February 2012
141 posts
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The Native Object - Or Do Not Reduce Us to False...
selchieproductions:
Hippiesque environmentalists love indigenous peoples; we’re naturally all a homogenous group of people who, despite the fact that we come from 72 different countries and we amount to more than 300 million people, all believe that the earth has a soul and then there’s the money that we cannot eat and, perhaps most important of all, Chief Seattle’s words; ‘the earth does not...
Anonymous asked: As a kid I had bad night terrors and my mom tried to help by hanging a dream catcher over my bed. And yea, dream catchers will always make me think of her trying to help me. But I'm an adult now and that mean's I'm capable of recognizing that intentions mean jack shit when it comes to things like appropriation and racism. Nostalgia doesn't magically make make make something not...
downtohuck asked: in regards to the dreamcatcher tattoo... what if you try to abide by the meaning behind the tattoo in your life? on another blog I saw someone ask whether her ahisma tattoo (which she got before she knew about cultural appropriation) was disrespectful, even though she believes in what it represents and lives her life following that meaning, is still disrespectful. the owner of the blog said it...
Anonymous asked: A friend of a friend has a tattoo of 'jai guru deva om' in sanskrit tattooed on her back. it's from 'across the universe' but it drives me crazy because she can't read it, and she doesn't understand what it means. It's next to the picture of an Ankh, too, which offends me slightly less but is still annoying.
Anonymous asked: i'm not denying that the mother in the scenario would be racist. but if you grew up with your mother giving you handmade dream catchers, and that was the symbol that reminds you of your mother, i personally believe that wouldn't be racist. what if it was just a hawk feather or something that was less concretely a native american symbol? these are the problems most people have with the...
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Anonymous asked: the last anon's question about a dreamcatcher tattoo raised the only issue i have with accusing people of cultural appropriation. my friend's (white, raised jewish) mother has identified with native american culture for my friend's whole life. she went to powwows, kept artifacts around the house, etc. if she gets a dreamcatcher tattoo in memory of her mother, is it racist? i tend to...
Anonymous asked: Hi there! I'm a white person and I am constantly trying to educate myself on issues surrounding people of color. I am admittedly still somewhat ignorant on issues surrounding cultural appropriation. From what I've read, I believe that a white person getting a dream catcher tattoo is apprpriating something that doesn't belong to them. When I mentioned this on my blog, I had someone...
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vampirefruitfly asked: omg stop using Irish and Scottish heritage as a defense, jfc
Anonymous asked: Your last asker made me laugh SO HARD. Native American Astrology I can't even.
Anonymous asked: That's weird, I guess the term "plastic paddy" literally refers to Irish people that are made out of plastic then, not to the people that misuse and abuse Irish cultural symbols or pretend to be Irish. Also does this mean that since my culture is oppressed I can oppress others? Somebody stole from me once, does that mean I can go out and rob others and it's okay?
ailisandromeda asked: If you actually read the post, I said that I'm "supposedly cherokee." I don't even really believe that I am. My uncle just found ties between our lineage and cherokee culture when he researched the family history. Excuse me for doing a quick internet search on something I wasn't going to carry out. How dare I.
ailisandromeda asked: Yes, I am a racist. I'm mad because people made a big deal of something that wasn't even going to happen. I am of proven irish heritage. People make fun of our culture and misuse our symbols all of the time, but you don't see us getting our panties in a bunch. My contemplation of a tattoo was a passing thought, but people blew it way out of proportion. It's sad that I could...
sillybobob asked: The Cracked article is If Tattoos Could Talk. It's on the front page, just came out today :3
ailisandromeda asked: Thank you for setting me straight on the tattoo I'm not even getting. : )
Racist being racist. →
This person also has an absurd amount of appropriation going on, so many white girls with dream catchers and strange impression of regalia.
their name is redneckrebel420. what do you expect? lol
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What I Learned Today
ailisandromeda:
People Can’t Read
They just look for what they can find offensive.
I didn’t realize the world had such a low self-esteem.
you mad because you think native american astrological signs are a real thing?
