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This chapter uses the United States (USA) as a case-study to tackle two questions: what are the barriers to positive peace and how have/do Black, Indigenous, and womxn of color contribute(d) to positive peace? Through continental US Native feminist theories, which offer a decolonial and gendered critique of settler colonialism and heteropatriarchy, white supremacy is exposed as a global threat to positive peace. Through a (re)learning of the previously invisible history of Black, Indigenous, and “womxn” of color contributions to positive peace, this chapter invites self-reflective scholarship and the utilization of academic (and/or white) privilege to dismantle oppressive social systems, including white feminism. This chapter offers resources to the alternative models of justice needed to sustain a peaceful society and environment for future generations.
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Frain, S.C. (2022). Women’s Rights/Gender Rights: Positive Peace as Indigenous and Womxn’s Rights. In: Standish, K., Devere, H., Suazo, A., Rafferty, R. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Positive Peace. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0969-5_25
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