The site of the struggle has been fixed on the culture. However, valorization should not be dismissed so easily. Cultural affirmation should be considered as a necessary phase of resistance. It is a place of beginning. Affirming our identities and cultures and concomitantly acknowledging the need for social change is a more tenable approach.
Theoretical perspectives are varied because colonial discourse is paradoxical.
The key principle is that the claiming of difference corresponds with the colonialist and racist paradigm. Dismantling and deconstructing the master's house implies that we have to confront and challenge the hierarchies. Forms of oppression are complex and not easily eliminated. Resistance has been evidenced mainly through silence and passivity. More importantly, however, resistance needs to focus on redefining relationships.