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Home Isn T Home And I Am Graffiti By Leanne Simpson

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Racism creates division and injustice, causing generational trauma and constructing harmful attitudes. Author of “Home Isn’t Home” Makayla Webkamigad, an Algoma U student, and author of “I Am Graffiti” Leanne Simpson, a Mississauga Nishnaabeg writer, both highlight the burdens of Indigenous communities against systematic injustice. Throughout Canadian history, Indigenous peoples have been subjected to attempts of assimilation, oppression, and unfair treatment. Both texts investigate the racism throughout history experienced by Indigenous communities. Despite “Home Isn’t Home” and “I Am Graffiti” exploring different kinds of conflict, both together utilize tone and display the systematic injustice of Indigenous peoples. The indigenous communities are …show more content…

Therefore, the contrasting conflicts both reflect the systematic injustice Indigenous communities constantly encounter to this day. Indigenous authors emphasize tone to proportionally display the hardships caused by systematic injustice Indigenous communities are challenged with. “Home Isn’t Home” utilizes a somber and disturbing tone to highlight the atrocities committed by Canadian colonists. Makayla “[lived] years in a hospital bed because the small girl had what all small girls had. With her long dark hair, who sun kissed golden brown, who once knew nothing but love.” (Webkamigad 1:25) This illustrates a disturbing tone that is meant to resonate with the audience as Makayla recollects her traumatic experiences from residential schools caused by colonialism and systematic injustice. She highlights that thousands of children involuntarily endured these conditions in an attempt to assimilate Indigenous culture and history. Similarly, “i am graffiti” utilizes a hopeless tone as [They] were erased (Simpson) to display how Indigenous communities feel dismissed by

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