Tupac Enrique Acosta
Tupac Enrique Acosta is a Xicano elder, practitioner of Nahua tradition, organizer, and human rights activist. His guidance was critical in the formation of the Nahui Ollin educational framework implemented in the former K-12 Mexican American Studies Department Programs in Tucson Unified School District and in its evolution, the Xicanx Institute for Teaching & Organizing.[1] Acosta roots his work in a holistic perspective of history, attributing contemporary human rights abuses in the United States to colonialism and the doctrine of discovery. He has founded several organizations and frequently works in collaboration with Indigenous rights groups.[2][3][4]
Organizing[edit]
In 2010, Acosta was arrested for protesting Arizona SB 1070 in front of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. In his holding cell, he discussed with Colin Bossen, a minister at the Unitarian Universalist Society in Cleveland, how "the purpose of SB1070 was to consolidate the perceptions of some white Americans around the idea of an America that is white in a continent that belongs to them." Bossen was supportive of Acosta's perspective and stated that "SB1070 is designed to enforce a border that divides not only the United States and Mexico but the indigenous peoples who belong to the Uto-Aztecan language group. They have been moving back and forth between what is now the U.S. and Mexico long before either country existed. SB1070 criminalizes their traditional freedom of movement." Acosta states "When we did that marching... we didn't come to legalize ourselves before the state of Arizona. We came to legalize Arizona... Now, let's get this clear, colonization is illegal... If we're going to legalize Arizona we have to decolonize Arizona."[2]
Acosta signed in support of the 2018 Hands Off Mother Earth (HOME) Manifesto, which protested geoengineering efforts to block out the sun in order to salvage the fossil fuel industry. Acosta stated that geoengineering is “built upon a predatory relationship with the natural world" and that its implementation in Indigenous lands was an extension of colonization: “They put wings on the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa María and they’re flying them up there in the sky.”[3]
In 2020, Acosta spoke out against the Canadian government's failure to provide a reason as to why they allowed Tomás Zerón, who was accused with covering up the 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping. An arrest warrant was initiated for Zerón in March. However, this carried no weight in Canada. He was also issued an Interpol red notice, meaning he could not leave the country of Canada once entering. Acosta stated: "Where are the corresponding accusations and court judgments for government officials higher up than Zerón? Where are the military generals? They need to be brought to accountability. These questions are going unanswered or they are going unasked, even under Obrador."[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ Sean Arce, Martín (2016). "Xicana/o Indigenous Epistemologies: Toward a Decolonizing and Liberatory Education for Xicana/o Youth". In Ratcliff, Anthony J.; Sandoval, Denise M.; Marín, James R.; Lachica Buenavista, Tracy. "White" Washing American Education: The New Culture Wars in Ethnic Studies. ABC-CLIO. pp. 31–36. ISBN 9781440832567.
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bossen, Colin (10 February 2011). "Imigration [sic] and Indigenous Theology by Colin Bossen". The University of Chicago: Divinity School. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Aronoff, Kate (2018). "Inside Geoengineers' Risky Plan To Block Out the Sun". In These Times. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Newcomb, Steven (11 February 2019). "Steven Newcomb: We the people of the dominated Native nations". Indianz. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Barrera, Jorge (14 July 2020). "Mexico wants Canada to turn over former top cop wanted in alleged cover-up of missing Indigenous students". CBC. Unknown parameter
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