Pedagogy of the Decolonizing | Quetzala Carson | TEDxUAlberta

“Panic is not prayerful”, notes Quetzala Carson, while speaking on the challenging nature of the dialogue surrounding colonial violence; colonial violence is difficult to engage, because it often involves dialogues on questioning narratives that we’ve known to be normal. Quetzala explains the tenets of colonialism, how our normative narratives are built, and also shares some strategies on how to engage and combat colonial violence with compassion. Quetzala Carson is Mestizx from Mana ahuac, Nicaragua. The child of two special needs educators, pe spent per summers in Managua and winters in Amiskwaciwâskahikan. A professional musician from age 13, pe's current solo project is FRYZZ LYFE. For Quetzala, music is a platform from which to communally discuss and transmute trauma. Pe released an album this year titled Mecayotl Tlazohcamati Axcammochipa (thank you kin into perpetuity) availably at FRYZZLYFE.com
Per last album was heavily influenced by Indigenous Studies and per times on the front lines. Quetzala studied Māori Studies at the University of Otago and is currently finishing per degree in Native Studies and Latin American at the University of Alberta. There Quetzala serves at the president of the Native Studies Students' Association where pe organizes with students towards decolonial futures. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@FiremarshalM1]

Who's here because of Dave Rubin?

[@gedwardnelson]

Me. LOL

[@firecloud77]

Me two.

[@BS-vx8dg]

You probably missed a lot of them; I came here because of Rubin probably 10 hours before you posted your comment. But yeah, looking at the comments, I'm thinking everyone from the past two days is from Rubin. Everything else is like three years ago.

[@TheZodiacz]

Yep, just watched a snippet of this nonsense on there.

[@markruhland3035]

and me

[@crankin77]

The fact a teacher is stating 'weaponises her class" should be disturbing to the point beyond alarm & actually demand action that's nothing less of being fired.

[@dariocarere3598]

She talked about weapons against violence and oppression. So sad you can't stand that.

[@georgedaniels9980]

@@dariocarere3598She is an oppressor. So sad you cant see that.

[@dariocarere3598]

@@georgedaniels9980 She didn't oppress anyone, and She Is talking about liberation. You must have watched another video.

[@georgedaniels9980]

So sad you don't have an understanding of history.

[@dariocarere3598]

@@georgedaniels9980 I understand enough to know that she's not lying and that NOBODY in this comment section can explain clearly what Is wrong with this girl.

[@KentuckyPatriot1776]

Just saw a clip of this on a podcast. I truly feel sorry for these people that think of themselves as enlightened. If they truly believe what they preach then they must hate their own existence. We can’t change the past and no amount of self loathing is going to either.

[@fatjay9402]

She needs to Decolonizing her diet.

[@markruhland3035]

I dont think this woman should be allowed to teach.

[@dariocarere3598]

And the reason would be...?

[@markruhland3035]

@@dariocarere3598 She said she is weaponizing children. I don't think children should be used as weapons.

[@dariocarere3598]

@@markruhland3035 It Is pretty clear She Is talking about metaphorical weapons.

[@markruhland3035]

@@dariocarere3598 You are correct and if you had kids you probably wouldn't want them to be used a metaphorical weapon or a literal one.

[@dariocarere3598]

@@markruhland3035 Dude, this girl Is talking about finding weapons to defend against indoctrination.

[@cristop5]

How many people sat through this drivel?

[@sabrewolf89]

1. Do nothing: Ok, I'm going to sit on "your" land doing nothing. 2. Call-out: I'll call you out for still being on my land. It's my land now. 3. Call-in: You can work at my business if you can keep your nationalism to yourself. 4. Ask for time: Sorry, I can't listen right now. I'm too busy learning how to live on Earth in 2024, not 1824. 5. Bring it home: I'm finally going home to sit in my mansion reflecting on how much money you're making me.

[@CeridwenBuckmaster]

I really appreciated the clarity of this talk. The clear laying out of the territory and how narratives are created through AXIOLOGY, EPISTEMOLOGY and ONTOLOGY. Big words that Carson pulls out, in few words, how they are used to limit our options ... how worth is ascribed, how knowledge is transferred, how we perceive reality. Inspiring talk. Great energy. Thank you!

