When Colonial Violence Comes Home
The more research I do, the more I analyze Christian colonial capitalist violence, the clearer it becomes that these concepts, which continue their historic assault against Black, Indigenous, and other people of color, are driving the collapse of mainstream, White society today. Not only in this country, but globally.
This is why I’ve sought out and have extensive experiences related to LANDBACK, Mutual Aid, and the abolition of police and prisons.
In the context of the infographic, these terms refer to educational attainment:
No BA: Means “No Bachelor’s Degree.” This group includes individuals who have not completed a four-year college degree.
BA+: Means “Bachelor’s Degree or higher.” This group includes individuals who have at least a four-year college degree.
This distinction is used in the “Deaths of Despair” chart to highlight how the crisis has disproportionately affected non-college-educated white Americans, a key point from the source material.