Commitment Contemplation
svnoyi:
ailisandromeda:
I’m far too commitmentphobic to get a tattoo…
But if I did, I would a get a snake on my back.
The snake is my Native American astrological sign. Most shamans are born in the time of the snake.
The snake represents solitude, mood swings, and excellence in medical professions.
After all…
I am a psychologist…
…and supposedly Cherokee…
WOW. No. We dont have any of...
hey guess what i met a 73 year old 100% native...
svnoyi:
OMG A REAL LIVE INDIAN SAID HE LIKED YOUR FEATHER??? YOU CAN NEVER EVER BE RACIST AGAIN THEN, HUH????
True story, my mother was at Target with me this one time, and they had all that fake feathered/beaded shit and she was just like “Why would someone pay money for this shit just to look like an ugly rainbow chicken? What is this? God the people who buy this must look fucked up”
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mind-the-neurogasm asked: What Cracked article is the tattoo post from?
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a response to postsatire's 'charming' combination...
ayiman:
custerdiedforyoursins:
weetz:
postsatire:
O.K.
1. This is the tumblr machine. No one is attacking you personally, or your mother. Also, all those CAPITAL LETTERS make your contribution, such as it is, difficult to read.
2. The fact that horrible things happened to your mother is horrible, but it doesn’t affect whether or not you’re making any sense.
3. This photo seems to be...
weetz:
postsatire:
weetz:
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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pixyled:
“Thanks for all the information.
Belive me i know how much they suffer. I hate people who hate on them and the ancestors wrong doing to them. Her fave activity would have been the same if i had made a a swedish werewolf. Please stop now. I won’t change her outfit, i worked hard on it. But i will change her ifnormation. So please stop now. Or i’ll really report you.” SHE WORKED HARD...
I think i'm just done trying to tell people on DA...
pixyled:
“ITS NOT A BIG DEAL ITS JUST A FANDOM NOT EVEYRTHING HAS TO BE PC” ugh i just. I think i’m just. done. there has been a total of one time where some one actaully said “WOOPS didn’t know it was racist sorry I’ll do some actual research now.” they never read the links I send to actual native american voices speaking on these things. they say “IM NOT RACIST IM PART INDIAN” and shit. And I...
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redneckrebel420 asked: how the hell is saying i...
ellydwerewolf:
jalwhite:
leadingtosomewhere:
i can’t y’all.
i’m in tears right now.
let this be a lesson of true ignorance, racism, colonialism, a true jab at our cultures and white privilege.
To anyone that wants to brush this person off as a troll - don’t. This is exactly the kind of shit that many of us have heard throughout our whole lives. There are folks out there that want us to...
Anonymous asked: On the facebook page "Solutionarism" they have a picture post that is about "native wisdom." It looks like it is probably racist, sexist bs. Is it that?
vampirefruitfly asked: For the anon who wanted a reference page, there are some really good links on fuckyeahethnicwomen(.)tumblr's Racism 101 page.
Anonymous asked: It wouldn't really take that long, I'm sure people can submit links to various posts and it can just be a case of adding to it every time you find something new (as I imagine it would take ages to trawl through your archive and well, wouldn't want to distract you too much from all your awesome posts)
Anonymous asked: Yes, but I was wondering WHY it was a racial slur. As in, what is actually wrong with it? I've never heard it of it being used as a slur before (I have heard things like gypo used to insult but never gypsy). Also just to point out, the travellers to which I refer are not Roma.
Anonymous asked: You know how you sometimes link to posts (or reblog them) explaining why various aspects of cultural appropriation are wrong? I think it would be a really great idea if you had a page at the side to link people to all those wonderful posts. Basically a massive "THIS IS WHY YOU'RE BEING RACIST" page, as I've seen some wonderful educational posts on here but it always takes me...
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weetz:
SO A ‘SPIRITUAL JEWELLERY MAKER’ ON NY INK GETS A ‘NATIVE WOMAN’ TATTOOED ON HER
‘SMUDGES’ BEFORE SHE GETS IT DONE, WITH SAGE. SHE IS NOT NATIVE, SHE IS NOT AN ELDER.
