The Problem of Speaking for Others

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dian women. She writes them in first person and assumes a Native identity. At 1988 International Feminist Book Fair in Montreal a group of Native Canadian writers decided to ask Cameron to, in their words, move over on grounds that her writings are disempowering for Native authors. She agrees.' 2. After 1989 elections in Panama are overturned by Manuel Noriega, President Bush of United States declares in a public address that Noriega's actions constitute an outrageous fraud and that the voice of Panamanian people has spoken. The Panamanian people, he tells us, democracy and not tyranny, and want Noriega out. He proceeds to plan invasion of Panama.