[@giovanninopanderino5235]

Axiology, Epistemology and Ontology are indeed big words. Another BIG word she used repeatedly was “uncomfortability”. Prolly been better to use the word DISCOMFORT. It’s shorter and hey, it’s actually a word!

[@antoniov3477]

giovanni paquin 😂

[@georgiasitara8925]

Quetzala Carson, you are amazing and inspiring. thank you for so generously sharing your brilliant light. So inspiring. I will share your talk with my students.

[@tomharrison6607]

how about sharing some thomas sowell instead of this idiocy

[@elsquibbs]

Great, another "activist first" teacher.

[@firecloud77]

No wonder the rising generation is so screwed up.

[@shownottell8804]

egocentric, pretentious and aggrandizing

[@dariocarere3598]

Don't bother explaining. I know insulting Is much easier.

[@phyein4815]

Pure drivel.

[@plowlinepodcast]

For those here, because of Rubin's video reaction, do something that Dave Rubin doesn't do-listen to another person's perspective without judgment. I don't agree with much of what this young lady says, but I am also not her, and agreement is not the point. Every person has growth they need to engage in. You can't engage in growth unless you are willing to listen to language and ideas that are not from your perspective without judgment. Give it a try.

[@smarteam5920]

“Agreement is not the point”, except that she’s a teacher and it seems like very much she is “colonizing” her students minds with her ideas, I doubt she would entertain dissent with her views.

[@georgedaniels9980]

Lets talk about Native slavery, native butchery, native ignorance, native superstition. Natives love genocide. How many native tribes were extinguished by other natives. If anything Europeans protected them, from each other and brought them into the modern era,. you're welcome. In the case of the United States how many times did the natives side with our enemies? The answer too many times.

[@dunkie69er]

Pronouns pe and per was enough to let me know this person is not worth listening to.

[@tiagoreiser4158]

Hahaha that is the best stand up comedy i watched in years.

[@andrewsteele2258]

Amazing that TED actually publishes this stuff under their name. What a fall from grace.

[@cu3350]

There's nothing 'amazing" about it. Just do a little search for TEDx Talks about decolonization and start to wonder, little grasshopper. There's literally dozens and dozens of this pseudo-science rubbish published under the TEDx name, one more cringe-worthy than the other.

[@codyquick7145]

Ted talks have been a joke since conception

[@jebsmap]

I lost a few IQ points listening to this.

[@dariocarere3598]

Oh don't worry, I am sure you didn't have many to lose anyway.

[@jebsmap]

@@dariocarere3598 Did I hurt your snowflake feelings?

[@meni2410]

I think we should bring her to court for this brainwashed appearance

[@kayakuprising5914]

Ted Talks have been going DOWNHILL for some time now. This woman is embarrassing and she doesn't represent my culture and I hope that makes HER uncomfortable to know that a large majority of indigenous people do not support her.

[@mrhyperbolic7455]

This woman is at least 1/2 crazy. The other 1/2 needs to be forgotten.

[@Rightytightyleftyloosey]

I really enjoyed this comment.

[@dariocarere3598]

Mind explaining?

[@Rightytightyleftyloosey]

@@dariocarere3598 what didn’t you understand? I know you weren’t talking to me, but it’s a pretty self-explanatory comment.

[@dariocarere3598]

@@Rightytightyleftyloosey What's Crazy in this speech?

[@Rightytightyleftyloosey]

@@dariocarere3598 ‘colonial violence is being warm in this room’. I couldn’t re-listen to her nonsense any further than that, but she just said a lot of words that were supposed to sound good together and I couldn’t take her hatred of my whiteness (with the spit sound) any longer.

[@AndrewJFO]

