This Is What ‘Decolonization’ Looks Like
Real decolonization is a physical process. It is about removing bodies from a place. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Fancy-sounding academic jargon is not a curious intellectual exercise. Words make worlds. Words make nightmares.
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On Saturday, as the raping and murdering and kidnapping were happening in Israel, Najma Sharif, a writer for Soho House magazine and Teen Vogue, posted on X: “What did y’all think decolonization meant? vibes? papers? essays? losers.”
So far, Sharif’s post has been liked 100,000 times and reposted nearly 23,000 times—by, among others, The Washington Post…
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