March 2012
Who changes a baby’s diaper while the baby is standing up?
Oh yeah, my brother.
“blah blah blah blah”
– ward churchill (via ayiman)
13 Year Old Jada Williams Persecuted by the... →
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thatmuchlove:
13 Year Old Jada Williams Persecuted by the Rochester City School District Over her essay on Frederick Douglass.
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beautifulbrwn:
“On Saturday, February 18, 2012, the Frederick Douglass Foundation of New York presented the first Spirit of Freedom award to Jada Williams, a 13-year old...
February 2012
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Transethnic FTW
nijireiki:
brandx:
Oh, for fuck’s sake.
Apparently a clutch of privileged, delusional bigots have hijacked the term “transethnic,” ensuring that us Class Bastard adoptees and foster kids encounter even MORE dismissal and confusion in public discourse.
“Transethnic,” for those who don’t know, occurs in the context of adoption. For example, a white Jewish child is adopted by non Jews. Or a...
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Ahh. It’s so hard for me to quit jobs formally. I just stop showing up one day.
hinduthug:
LOL @ people who think they’re allowed to tell people how wrong of a Sikh, Muslim, Hindu, Jain, Christian, Catholic, etc are.
The relationship between a person and God doesn’t concern you. End of story.
Did My Research
myfoursouls:
ailisandromeda:
So!
I did some in-depth exploring and looked up links between Native American culture and astrology. Apparently the astrology really pertains to no specific groups of Native Americans and it’s a watered down version of Mayan astrology.
From what I gather, like most modern-day astrology, it’s really just another new-age spirituality. The calendar is based on a two...
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do i go to a wedding that will have me thinking about killing everyone present, but will make my bf happy?
or do i say fuck that and piss off my bf and all those people i would feel like killing, branding me as a bitch to all of them (j/k they all think i’m a bitch now anyways)?
my bf’s mom already rsvp-ed for me, even though i haven’t talked to her in three or four years....
weetz:
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mymothertongue:
Yes, yes, yes to the message, but…
how can you be sure the the person pictured isn’t Native? I hesitate. Braids, one feather, and one pink line of paint isn’t exactly “obvious” appropriation to me. I’d love to find the image source!
TW- MISCARRIAGE, SEXUAL ABUSE, EFFECTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE
WHETHER SHE IS OR ISN’T NATIVE IS FUCKING IRRELEVANT.
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Just my thoughts.
stupidityannoysmesobad:
So I saw this photo, it’s from the model Rachel Dashae. I agree with what was written over her on the below photo.
But then I was thinking… hey? She’s mad right? That’s horrible someone did that, because she says she’s Native American too so she can pretty much do whatever the hell she wants right?
This above photo is promoting stereotypes, a feather? “war paint” …...
myfoursouls replied to your post: May I request some advice? I’ve been offered the chance to learn an indigenous langu…
The “Parlor trick” Thing SO much. Everyone pretends they speak Cherokee… no one actually does, drives me up the fucking wall.
I was thinking about you when I wrote that, haha.
Anonymous asked: May I request some advice? I've been offered the chance to learn an indigenous language, and I'd really like to, but I've been told by some people (not the people offering to teach me) that it's extremely appropriative for a white person to become fluent in indigenous languages, regardless of their background. My great-grandmother attended a residential school with the...
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I got a job today. I have mixed feelings about this.
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Why do all white people who talk shit about addicts love that show House?
Disgustingly racist blog's bogus advice spurs City...
talldarkbishoujo:
misterhippity:
You may have heard this story of a 15-year-old kid who won a contest to design a sticker for the city of Chicago, only to have the award rescinded and the sticker’s production scrapped because the city came to believe there was “gang imagery’ in the kid’s drawing. Here it is:
The fear is that those hands look weird not because they were badly drawn by a...
Please sign this petition calling on the Canadian... →
miseengarde:
According to a government statistic, young Indigenous women in Canada are five times more likely than other women of the same age to die as the result of violence. The Native Women’s Association of Canada has documented more than 580 cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada, most within the last three decades. Because of gaps in police and government reporting, the...
The 5 Stupidest Habits You Develop Growing Up Poor →
palatial-bear-messages:
The 5 Stupidest Habits You Develop Growing Up Poor
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As some of you know, until the last couple of years, I was poor as shit. The first 18 years, I was a kid and couldn’t do anything about it. The next 17, I was still a kid and wouldn’t do anything about it. I take full...
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sofriel:
Does anyone know of any books/discussions/etcetera regarding being an indigenous person living outside one’s traditional lands?
Anyone? ANYONE??? I definitely want to read this if it exists.
Anonymous asked: The amount of white people that give a shit about native culture, history, socio-economic status, oppression, residential schools, reserve politics, is like 1%. I can't think of a culture that is more under-represented in North America than the indigenous population. Speaking as a Metis person, I truly truly believe only 1% care. This translates into government and society. And it's a...
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sexrockerbilly replied to your post: Thanks Kahs2012 for making me feel not so guilty…
how do you feel when white people take an interest in learning about Native American history in school/college? (besides the cringing?)
In the end, it’s good. All Americans should know about the history of the people indigenous to these two continents. At the very least, everyone should have...
I get to see my little sister this weekend (hopefully) for the first time since August. It’s been rough having to worry about her because of …circumstances, but I’m happy it’s all over with even if it isn’t ideal.
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Thanks Kahs2012 for making me feel not so guilty about sometimes cringing at people who study Natives in school or take an extreme interest in our cultures.
So a friend of mine who is white is an Indigenous...
nockknock:
moosedeevita:
kahs2012:
littleojibwe:
And she posts a lot of stuff on native issues, especially issues on appropriation because even though it doesn’t affect her directly, it bothers her a lot.
I guess some guy commented the other day when she posted something about the sexualization of native women. He was a guy she’s known since public school and all of the sudden he posted:...
You went to college for 6 years and almost got...
Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies →
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rosadefuego:
nobullnobucksvegan:
Rosa de Fuego: thebourgeoisiehobo: rosadefuego: Reading through bourgeoisiehobo’s…
thebourgeoisiehobo:
rosadefuego:
Reading through bourgeoisiehobo’s blog is fucking painful.
In West Oakland there are no fucking supermarkets. There are only corner stores. Obv this person has never lived outside of pleasant white suburbia. And anyways, EVERYTHING...