February 2012
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From A Scientific Standpoint, this is still stupid
So about that thing earlier where an anon was saying that if Jal were to be attacked (but don’t worry, they made sure to clarify that they hoped she DIDN’T get attacked *massive eye roll*) it wouldn’t be because she”looked native”.
Let’s ignorantly assume for a moment that all natives look like Pocahontas and Kokoum. Even if that were the case, these statistics...
velocicrafter:
glossylalia:
The punishment for mentioning White Chicks in a discussion about blackface is being forced to sit in a cold room alone watching Soul Man on an eternal loop.
seriously, why do people think this is either analogous or a valid rebuttal to criticisms of blackface? oh, right, the White Factor… nvm….
WHITE FACTOR.
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So Billy Crystal's blackface on the Oscars
Just watched that.
They honestly couldn’t find a black actor to fill that role?
Jesus they had just had Morgan Freeman for something they couldn’t have gone “oh hey while your here”
They couldn’t have put out a craiglist ad “Sammy Davis Jr. look-a-like needed”?
Or just don’t use blackface?
There are so many answers to the question of “how...
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If you are a non-black mixed native and you feel...
Love it how people go "you act like you speak for...
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oogishkamaanisee:
poemsofthedead:
crankyskirt:
tofuboots:
Also, how comfortable I am in a relationship is top priority, not educating my partner about race. Why the fuck would I want to go home and educate them about that when I deal with racist, classist pricks all day?
This is one of the reasons I’m not inclined to be with white people romantically. I will fight anyone that says...
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Blood quantum
bbanzaiz:
I hate the entire god damned concept. I especially hate how it’s becoming a ~thing in the native community to identity police.
As long as you’re not pulling some “my great-great grandmother was a Cherokee princess!” or some “I’m 1/16th Indian!” bullshit to excuse your bad behavior, if you’re Native, you’re fucking Native.
A Native is a Native is a Native. Even the assholes that act...
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rpmfm:
Indigenous Language Revitalization Movement
by Christa Couture for RPM
With the recent proliferation of the Twitter hashtag #SpeakingIndigenously, the language revitalization movement continues to use technology to its advantage.
Follow #SpeakingIndigenously and you’ll find phrases, words of the day, commentary, related news stories and likely a lot of input from “language...
“Intersectionality is not optional. It is not something you can take off and put...”
– Intersectionality Is Not Optional (via satifice)
“Intersectionality is not optional.” There should be shirts that say these. I’ll SPECIFICALLY wear them to my womens studies classes
(via newwavefeminism)
Also relevant
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“Colonialism began with conquest and is today maintained by a settler...”
– Haunani-Kay Trask, from “The Color of Violence” (via hypocrite-lecteur)
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why is being a woman significant to me?
baddominicana:
-women are over 50% of the world population but do 3/4 of the worlds labor and own only 1% of property and assets
-most of the worlds poor are WOC and their children
-the leading cause of death for women is at the hands of their male partner
-latinas get paid half as much as white men for the same work
-over 90% of ceo’s and government heads are men
-3/5 women are sexually...
android-pigstina asked: Anon needs to buuurn.
today in class i introduced the term "feminization...
arewomenhuman:
TW gendered racism, sexual violence.
latinosexuality:
and some young men of color in my class wanted to challenge the idea that women dont get paid the same as men (b/c they dont go into the same field). when i shared that men who go into fields stereotypically assigned to women (i.e. nursing) they still often get paid more and are promoted more.
they wanted to use the...
genwaabiigigwed asked: anons obviously can't handle ali is all. so much hate today >_<
Anonymous asked: Being a Black NDN is not the same as being Native. That's just a fact. It is stupid to be offended by facts. Jalwhite DOES make everything about being a Black Native and it takes away from Native issues. Black issues get plenty of attention and she is fine with leaving Native people in the dust as long as Black/ Black Native issues are addressed. You can't deny that. If you were really...
ndnsurgency asked: Your anons are fucking mean dude. You don't deserve that. <3
jamaican-supremacist asked: i'm sorry people are hatin' on you they just can't stand to see you shinin' ma
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Country Gramma: 1969 Alcatraz Proclamation →
countrygramma:
“To the Great White Father and All His People,
We, the native Americans, re-claim the land known as Alcatraz Island in the name of all American Indians by right of discovery.
We wish to be fair and honorable in our dealings with the Caucasian inhabitants of this land, and hereby offer the following treaty:
We will purchase said Alcatraz Island for twenty-four dollars ($24)...
Anonymous asked: did you even think about that before you posted iy?
Anonymous asked: fuck you
Anonymous asked: you are disgusting
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catching up on what happened last night......
adailyriot:
#all solidarity to jalwhite
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I am so angry right now that everytime I see a...
fangirlmarena asked: #3 is one of many reasons why...
ndnsurgency:
sofriel:
ihavethisblog:
jalwhite:
fangirlmarena:
jalwhite:
Yes.
I have struggled with this a lot. I use the #NDN hashtag because it’s important for me to claim it and to contribute to what the definition of it is / can be — and it has meaning for me outside of Tumblr. Plus, I do feel community with folks - but in my head that list is very clear. My NDN community is not...
Anonymous asked: You turn everything into...
karnythia:
jalwhite:
Have you ever even fucking read my blog before? Tell me whose back I don’t have? I mean it. Because if I’ve fucked up, I want to know so I can do better. But if you’re implying, even in the slightest, that I don’t look out for Native folks that aren’t Black, you are dead ass wrong. Tell me how this shit has been to my advantage and do it thoroughly. Don’t leave anything...
littleojibwe:
super-eklectic1:
karnythia:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
poemsofthedead:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
liquornspice:
What I learned from tumblr/Native American studies classes: the only “invisible” Indians who matter are white ones. This anon msg was sent to Jal.
I like your blog but you always go to far with Black stuff. The statistics about Native women being abused do you...
I am in shock right now. I am just really disgusted to learn that the anti-black sentiments I saw in the fall were coming from far more people… I was pissed that it was from one person… but people were seriously coming together to talk hateful anti-black nonsense? I have never felt this kind of disappointment before. Never.
If you were involved with that, feel free to unfollow the...
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I'm sorry, I can't get over this
fangirlmarena:
jalwhite:
liquornspice:
If someone tells a white and Native person they “don’t look Indian,” you can be pretty certain a chorus of angry voices will come to their defense, OUTRAGED, writing about how stereotypical images of Indians negatively affect people’s lives and we don’t all look like Pocahontas and etc etc etc…
But someone just told a Black Native woman that violence...
fangirlmarena asked: #3 is one of many reasons why...
jalwhite:
fangirlmarena:
jalwhite:
Yes.
I have struggled with this a lot. I use the #NDN hashtag because it’s important for me to claim it and to contribute to what the definition of it is / can be — and it has meaning for me outside of Tumblr. Plus, I do feel community with folks - but in my head that list is very clear. My NDN community is not the same as THE #NDN community. It can’t...
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thank you, dictionary.com :p
bigtuna108 replied to your post: makoyi2099 replied to your post: Tinychat? maybe…
In a while, not now but later, in a little bit
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makoyi2099 replied to your post: Tinychat?
maybe in a bit.
bigtuna108 replied to your post: Tinychat?
I can in a bit
I don’t know what a bit means but it works for me because obviously I need a cigarette or 4.