Why does everyone feel the need to view everything in their lives from the most mundane of interactions to the most significant through the lens of power dynamics. Is it really necessary to subscribe to the cult of postmodernism so intensely that it subverts and undermines everything in one's existence to the extent that it extracts all joy out of life, while at the same time grandfathering in a new variety of original sin (in this case colonial heritage, but pick your poison), one that must be continually apologised for and can never be forgiven. This isn't healthy, it's not progressive (actually it's the converse), it doesn't bring different peoples together, it doesn't carefully and accurately discuss any real history, only perceived and altered history (in the Orwellian sense) framing certain people as inherently wrong and others as laudable based on nothing more than perceived modern dynamics of power. It is blind to truths of historical tribalism, it fails to realise that its Edenic visions of the past for indigenous peoples all over the world aren't anywhere near the historical truth. One of the few things that can be said of human life is that it is hard, it always has been, but it's not as hard today thanks to advances made by various spearheading cultures in the past such as the Akkadians, the Sumer, Assyrians, the Egyptians, the Hittites, the Greeks, the Romans, the ancient Chinese, the Aryans, the Indus peoples, and the early Islamic world. Later the monolith that Western Europe has been simplified into took its advances (and its germs) to the rest of the planet, repeating a pattern of expansion older than civilization. Now, drunk on a life made unbelievably easier (by comparison) by modern advances in science, technology and medicine, we cast aspersions on the actions of people long dead before we were born for doing things that we wouldn't contemplate doing because "we would never"; don't be so high-minded, it's more likely you would have supported mainstream views than been divergent, you have the benefit of hindsight and a different, more enlightened worldview thanks to the advances made by society in the intervening time. I would be the first to agree that the past should be acknowledged, but not in eternal self flagellation. I don't think this type of activist postmodernist scholarship belongs in a classroom where children are taught, where they are once again segregated by inalienable traits. This isn't progress, this is how civilizations commit suicide.

[@BS-vx8dg]

Very well written, Andrew.

[@mickbox337]

Well said mate :)

[@papillonvu]

Just from reading your comment, I can state without an ounce of doubt that 1) you are probably more qualified to speak at a TED talk than this woman, and 2) I, and dare I presume, most people, would probably enjoy listening to you doing a 12-minute running commentary video of her “TED Talk” more than listening to her own talk!

[@CaptainPhilosophical]

"Who's platform is this?" "Ted's." "Who's Ted?" "Ted's dead baby. Ted's dead."

[@okobojishenanigans2338]

TED has fallen so far. Can't tell if this is satire....... TED: word salads worth spreading.

[@ZFG-xr6qf]

These onion talks are hilarious.

[@BS-vx8dg]

I belong to an obscure cult which practices self-flagellation. I whip myself every night with an 8-inch leather discipline (not including the handle) because we believe we all deserve to suffer. But last night I was in a hotel room when I realized I had forgotten my leather instrument at home. This was a major, major problem, because without daily punishment, I cannot feel worthy of sleep. So I watched this video, from beginning to end. I was going to see if I could purchase a new discipline downtown during the day today, but, remembering the video, I feel like I've probably suffered enough to last me through the rest of this trip.

[@dariocarere3598]

You must be so alone and fragile.

[@BS-vx8dg]

@@dariocarere3598 Perhaps so, but not even half as fragile as Quetzela and her fellow cultists.

[@dariocarere3598]

@@BS-vx8dg She Is the living proof she's not fragile at all. She went on a stage to speak up for the oppressed, people like you notwithstanding. Your comment literally oozes fragility.

[@dariocarere3598]

@@BS-vx8dg You don't need to belong to a cult to speak against violence. Actually, she is showing her strength while you're showing all your fragility.

[@dariocarere3598]

@@BS-vx8dg You don't Need to belong to a cult to speak against racism. You're showing all your fragility.

[@marcosct86]

No todos los latinos somos asi, es una minoria, disculpa

[@Sabotage_Labs]

