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WHITE MEAT, DARK HISTORY: THANKSGIVING'S COLONIAL MENU

From performative Instagram posts to construction paper headdresses: how liberal Americans perfect their recipes for colonial amnesia each November.

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Nov 27, 2024
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“In this house, we believe Black Lives Matter, science is real, love is love . . . but also that it’s totally fine to celebrate colonial genocide and break bread with racist relatives because fAmILy tRaDiTiOn.”

DEAR AMERICA: WELCOME TO YOUR FAVORITE RERUN — where genocide gets a holiday special, the body count doesn’t matter, and the Pinterest-perfect tu…

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