"The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line, the relations of the darker to the lighter races of men in Asia and Africa, in America and the islands of the sea“

- E.B. DuBois (1903)

‘My mission is to train, to empower, and to help bring a sense of dignity back to these people.’

– Right to Play volunteer

Two Hours away…

• You should not search Afghan homes, particularly at night

• Respect our women and their privacy• You set up roadblocks, unreasonably• Your convoys block roads, and even refuse

ANSF vehicles passage• You shoot indiscriminately• You kill too many Afghans• You swear constantly• You are extremely arrogant, and will not learn• You publically search and humiliate us• You are responsible for many war crimes

without sufficient action being taken• You urinate in public• You kill animals for no reason• You cause problems when we harm dogs• You yell at us and show us little respect• You do not support us in battle• You act on poor intelligence, and are too stupid

to know the difference• You do not support us properly logistically• You do not protect civilians appropriately

• You should not search Afghan homes, particularly at night

• Respect our women and their privacy• You set up roadblocks, unreasonably• Your convoys block roads, and even refuse

ANSF vehicles passage• You shoot indiscriminately• You kill too many Afghans• You swear constantly• You are extremely arrogant, and will not learn• You publically search and humiliate us• You are responsible for many war crimes

without sufficient action being taken• You urinate in public• You kill animals for no reason• You cause problems when we harm dogs• You yell at us and show us little respect• You do not support us in battle• You act on poor intelligence, and are too stupid

to know the difference• You do not support us properly logistically• You do not protect civilians appropriately

• You are pedophiles• You are cruel to dogs• You smell bad and you have no sense of

personal hygiene• You oppress women• You are not dependable and I cannot count on

you• You are never punctual• You are not goal oriented• You are a drug addict• You are incompetent soldiers• You don’t speak English• You don’t understand the chain of command• You are unprofessional• You extol ignorant thinking• You cannot provide good intelligence• You poor intelligence puts us at harms way• You resist necessary action• You have strange customs• You don’t say what is on your mind• You do not understand the greater good

Crumbling Concrete (2 Years later)

Broken/Unfinished Hydro Plant

Unfinished Power Canal

“Any inventions, whether products or processes, in all fields of technology, provided that they are new, involve an inventive step and are capable of industrial application.”-Intellectual Property

World Trade Organization

Moving forward…

Perceptual BlindnessInternational White Privilege

Hegemonic Eurocentric Knowledge

Mythology of Intervention

The Problem of Speaking for Others…Agency and Identity

Hierarchy of Culture

Culturalism as New Racism

Racialization of Labour

Ideological Violence