February 2012
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tiny-kitty asked: I can't really fathom what's happening right now. Are people really trying to say that because you don't "look" Native, you need to disregard that entire part of your heritage? Is that what's happening?
notime4yourshit asked: *putting garlic cloves & holy water around your ask to ward off trolls* lol
“I recall my grandmother and father telling me, when I was about 10, about a...”
– Jamia Wilson, “Black Herstory: ‘The Trial of the Decade,’” Ms. Magazine blog, 2/21/12 (via racialicious)
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developing a workshop called "decolonizing love"...
poemsofthedead:
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Anonymous asked: There is no shortage of black...
deluxvivens:
jalwhite:
Totally.
I bet Tiya Miles got in her time machine and inserted Black folks into the Trail of Tears. No way she was gonna let Native Americans “have their own problems”! Then she got back into her time machine and sat down at her desk and started to write an article for CNN.
Yup. Totally.
Yes. Tiya is as treacherous as Melissa Harris Perry.
CNN, MSNBC - Don’t...
robertjames15 asked: It's really informative! I've thoroughly enjoyed it. Exactly! I don't understand why people say they want proof and when people actually get them the proof they so desperately demand, they say "Oh, well that doesn't matter because it didn't happen or if it did happen it doesn't affect you." It's bizarre that people think there's a limit on how much...
gogv asked: ugh, jesu. these peeps just can't let you alone, can they? im not sure if you got my ask yesterday, but i'm really, really pissed at all this anti-blacknative-ness i see around here. you are a native, no two ways about it. all my love is with you right now.
daydreamingaimlessly asked: What's the documentary called?
robertjames15 asked: Why is your anon so stupid? "There were no black natives on the Trail of Tears" Oh my gahh. I have a collection of 4 documentaries on the Trail of Tears. One of them is an hour long and it is specifically about black natives. It says "This award-winning feature examines a minority group that is discounted and often ignored by mainstream media." God forbid people actually start...
Anonymous asked: There is no shortage of black people at CNN who want to write only about black peoples history. I think their are about 15 stories every day about current black problems or historical black problems. They can't even let the Native Americans have their own problems, they must be part of that too.
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I'm sure someone else has already come up with...
poemsofthedead:
I don’t mean white identifying, though there are plenty of those too. But I think white identifying is specifically for POC who deny they are POC or only use it strategically and mostly consider themselves white. White empathizing is what I’m going to use to refer to POC who know they are POC, seem proud of their culture, but still defend white people and whiteness all the time....
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No Invite Over a Nickname
AP | 2/27/12
The University of Iowa decided not to invite the University of North Dakota to a track meet in April because of the university’s Fighting Sioux nickname, The Iowa City Press-Citizen reported. Iowa policy prohibits the athletic department from scheduling competitions with universities or attending tournaments hosted by universities using Native American mascots, unless those...
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Pain of 'Trail of Tears' shared by Blacks as well...
blackndns:
CNN | Tiya Miles | 2/27/12
African American history, as it is often told, includes two monumental migration stories: the forced exodus of Africans to the Americas during the brutal Middle Passage of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, and the voluntary migration of Black residents who moved from southern farms and towns to northern cities in the early 1900s in search of “the warmth...
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“You’d think, knowing the stories about the times we’re in, that folks would stop...”
– Kimberly Roppolo, Breeds and Outlaws, taken from Children of the Dragonfly: Native American Voices on Custody and Education (via adailyriot)
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No Acting Oscar in the Last Decade Has Gone to... →
Colorlines | Jorge Rivas | 2/26/12
In 2002, Halle Berry became the first African-American actress to win an Academy award for Best Actress but since then all Best Actress winners been white.
“This moment is for Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll. It’s for the women that stand beside me - Jada Pinkett, Angela Bassett and it’s for every nameless, faceless woman of color that now...
gratefulness & more
I just wanted to take a moment to thank those of you that have reached out to me today, I am really very thankful for you and your support. As frustrating and hurtful as some of the commentary has been, and for as much as the Anons derailed the initial conversation(s), I have to just take this whole experience as a reminder to choose my community well.
The words of kindness and seriously on...
