<description> &lt;p&gt;Today’s poem is How to Be a Good Savage by Mikeas Sánchez, translated by Wendy Call and Shook.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… &amp;quot;Today’s poem ironizes the lens through which the colonizer sees Indigenous peoples as uncivilized. It is a horrible term that diminishes a people’s humanity and ascribes assimilation as the cure of a presumed inferiority. It is an example of a poem that my friend Willie Perdomo describes as a poetry of “decolonial practice.”&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp&lt;/p&gt; </description>

The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

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1102: How to Be a Good Savage by Mikeas Sánchez, translated by Wendy Call and Shook

APR 23, 20244 MIN
The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

1102: How to Be a Good Savage by Mikeas Sánchez, translated by Wendy Call and Shook

APR 23, 20244 MIN

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<p>Today’s poem is How to Be a Good Savage by Mikeas Sánchez, translated by Wendy Call and Shook.</p><br/><p>The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… &quot;Today’s poem ironizes the lens through which the colonizer sees Indigenous peoples as uncivilized. It is a horrible term that diminishes a people’s humanity and ascribes assimilation as the cure of a presumed inferiority. It is an example of a poem that my friend Willie Perdomo describes as a poetry of “decolonial practice.”&quot;</p><br/><p>Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp</p>