SAYS SHE ‘CONNECTS WITH MANY CULTURES. INCLUDING NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE.’
SHE IS NOT NATIVE. THE TATTOO IS A STEREOTYPE. I AM SERIOUSLY ANNOYED THAT A NON NATIVE WOMAN WHO CLAIMS TO BE A ‘SPIRITUAL LEADER’ JUST BURNT...
Anonymous asked: Hi, I was wondering what was wrong with the word "gypsy"? Where I come from, all the travelling people I know are proud to call themselves that and use it to distinguise themselves from the rest of society, yet online I see people posting about how offensive it is to use. I was wondering why there is such a difference? As, I don't want to offend people by using the term, but at the...
Anonymous asked: Hiiii, I just recieved an hate...
white-souled-gypsy:
I have -.- I just deleted them, those people just love to bitch, I usually answered back ‘yea, well, fuck you too’. I would never want to diminish the identity of any ethnicity or culture, and by no means am i racist.I have all the right in the world to name my blog whatever…. So,yea.
WHO CARES WHAT THE ACTUAL PEOPLE I’M AFFECTING THINK, THOSE BITCHES.
I DO WHAT I...
nemnems asked: I'm racist. I've always been racist. Except I'm not racist.
Anonymous asked: lololol "i hate black people but i'm not racist!" wtffff? that is stupid as hell.
makyea asked: Except I'm not racist.
I am honestly a little racist.
thisshitisallracist:
makyea:
I am so serious. My whole life I have had a little annoyance with black people. The only two black people I don’t feel that way towards are Lauren & Sam. It’s weird I know but I can’t stop myself. I just dislike black people.
Why would you think this was an okay thing to say and tag?
there’s no such thing as a “little racist.”
you are...
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sparkfeather asked: Hi! I’m curious about how you...
vampirefruitfly:
white-souled-gypsy:
I’m not exactly the biggest saint around, so like a gypsy, I know I have an unconscious malice in me that makes me act in certain ways and makes me look at life rather darkly. I’m not very neat, I like to wander around a lot, I tend to lie, and be very sexual. Now, the white souled part comes from this need I have to care for people. I get this...
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Where are the hipsters getting all these war...
velocicrafter:
bloomingtogether:
No, really. My second graders want to know and I don’t have an answer for them.
The idea of stereotypes came up today in a way that needed some correcting and eye-opening. I talked to my students about sterotypes of natives. How some people dress up like American Indians for Halloween. Some people think wearing a war bonnet or face paint means they are...
Vintage Valentine Museum: Native American/American... →
nakkyy:
Like portrayals of African-Americans, images of Native Americans on valentines and other ephemera reflected the racial attitudes of the time in which they were created. Some cards on this page may be uncomfortable to view, but we feel it is important to remember how recent and pervasive the use of racist and ethnic caricatures were in mundane, daily entertainment. It normalized...
visceral-beauty:
It’s actually funny how much I hate Tumblr. I really do. I can’t wait to find a community where people actually post their own stuff (which I barely fucking do anymore because to stay noticed you need to reblog. Oh and yeah before anyone says I’m a a follower whore, I was. Because my Tumblr earned my only income. Now that that’s been taken away I could care less) , actually...
velocicrafter:
karnythia:
thegoddamazon:
of-praxis:
visceral-beauty:
I’m so fucking tired of the cultural approp police using the reason that “headresses should only be worn by men!!!” when they see some white girl in a hipster headdress. It must be noted also that I think wearing them is tacky and disrespectful, anyway.
BUT STILL.
When a white man says he doesn’t think women are as...
Anonymous asked: I'm 1/16th adopted Native. Do I get a privilege cookie too?
White people: I wear Native American war bonnets and face paint because I have a deep appreciation of Native American culture.
Native Americans: Hey, could you stop doing that? It's harmful to us.
White people: Nah, I respect your culture too much to listen to what you have to say about it.