¡si si lo se! como muchos de nosotros en el suroeste con grandes comunidades hispanas o alguien como yo, cuyo padre se jubiló y vivió en México durante 30 años y... gente racional en general... conoce este hecho importante. Independientemente de la etnia o la cultura de la que venimos, todos somos básicamente iguales y queremos las mismas cosas. queremos vivir nuestras vidas de una manera que funcione para nosotros. Un día honesto paga por un día de trabajo honesto. Criar a nuestros hijos, en condiciones de seguridad, y hacer todo lo que podamos por ellos para que sus vidas sean un poco mejores que las nuestras. Trabajamos duro para que nunca tengan que sufrir ni querer nada. A todos nos gustaría vivir nuestras vidas sin que el gobierno se inyecte en cada aspecto de nuestras vidas y... personas narcisistas que no están contentas consigo mismas debido a sus debilidades... usen propaganda política como la que acaba de decir esta mujer, para poner excusas. y pretender ser una víctima, para sembrar miedo, odio, división y resentimiento... para que nunca tenga que ser responsable de sus malas decisiones. Nunca tuvo que asumir la responsabilidad de sus decisiones y acciones ni reclamar poder sobre su vida o aparentemente... su "gente". Su "pueblo", eso te lo garantizo... si te remontas no tan lejos en su historia, en algún momento, ¡nosotros los opresores! Los que pelearon, masacraron y peor... a sus vecinos. Estoy seguro de esto porque... ella es humana y todos los grupos étnicos de humanos en algún momento... somos humanos. Mataban por recursos o territorio, por oro o alguna otra fortuna. Probablemente incluso sacrificaban a sus enemigos a los dioses de la forma más brutal. ¡Esto... es algo que todos los humanos tenemos en común! Entonces, amigo mío... lo sabemos. Sabemos que ella está influenciada, ya sea a sabiendas o no, por neomarxistas y posmodernistas que intentan derribarlo todo para que la revolución socialista finalmente se afiance en Estados Unidos y ellos... ellos serán los que finalmente hagan bien el socialismo, traigan sobre la eutopía con la que todos sueñan, sin tener que masacrar a millones de personas inocentes en el proceso. Están equivocados y esta mujer... ella es su idiota útil siendo explotada emocionalmente por personas a las que les importa un carajo si ella vive o muere. Sólo que ella sirve a su causa. y cuando ya no sea necesaria, la echarán a un lado. ¡Piensa por ti mismo, enseña también a tus hijos y sigue rechazando a personas ilógicas y narcisistas como esta mujer! Lo estás haciendo genial. ¡Te aprecio!

[@dariocarere3598]

Fortunately people like her can belong to any ethnicity.

[@kevindavies737]

That was a whole lot of critical theory nonsense. No one with that haircut should be in a position of influence.

[@dariocarere3598]

So you judge a Person from their haircut. Ok.

[@TarmacSkin]

@@dariocarere3598Youll be surprised how much you can tell about the personality of an individual by looking at their haircut or hair color.

[@dariocarere3598]

@@TarmacSkin I surely can Say a lot of you Judging from your pathetic prejudice.

[@Choralosophy]

One place to start with communicating these ideas in a loving way would be to not use the word "violence" when describing things that are non-violent. That choice of concept creep is emotionally charged and will cause defensiveness. Someone who has been insensitive to someone's cultural background has not been "violent." Sitting in those chairs and being comfortable is not "violent." The Conflict Theory is on full display here, and then we wonder why their is so much conflict.

[@dariocarere3598]

She has clearly explained Why violence can also be embedded in indoctrination and habits.

[@Choralosophy]

Timestamp?@@dariocarere3598

[@seankyle92]

So Coleman Hughes's "A Case for Color Blindness" almost got retracted from Ted but these types drivel is allowed. Says a lot.

[@TheLookingGlassAU]

Big words, little real-world logic.

[@dariocarere3598]

She has reported many examples from the real world. Maybe you were Watching another video.

[@egioch]

Decolonizing? Something from Hamas playbook?

[@yumsanmei]

The Left Loves Islam...

[@cryptsub]

And you're the other kind of cringe.

[@rhinoman80]

Twelve minutes of word salad. Colour me impressed.

[@MrBrewman95]

That’s the only salad that she has ever had.

[@davidwhitt8149]

Interesting she's from Nicaragua but lives in Canada now and ironically complains about colonization. There's a Stonetoss cartoon about this.

[@dariocarere3598]

I Guess someone Needs to tell you the difference between migrating and colonizing.

[@davidwhitt8149]

@@dariocarere3598 semantics

[@dariocarere3598]

@@davidwhitt8149 Good job. Now you know how useless your comment was.

[@davidwhitt8149]

​@@dariocarere3598 To Leftists the difference is if the person is white they're a colonizer but if non-white they're a migrant. IMO the difference is colonizers build up a civilization where wilderness prevails whereas migrants move to an already built-up place to enjoy the benefits of past colonization.

[@dariocarere3598]

@@davidwhitt8149 If a Person leaves their country back, that's because they want to improve their life conditions. Which Is a little different from occupying someone else's space. It is totally fine to talk about colonization if you're a migrant.

[@charlesbeloved7951]

How is teaching someone Shakespeare a violent act of colonialism??? 😆 you people are insufferable

[@hamburgertrain6]

It isn’t. These people are Neo-Marxists. James Lindsay of New Discourses has this all figured out.

[@noconaroubideaux9423]

Then suffer.

