DECOLONIZATION AS CARE - RIZVI, 2016

What was I intrigued by?
> The crayon example. As a white person, I've never had that experience. When I was a child I never questioned that with colored pencils, "skin colour" equalled "light pink". It was only when I became a teenager that I understood the problematic nature of this. I'm privileged in that sense.

What did I not fully understand?
> Rizvi argues that practitioners should "place themselves outside of the system that maintains their work in place". I would like to know how she would suggest to go about that; it is quite a difficult (if not impossible) task, considering that the system of culture often feels natural/like second nature and makes up a (large) part of our identity. How do we place ourselves outside of ourself?

What resonates with me?
> "If culture is fluid and changing, then it can be changed." This sentence resonated with me because I believe in this statement and feel like it is important. In my culture (mostly white Dutch, from the Randstad, partly Christian and part progressive artistic (just making a term up here)) and social circles, I've not really encountered genderqueer people or places; I had to actively seek those out. I would like my culture to become more diverse and less strictly binary when it comes to gender, both in language and actions.