The Ole Crab Story: Analysis of a Personal Experience in Colonialism and Antiracism Theory

Abstract

The Ole Crab Story is about crabs in a pail. When one of them tries to get out of thepail and almost reaches the top, the other crabs reach up to drag it down. This story isan analogy for the dysfunction in historically oppressed communities. The Ole Crabstory is a personal experience of a phenomenon that happens frequently in Aboriginalcommunities.