Mastodawn

How cultural institutions subtly silence and exclude writers, in the guise of concern or responsibility, to censor and “reshape[s] what other writers feel able to say, and what audiences are permitted to hear”.

Natasha Joyce, "Empty Words, Emptying Stages": https://www.lantana.net.au/words/empty-words-emptying-stages

#fragility #whiteFragility #culturalSafety #intersectionality #institutionsDeceive #coloniality #beliefs #censorship #conflation #nationalism #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #racism #IHRA #Australia #institutions #organizations

Empty Words, Emptying Stages — Lantana

By isolating one writer as a potential risk, the institution produces a broader chilling effect in which participation itself becomes precarious. Public debate shrinks not because anyone is ordered to be silent, but because speech itself has been recoded as the risk.

Lantana

LM Little May 27

Another one for the #whiteFragility category! https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/05/22/outrage-over-northland-tales-program-hypocritical?briefing_id=602309756&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9cvcRK9IwzNsH4b3BwSvspdBG8i--fAByuiNyCugqa2Dds7thhqpYsqfi7DDZk-vVCL6KnO_IRMoDX_iiGRadM77OSCQ&_hsmi=16085228

#satire #IndigenousPeople #PoliceViolence #ResidentialSchoolDenialism #Colonialism #Canada

Opinion: Outrage over Northland Tales program hypocritical

Mud-slinging isn’t stopped by slinging more mud — and the concept behind the satirical TV show Northland Tales is an attempt to harmfully engage with a set of harmful beliefs and behaviours.

Winnipeg Free Press

LM Little May 27

When the murderer of an #Indigenous person is characterized as the victim, this #Conservative's rant clearly falls into the #whiteFragility or #whiteSupremacist category. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/2026/05/21/manitoba-politician-calls-saskatchewan-farmer-who-killed-colten-boushie-a-victim?briefing_id=602309756&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9w5w9Kfqqz0qvY74sAiLt3u-mT_nsBt00NaiWvgiULxr3O3OFmWQaZ2hltFg9HcUJY67vTFyeTXZZXNiadyA6EGYdf7w&_hsmi=16085228
#mbpoli #racism #ColonialViolence #SettlerColonialism

Manitoba politician calls Saskatchewan farmer who killed Colten Boushie a victim

WINNIPEG - A Manitoba legislature member faced criticism Thursday for saying the farmer who killed Colten Boushie in a high-profile case in Saskatchewan was a victim.

Winnipeg Free Press

Gruppe Z - Stolberg May 19

White Fragility erschwert Gespräche über Rassismus: Statt Austausch entstehen Abwehr, Relativierung und Unsicherheit. So bleibt struktureller Rassismus unsichtbar. Warum das passiert und wie sich diese Dynamiken durchbrechen lassen.

#whitefragility #Rassismus #belltowernews

White Fragility: Warum es so schwer ist, über Rassismus zu reden
https://www.belltower.news/white-fragility-warum-es-so-schwer-ist-ueber-rassismus-zu-reden-165727/null