Why is it whenever ppl bring up things that have colonial implications or a history within colonialism, people get like reaaaally pissy about it & act like we're makin shit up to ruin their fun just for like. Talking about something that hurt us & still does
"Um the wellerman isnt about colonizing, its about the working class 🙄" idk how to tell you working class white people still had power & privilege over Indigenous Maori people in New Zealand & also had a hand in colonialism
Black ppl: H@milton is a revisionist musical that glorifies colonizers & slave owners into a quirky show, whilst the writer is not black and himself had lobbied for U.S imperialism in Puerto Rico
White fans: that's fake no it doesn't, you're reading too much into it & overreacting, let people enjoy things
Natives: c0ttagecore & romantisizing farm life or "escaping" to some land to own a farm or cottage actually has a history of colonialism, manifest destiny, & farms have historically & still are utilized in the colonization process
White fans: that's fake no it doesn't, you're reading too much into it & overreacting, let people enjoy things
Māori & Black people: A lot of shanties are literally talking about colonization or the white working class participating in it, & Shanties were an offshoot from working songs. The Wellerman specifically is named after a company that screwed over and colonized Māori people in New Zealand while whaling in its seas & importing goods stolen from colonized countries, including ones forcibly cultivated by black people in the form of slavery, like cotton or sugar
White fans: that's fa--




