[@charlesbeloved7951]

If she “decolonized” herself then why is her last name still Carson??? 🤔 interesting

[@mario10zeus]

She's probably half white. Indigenous people are much shorter and darker skinned.

[@dariocarere3598]

So in your opinion you must change your name to be against colonizing?

[@tomcotter4299]

The ability to sit in a warm seat is “colonial violence”? So… colonial violence is civilization? Colonialism rocks! 😂

[@xdinoify]

this is a bad faith interpretation and reflects your reactionary attitude towards people who call out oppression. this is clearly a way to call out the comforts we have in the West and the imperial nations that are often built from extracting labor, land and resources from other places.

[@tomcotter4299]

@@xdinoify Of course I'm not going to treat those people seriously because they are a joke. Our Western comforts are not dependent on extracting resources from other nations. We create wealth in the West through productive action and trade. Try reading an economics textbook sometime, moron.

[@ethanwright752]

@@xdinoify Oppression is drastically blown out of porportion with you deluded woke clowns. Your idea of fairness and justice is completely backward from cosmic levels of stupidity

[@Rn-pp9et]

@@xdinoify His attitude isn't 'reactionary'. It's constructive deduction. Additionally there is no real oppression in modern western liberal democracies and that's the reason Marxist ideologues need to imagine it, a bit like morbidly obese people think they are oppressed because they don't fit into seats or medical science says they're not healthy. So they try to 'combat' this oppression with their daffy 'activism', but trying to convince everyone that being morbidly obese and dying prematurely before the age of 50 is healthy.

[@TheZodiacz]

@@xdinoify feel free to throw away your PC, phone or other COLONIALIST device immediately.

[@HolyMolyPictures]

I'm sure whoever booked her to speak is now fired.

[@BS-vx8dg]

I'd like to think that is true, but c'mon, you and I know they probably got a bonus.

[@HolyMolyPictures]

@@BS-vx8dgYep:)

[@dariocarere3598]

I would give them a promotion.

[@capthook1]

@@dariocarere3598and also a diet plan too.

[@emmanuelgoldstein1918]

One could hope.

[@fedev80]

The mentally ill are teachers and speakers, what a time to be alive.

[@dariocarere3598]

Why on earth does she sound ill to you?

[@fedev80]

@@dariocarere3598 really? I think it's pretty obvious

[@dariocarere3598]

@@fedev80 It Is not. What's sick in what she said?

[@fedev80]

@@dariocarere3598 ok buddy

[@dariocarere3598]

@@fedev80 Could you answer the question?

[@South_Van_Ilse_MTB]

just insanity. I just came back from a trip to University Of Alberta. THANKFULLY this nonsense has not yet ifected the engineering school

[@dariocarere3598]

Please, do not bother to explain. Too tiring for you.

[@diallda5792]

w t f

[@alonsotron3140]

I was wondering why TED had turned into utter raw sewage. This explains it Ideological capture by insufferable cultists. Congrats

[@dockjm]

OK.. so now I can cross TED Talks off the list of content actually worth listening to, as I see they've become a complete freaking farce.

[@tomnaughadie]

I'm surprised TED didn't take this one down. I'm very glad they didn't.

[@egioch]

yes, I am as well. Beats any SNL sketch big tie.

[@BS-vx8dg]

I'm glad they didn't as well. *All* perspectives deserve to be aired, even when the person promoting them has erred.

[@dockjm]

Ditto. It reveals TED to have become a useless waste of time that can be crossed off the watch list.

[@BS-vx8dg]

@@dockjm The Coleman Hughes affair did a good job of demonstrating that as well.

[@firecloud77]

Yes, it's good to get an unfiltered viewing of the neo-Marxists that are corrupting the rising generation, and systematically demolishing the foundation of our civilization.

[@pete3028]

The core of her talk "panic is not prayerful" is suiting - the entire speech was her in a panic. What happened to TED is atrocious and an embarrassment to the brilliant minds that have graced that red dot on stage she just "decolonized".

[@dariocarere3598]

She doesn't look in a panic at all. She firmly and beautifully spoke against oppression, and you cannot stand that.

[@pete3028]

@@dariocarere3598 I could "stand it" long enough to listen to the entire session of absolute victimhood dribble. If that's your idea of "firm" and "beautiful" speech then I don't have much else to say here - we disagree.

