Telling the End of the Settler Colonial Story

Veracini, Lorenzo

doi:10.1057/9780230306288_14

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“…In contrast to classic colonialism whose aim is to take advantage of resources that will benefit the metropole , settler colonialism’s objective is to acquire land so that colonists can settle permanently and form new communities. Lorenzo Veracini (2011) compares the narrative arc of classic colonialism and settler colonialism to the difference between a circle and a line. In classic colonialism, the narrative, as in the Odyssey , takes a circular form, “consisting of an outward movement followed by interaction with exotic and colonized ‘others’ in foreign surroundings, and by a final return to an original location” (p. 205).…”

Section: An Alternative Starting Pointmentioning

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Settler Colonialism as Structure

Glenn

2015

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

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Understanding settler colonialism as an ongoing structure rather than a past historical event serves as the basis for an historically grounded and inclusive analysis of U.S. race and gender formation. The settler goal of seizing and establishing property rights over land and resources required the removal of indigenes, which was accomplished by various forms of direct and indirect violence, including militarized genocide. Settlers sought to control space, resources, and people not only by occupying land but also by establishing an exclusionary private property regime and coercive labor systems, including chattel slavery to work the land, extract resources, and build infrastructure. I examine the various ways in which the development of a white settler U.S. state and political economy shaped the race and gender formation of whites, Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Chinese Americans.

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Section: An Alternative Starting Pointmentioning

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Settler Colonialism as Structure

Glenn

2015

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

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“…Briefly, settler colonialism differs significantly from other forms of colonialism in that “settlers come with the intention of making a new home on the land, a homemaking that insists on settler sovereignty over all things in their new domain” (Tuck & Yang, 2012, p. 5; Wolfe, 2006). This form of colonialism is distinct from external colonialism, which “consists of an outward movement followed by interactions with exotic and colonized ‘others’ in foreign surroundings, and by a final return to an original location” (Veracini, 2011, p. 205). Importantly, the establishment of the U.S., and other territories such as Canada and Australia, necessitated the appropriation of land, which required the elimination of Indigenous Peoples, recasting of lands as property, and enslavement of Black Peoples to make lands profitable.…”

Section: Settler Colonialismmentioning

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Complicating social justice and leadership models in relation to indigenous peoples

Ambo

2023

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“…Colonialism defines the logics and actions of polities that seek to control, develop, and extract human and material resources for economic gain in ways that benefit their nation-state, often to the physical, psychological, and cultural detriment of the colonized population (Sassen 2010). Settler colonialism, a distinct form of colonialism, involves the violent displacement and removal of Indigenous Peoples with the intention of replacing them with settler communities and societies (Glenn 2015;Veracini 2011;Wolfe 2006). In settler-colonial societies, land acquisition and permanent settlement are of paramount importance to extraction and exploitation and their possession is informed by a guiding ideology known as a "logic of elimination" (Wolfe 2006).…”

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Settler Simultaneity and Anti-Indigenous Racism at Land-Grant Universities

Beardall

2021

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

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Moments of performative racial consciousness, however urgent and necessary, often fail to reckon with long-standing demands against injustice from communities of color. In the case of Indigenous Peoples in higher education, these demands frequently include an end to derogatory mascots and racialized campus violence. This article attends to those issues by merging and extending settler-colonial theory and racialized organization theory to examine how the logics of Indigenous elimination and dispossession permeate higher education. With a specific focus on land-grant universities, I argue that racialized organizations are embedded in institutional fields and that both operate within a broader settler-colonial project. I introduce the concept of settler simultaneity to further historicize the study of racialized organizations and uncover how they target persons, collectives, and ideas that pose obstacles to settler goals of subordination, extraction, and profiteering both locally and globally. I look to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a case study that illustrates how these logics work across time and conclude by considering how critical engagement with the logics of elimination can help us to better understand, and hold accountable, the policies and programs of racialized organizations in other areas of social life.

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Telling the End of the Settler Colonial Story

Cited by 21 publications

References 9 publications

Settler Colonialism as Structure

Settler Colonialism as Structure

Complicating social justice and leadership models in relation to indigenous peoples

Settler Simultaneity and Anti-Indigenous Racism at Land-Grant Universities

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