Abstract
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.