[@dariocarere3598]

@@pete3028 And you, as anyone else here, Will not bother to explain Why. She Is wrong, that's It. And you are right.

[@alexgibson2871]

ill take western medecine thanks

[@richo8475]

Well I guess that age old question… “where’s the beef” has been answered. Only I would submit this is more like pork.

[@tonycrayford3893]

Pork tastes good and she'd probably taste very bitter and salty. So salty you'd be instantly dehydrated and turn to dust.

[@praevasc4299]

That's not a talk, it's just someone spewing vile hatred. Also a great example of the "it's not happening but it's good that it's happening" style of activism they do. When we say they are weaponizing children, they say it's just a conspiracy theory, but at the same time they are openly proud of doing so.

[@charlesbeloved7951]

She spoke a lot but never actually defined colonial violence... 🙄

[@youngepicurean8282]

Snooze fest. Breathing conditioned air in a room is 'violence'? Abstracting words to that degree causes the loss of all meaning.

[@maddiekits]

She did tho?

[@charlesbeloved7951]

@@maddiekits give me examples

[@maddiekits]

@@charlesbeloved7951 that would be quoting like half the video lol 😆

[@charlesbeloved7951]

@@maddiekits lol ok sure thing Karen.

[@FM-eu9kz]

What a waste of time..

[@stevenlightfoot6479]

I want to see an informed rebuttal of all these assertions.

[@eloievaldovinos2887]

Hahaha a settler version? Even after she said everything political in the Western hemisphere is new and not indigenous. It's all foreign concepts

[@BS-vx8dg]

Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig; es ist nicht einmal falsch!

[@buttofthejoke]

Coleman Hughes did, but they tried their best to never publish his Ted talk because the DEI activists at Ted didn't want to get exposed

[@BS-vx8dg]

@@buttofthejoke This is true.

[@stevenlightfoot6479]

@@buttofthejoke oh right, I do recall that now. Yes they tried to suppress it!

[@katym.8250]

Looks down at her fabulous peachy pink skin and realizes she has color...oh, and culture, language and homeland. Sweet!

[@mario10zeus]

She's probably half-White, and half hates herself.

[@dariocarere3598]

Are you saying She Is not half Native just because of the colour of her skin? Are you really that dense?...

[@steffenlarsen363]

This seems to be dumbest possible take om human existence ever.

[@noellewest4347]

"uncomfortability"?

[@kimbruns2084]

I was going to say the same thing, when people say words like this you know it’s going to be BS.

[@MonteBellweather]

LOL! What a clown!

[@midnightdl]

nothing of substance, sounds like a religious story, moving on to next ted talk about de-colonization

[@videoaccount5676]

I feel for her knees.

[@susanlee9642]

You win best comment 🤭

[@bretanwode]

The use of the word “violence” indiscriminately obfuscates every issue it is injected into. Confusing any and every action, including conversation, with violence, is immoral since the only way to avoid actual physical violence is to have open conversation. This lady is an awful example of a teacher. She is breaking the central precept of teaching… reason and discussion.

[@scubamanbrian1518]

Today’s people are so incredibly fragile. It won’t last though. Once real crisis comes, and it always does, so many people are going to suddenly realize how weak they were.

[@SpicyGelato98]

🙄

[@sebaslek38]

that wasn't interesting, and was very difficult to understand or relate to. Very lousy talk with lotsa time wasted in the intro and very little substance in the main part of the talk. She should go learn and practice on how to give better talks. I hope she gets much better before attempting the next talk.

[@tooter4u271]

She could have held this talk outside in the snow if she was so concerned about the violences of being safe and warm inside, no?

[@dariocarere3598]

This was obviously not her point. She was talking about the fact that people sometimes can feel comfortable even while inadvertedly supporting a system of oppression.

[@milolouis]

LOLOLOLOLOL

[@praevasc4299]

According to her, colonialism means that we can live comfortable lives. Hey, is she actually an apologist for colonialism?

[@johnby3843]

"Colonial violence is sitting in these chairs and feeling uncomfortable; colonial violence is the control of the elements that we have, and being warm in this room." - feel free to end your support for colonial violence by not being in rooms in which the elements are controlled.

[@hamburgertrain6]

@Zach Let’s just skip it.

[@klipser66]

That outfit is colonizing her 😂😂😅😅

[@strikehold2112]

Physical fitness is colonial violence.

