PROTEST MESSAGES
GLOBALIZE THE INTIFADA AGAINST HUMAN SUPREMACY
Paint markers on cardboard
20 x 12 inches
Human supremacy is white supremacy argues that the ideological structure justifying human dominance over nature (anthropocentrism) is historically intertwined with and reinforces white supremacy. This intersection suggests both systems rely on creating rigid hierarchies—human/nature and white/non-white—to justify exploitation, privilege, and domination.
Veganism is argued to be an anti-colonial practice by challenging the capitalist, colonial logic that reduces land, animals, and people to exploitable property. It aligns with anti-colonial goals by opposing the industrial, resource-intensive systems of oppression introduced by colonization, which have driven environmental destruction and land theft.
Decolonizing Veganism: A truly anti-colonial approach requires adopting an intersectional framework that connects animal liberation with social justice, environmental justice, and anti-racism. It respects Indigenous sovereignty and foodways, recognizing that pre-colonial practices often worked with nature rather than exploiting it.
Both veganism and anti-colonialism oppose the commodification of nature and animals, fighting against the systemic destruction of land, such as the destruction of animal habitats for corporate agriculture.
Distinction from Colonialism: Unlike colonialism, which relies on top-down, state-sanctioned control, veganism is viewed as a decentralized movement aimed at reducing harm through personal and systemic change.
"Psychosis of Supremacy vs. Indigeneity
The concept of the "psychosis of supremacy vs. indigeneity" describes the deeply ingrained, irrational, and systemic delusions required to maintain structures of superiority such as white supremacy and coloniality -at the expense of Indigenous peoples and other marginalized groups. It highlights how colonial and white-supremacist systems, often operating through "white logic" and "epistemic violence, "create a, in some analyses, "psychotic" detachment from reality, where the destruction of Indigenous lands and cultures is reframed as progress or "uplifting".
"To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a state of rage almost, almost all of the time - and in one's work. And part of the rage is this: It isn't only what is happening to you. But it's what's happening all around you and all of the time in the face of the most extraordinary and criminal indifference, indifference of most white people in this country, and their ignorance. Now, since this is so, it's a great temptation to simplify the issues under the illusion that if you simplify them enough, people will recognize them. I think this illusion is very dangerous because, in fact, it isn't the way it works. A complex thing can't be made simple. You simply have to try to deal with it in all its complexity and hope to get that complexity across." - JAMES BALDWIN