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What does it mean to be an immigrant on stolen lands?

By: Meera Eragoda, Features Editor Content warning: war, genocide, colonialism, anti-Indigeneity, racism It’s uncomfortable but necessary to think about what it means to be a racialized immigrant settler on stolen lands. For many of us, life is better than in the countries we came from. But at whose expense has this been possible? And what forces went into making our home countries places we needed to leave in the first place? Understanding this might help us all learn how to better work together in solidarity. I came to this country with my single Tamil mother, fleeing both the genocide of…

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