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Centring Subjectivity

Witnessing and Wellness

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In chapter 8, V.C. Rhonda Hackett examines the historical and ongoing presence of violence enacted against Indigenous Peoples and against people of African descent on Turtle Island and how it reflects the brutality of enslavement and ongoing colonialism. Topics include discussions of resistance of anti-Black violence, insistence on healing for peoples of African descent, and the possibilities of decolonial equity within this context of historical enslavement and ongoing colonial violence.

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V.C. Rhonda Hackett

Rhonda Hackett is an assistant professor in the School of Social Work, University of Victoria. Dr. Hackett is an African Caribbean scholar whose work is informed by extensive social work practice experience and a decolonizing theoretical lens woven from the offerings of critical race theory, Black feminist thought and Indigenous thought. Her scholarship is focused on advancing understanding of the lived experiences and knowledge of African Caribbean peoples living in the lands currently known as Canada, including matters of family and community well-being.