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The reading is a reminder of the ways in which white ideology behind white privilege deciphers historical content and the gatherings of historical artifacts by the practices of colonization, such as the discussion around archives addressed in the reading noted as “colonial logics” versus the cultural practices of indigenous peoples. An interesting quote from the reading “archives are physical reminders of colonial practices that once promoted the exclusion of minority and subaltern voices” which is basically describing archiving as a form of hunting and or pirating. Archives and the museum experience is intertwined with commercialization because it turns the works of indigenous peoples into commodities for white capitalism. The reading is a reminder of certain TV shows and programs that deal with deciphering history as a sort of digital technology and how their own bias psychedelic imagination is reapplied to the content of their assertion producing what they would consider quality and insightful entertainment of their theories and perspective which is arguably nonsense. White ideological interpretations are prejudice and arrogant assumptions of colonized material dominates indigenous groups all over again. Ownership of the materials is a huge part of the discussion. People have to really ask themselves “but yeah like how do they know that or where is this information coming from again?” instead of embracing nonsense especially the nonsense attached over and over to ancient materials of their assertion. It is ridiculously disturbing and bizarre but even more annoying because some if not most of these made up stories are really disrespectful. to the point that it is nothing but a parody of a groups’ culture. So why does this continue to keep happening? Are people that entertained by nonsense to the point that they do not even realize the difference between the difference of comical and historical or has it gotten that much harder that some people do not know the difference between comical and historical anymore or that there is  the practice of “colonial logics” honestly?