Not Just the Confederacy: Minnesota’s State Flag and Seal Celebrate Racism and Genocide
<p>Black activists and abolitionists are (and have been) felling Confederate flags and monuments, <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-confederate-flag-finally-falls-in-mississippi" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">including in Mississippi</a>. It’s time (again, still) to talk about the Minnesota state flag and seal (“The Great Seal of the State of Minnesota”). When I’m giving a workshop on white supremacy in Minnesota, I often use the seal as a way to ask people to reflect on where we are, and on whose land, and why, and how state symbolism acts as propaganda for white supremacy and the ongoing colonial, genocidal project.</p>
<p>I learned from many Native writers that to celebrate Minnesota statehood (and certainly U.S. nationhood) is to celebrate genocide and colonialism and occupation. </p>
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