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TW: discussion of residential school denialism

@adeleperry.bsky.social

I think this is an important point. @seancarleton.bsky.social & Daniel Heath Justice have argued that cherry picking is a fundamental part of the denialist project and this is a related kind of move.

2/10/26, 11:20 pm1 repost5 likes

Sean Carleton

@seancarleton.bsky.social

Yes, Daniel and I identified that tactic (cherry-picking); Niigaan and I have recently expanded this argumentation to show specifically how hyper-fixation about Kamloops (an ongoing investigation mind you) is serving denialism: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

canadiandimension.comPutting truth and respect before reconciliationSean Carleton and Niigaan Sinclair, Indigenous studies professors and editors of the new book, Truth Before Reconciliation: Confronting Residential School Denialism, respond to the slow creep of harmf...