Cultural Appropriation

Kermit O

Former school teacher turned abolitionist. AKA the bul in the china shop. Working at the intersection of land, food, and environmental justice. Light brown. Unapologetically Black. Punches up.

Struggles Against Enclosure: Black and Indigenous Pedagogies of Resistance

March 8, 2022April 29, 2022 by Kermit O

For both Black and Indigenous people, there have been tensions between the cultural and the political, manufactured by State and Capital in order to disrupt our collective lifeways and to continue the project of settler colonial capitalist exploitation and domination. From these tensions emerge practices of cultural recognition as an end in itself, as with ... Read More

The Return of Fear Effect and Fears About Its Effect

April 23, 2016April 29, 2022 by Kermit O

Fear Effect is coming back. Have you heard? After the heartbreak of Inferno's cancellation, and a 15 year wait with no new game in sight, French indie studio Sushee Games is creating Fear Effect: Sedna. Concerned about representations of Inuit peoples in the game, I decided to contact Sushee Games about how they would handle ... Read More

Cultural Appropriation and the Writing of Other People’s Trauma

November 9, 2010April 29, 2022 by Kermit O

In Until the Monsters Come, I borrow from first-hand accounts of the Stolen Generations of Indigenous Australians. As I’ve continued writing, however, I’ve gotten to thinking about cultural appropriation…