[@derkaiser420]

I was wondering what happened to Ted Talks. She is the reason why? I can see why.

[@dariocarere3598]

Is there anything wrong in this speech?

[@farche2]

ha ha ha ha ha HA HA HAHA HAHA Hahahah HAHHAhahahah

[@uocana1]

I could only get to the 2 min mark 🥴

[@GavinDunican-pj1hj]

This is a good reason to show the dislikes on YT videos again.

[@Augustus_Imperator]

These are the kind of people wanting to revoke the licenses of esteemed professionals like Jordan Peterson because of mean tweets. 🤣🤣

[@dariocarere3598]

Well, no. This Is the kind of people who should be famous in lieu of Peterson.

[@susanlee9642]

I’m wondering how she got to this venue and where she thinks the clothes she’s wearing and the glasses she’s using to see came from my guess it’s from the colonial violence she speaks of 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@dariocarere3598]

Have you Heard her say that we're supposed to eliminate any achievement of civilization?

[@dradmc7101]

I know this woman. She once called me out for violence for being white and writing a song about colonisation.

[@dariocarere3598]

@@dradmc7101 Yes, sure.

[@dradmc7101]

@@dariocarere3598 ask her..

[@trivialgravitas9581]

Utter nonsense. This woman needs our pity.

[@altereggo3498]

We should be talking about re-Indiginization as the main focus of decolonization.

[@SouthwestTed]

As a Ted myself, I find this teacher’s message offensive

[@ld4677]

"like" how many times can you say the word which shows how small your vocabulary base is... I don't understand whats this dudes problem is but TED are you just running out of qualified speakers??? News flash: every colony of humans has been violent... If you want hugs and kisses then live underground with the moles... I'm not sure if they are violent, but you may agree with this moral stance on eating dirt. The only colony that has never resorted to violence is on the ISS.

[@mairedaly4926]

Wow embarrassing... she feels the need to explain what colonialism is!!!!. Who on earth does she think she's talking to? What's apparent is, she thinks she's awfully clever...

[@pixndoog]

That’s not colonialism, at 05:00 (when she FINALLY begins to say something), she only described imperialism… 😑

[@ReddingRed]

Well, she's no Sir Kenneth Robinson, is she? Compare and contrast to see how far TED Talks have devolved into shite.

[@CidTheGargoyle]

She somehow managed to speak for twelve minutes without saying anything. I still don’t even know what “colonial violence” is even supposed to mean. Who at TED talks even okays this? This is embarrassing and honestly a bit disturbing. Is this what’s teaching kids today?

[@muffindalai]

uncomfterbility isn’t a word. She’s s teacher?

[@FlawlessP401]

What if colonialism is based and improved the world and pretending it was bad is cringe cope from people who refuse to admit cultural defeat

[@Iwantmymtv]

This is ridiculous. Please go give your TED Talks in Russia, China or Venezuela.

[@nathanreed7777]

This lady is a teacher. Sweet jesus. The world would be a better place if she never spoke again.

[@marwar819]

Her main battleground is her body. Her fight is within.

[@dradmc7101]

I'm so glad I don't socialise with these type of people anymore..

[@mathmandrsam]

You left out 'making good choices privilege'

[@Steven-rn2bu]

I am here just to see if the audience applauds this wackadoodle in the end. Yup, they did. Ted took a hard left a long time ago... bye bye.

[@giandomenicomartorelli8069]

This video doesn't have enough dislikes.

[@kimbruns2084]

The worst thing she said is that she is a teacher and an educator.

[@tomoth77]

Whats wrong with colonization?

[@jwp2166]

Complete gibberish.

[@lorenzo-tuarismith3340]

L video + ratio + youngboy better

[@dro8031]

I listen to these people the same way I listen to a rambling homeless person on a street corner. Hilarious.

[@hamburgertrain6]

It would be hilarious if they weren’t in positions of power in all of our important institutions.

[@joshua_tobler]

Homeschool your kids

[@tomharrison6607]

wtf

[@mbdeza]

What a bunch of BS…

[@joelhoffman7173]

Sad. Good-bye Ted!

[@algirdasknieza8352]

Down the hill we go…

[@okobojishenanigans2338]

Unwatchable

[@naturous_aspect5828]

Pe? Per?

[@dsugimoto313]

When did "violence" become a philosophical/ grammatical concept? It's a physical action.