i read this a while back and was reminded of Ariella Azoulay’s work which urges us to unlearn imperialism. all these strains of thought/methodologies/frameworks (including marxism) originated in the west and must share some basic dna. it’s not surprising that they don’t align with alternative ways of comprehending the world.
something else i learned here: according to russell means, american ‘indian’ has nothing to do with india, the country (or older british colonial nomenclature). back in 1492, that part of the world was known to europeans as ‘hindustan’ or the land of ‘hindus.’
indian is a corruption of the spanish word indios based on what columbus and his retinue liked to call native people, ‘una gente in dios’ or ‘a people in god’ which was eventually shortened to ‘indios.’
more here.