Heroes and Villains

Picking out bits of history to highlight past misdeeds is misguided presentism.

ArthurinCali

Nov 02, 2022

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Heroes and Villains

“History is Written by Victors

-Unknown

Taika Waititi, talented New Zealand Māori actor and director had this to say at the 2020 Oscars:

“The academy would like to acknowledge that tonight we have gathered on the ancestral lands of the Tongva, the Tataviam, and the Chumash. We acknowledge them as the first peoples of this land on which t…

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