, therefore indefensible.
Excerpts are from the current Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Australia). The protected rights include the right “of access to any place or service intended for use by the general public.” (per 5(f) of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination)
The Voice implies recognition of a seperate nation
Any state or federal law dictating exclusion, restrictions or conditions on the use of public land under the premise of native title or native heritage is, by force of section 10 of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975, unlawful and void. Similarly, any racial restrictions or conditions imposed on the use of private land under the premise of native heritage are, by force of the same section, unlawful and void.
This is possibly why they are trying to change the Constitution, to recognise a separate, racially homogenous and autonomous Nation that will be able to discriminate on the basis of race under the guise of citizenship.
Any state or federal law dictating exclusion, restrictions or conditions on the use of public land under the premise of native title or native heritage is, by force of section 10 of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975, unlawful and void. Similarly, any racial restrictions or conditions imposed on the use of private land under the premise of native heritage are, by force of the same section, unlawful and void.
This is possibly why they are trying to change the Constitution, to recognise a separate, racially homogenous and autonomous Nation that will be able to discriminate on the basis of race under the guise of citizenship.
The distinction between ‘public good’ and ‘private good’ is false, a category mistake between utility and morality. In the moral sense there is only ‘good/right’ and ‘bad/wrong’, and it is the same for everyone.