I made a lot of realizations after finishing the first two chapters of Richmond’s unhealed history. It still is prominently, white, Christian, and patriarchic, and that originates from the history of the town. The colonial history cannot be erased and determines to a big extent, the nature of the area. The fact that this land was taken from the indigenous communities and the current white-dominant civilization is built on that land is shocking. Our university, the houses, and the whole town have as foundations the blood of native communities that were genocide and still are not even heard in the modern world. I found it almost offensive in the book how it was mentioned that both colonial powers and indigenous peoples harmed each other and how they were responsible for the death of both sides. That equates the forceful and violent takeover of their home to the only defending mechanism that indigenous peoples had and that is at the minimum disrespectful. Overall painful and uncomfortable continuing to read the book but rewarding!