How often these days do you encounter the label colonizer? I don't know how often it may occur in other countries. In the United States it is a common phrase mostly aimed at white people. The claim is that they are just colonizers and by some extension that means they should not be there, shouldn't have the same rights as other people, etc.
In truth it is pretty sick. It is also mentally LAZY.
I'll explain why. That is actually why I decided to write this.
What is a colonizer actually?
In history it was a person or person(s) that moved to some new region and began developing a home and living there.
This technically describes EVERY human ancestor everywhere. Since it is being used against descendants of "Colonizers" because they happen to be white and are in the United States and those "Colonizers" are no longer living we should by extension be able to apply the same methodology to other people. Regardless of where you come from and your ancestors come from if you are going to reach back in history your ancestors at some point will fit the definition of "Colonizer".
I know it is popular to set a particular historical line in the sand and say "I don't care about a thousand years ago, I care about a couple of centuries ago." This is mentally lazy. It is framing so you can make it seem like what you are saying is justified when logically/rationally it is not at all.
Now Colonizer may mean to people that it only applies to people who moved somewhere there were already people and enslaved, subjugated, replaced, merged with, or killed them. The idea is that it only occurs in these cases with violence.
Again this becomes mentally lazy.
You see in ALL of these places there were already things going on like that between tribes and peoples. As you examine the regions territories, tribes, etc. would change frequently. In fact the "indigenous people" sometimes called "Native American" often had slaves between tribes, warred violently, etc. Some areas would be relatively peaceful from time to time. There were also some pretty unique communities.
Yet this is true again everywhere on the planet if you study history. It was even occurring before "white man" arrived.
The issue is typically centered on race. This is where things often go today.
Now before you get too outraged. My ancestors walked the Trail of Tears. I have both Cherokee, and Chickasaw genetics from my ancestors. Yet I am very pale skinned. I've met people who are white as can be with blonde hair who happen to be full fledged members of some "Native American" tribes. That's kind of how genetics works.
As to Native American... Were you born in America? If so I guess technically that makes you a Native American.
Were you born in Africa and then immigrated to America to become a citizen in America? If so that might make you an African American like Elon Musk. It actually doesn't have anything to do with your skin color. It has to do with where you are from. Most so-called African Americans today are simply Americans just like me.
Now if you truly understand what I wrote you remove the power from the propaganda techniques that are being used to divide us. We can join in solidarity as opposed to continually dividing and attack each other over words that are being used to manipulate. They can only control us if we are too mentally lazy to truly think about those things. They count on that.
The good thing about laziness is we can with effort end it in ourselves.