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Anonymous asked: When you look like Shaka Zulu and you claim to be Native American you're about as convincing as Kevin Costner claiming to be a Native American, which is: not very convincing at all. Just like the Native American rapper Taboo from the Black Eyed Peas makes a very unconvincing black guy. Why not just except what you are, people?
fangirlmarena asked: LOLWUT? How the fuck are you the only one? SEVERAL people beside you have shared their experiences with this shit. I wrote about just a small sampling of the bullshit I've had to deal with like three hours ago. (And, the bit about not going to the Longhouse rang true b/c that's another part, not feeling welcome to practice my OWN fucking modes of spirituality because I'd be the...
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Anonymous asked: What tribe are you from? You keep talking about how much hate you've gotten for being Black and Native, but I have never seen any Black and Native people been hated on because they're Black. You also realize all Natives get made fun of for not being full right? I've seen you talk about this a lot, and I don't feel like getting involved. But I have Black Natives in my family and...
queernonymoose asked: If these anons are natives; shame on you. Shame on you for holding colonist ideals that continue to be perpetuated by not only white people but now other indigenous people. If these anons are white: get the fuck out, and go eat some apples or whatever else the fuck you guys eat.
offbeatdontforget asked: ya jals right.. I get it to.
Anonymous asked: You are full of shit. Black Natives are such a small percentae of Natives. It could not be such a big problem.
Anonymous asked: Why is it that you're the only person that ever gets this hate?
mylittlehyena asked: I am entirely ashamed & disgusted with the prejudice of black natives & more specifically what the anon is saying to you. I'm also ashamed of my relatives who do this to other family members, saying ignorant things to a mother & her children b/c their father is black. The mother who takes her kids to longhouse & gets judgment, whispers, & stares by other community members,...
poemsofthedead asked: Oh Jal, it's all just a *misunderstanding*, innit? Cuz you just don't *look* Native is all. Cuz Natives all look one way, right? Cuz that's just the way it is. And it's not like fellow Natives should be *concerned* about how badly you are treated/assaulted/etc. for being Black either. How dare you try to talk about YOUR life on YOUR Tumblr? These other Natives know better than...
Anonymous asked: You guys are misunderstanding me. I did not say that Black people couldnt be Natives. I said that you dont look Native so if someone attacked (godforbid) you it's not fair to say its because you are a Native woman. They treat you like you are Black because that's how they see you. Even if you lived on the rez that would be true. I dont think its rigt but I think its the way it is.
Anonymous asked: I knew you couldn't go a whole Black History month without bringing this shit up again. I think you'vve got a complex.
Anonymous asked: You turn everything into something about how Black Natives have it so hard. It's all about you and your struggles. What Anon said was shitty but you use it to your advantage and that's just as disgusting. Whose back do you have?
fangirlmarena asked: #3 is one of many reasons why...
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 be. Community...
vigorofthepeople asked: I've never personally experienced discrimination from Natives because I've been around Black Indians, but I've seen it happen. I don't get how whites who claim their Native heritage are accepted, but we are "wannabes" as if our heritage is negated because of our African ancestry. It's messed up, and we're stuck in a hard place as mixed people because many...
I'm sorry, I can't get over this
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 against her doesn’t count and...
poemsofthedead asked: Fuck you to that Anon saying that Native assault statistics don't apply to you or that you "go too far". Natives come in many "looks". Yes, those statistics apply to Jal BECAUSE SHE IS NATIVE. On top of that, the high statistics for assault against BLACK WOMEN also apply to her. Oh, she gets it BOTH WAYS. Assholes denying it are probably the same assholes happy to assault...
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Anonymous asked: I like your blog but you always go to far with Black stuff. The statistics about Native women being abused do you think that includes you? Would you be targeted because your Native? No. You look Black and your not Native-passing. I think you waste to much energy trying to prove something that can never be proven because it does not exist. You should not cry you should focus on your experiences...
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fangirlmarena asked: #3 is one of many reasons why I haven't gotten into the whole ~tumblr ndn community~ thing. There are a few people who I remember saying some truly fucked up shit during the whole black ndn imbroglio back in November, which was right when I was just getting back into tumblr. That shit hurt, and I haven't forgotten it. And, some of these people seem to be really popular with the...
things that really piss me off
when folks don’t get checked on their bullshit because they’re “cute” etc.
you know how a lot of us have talked about popular white feminists that just repeat errything that woc have already said - and don’t bother to cite their sources - but then get lots of props for it? well that shit happens on tumblr and in pretty much every other space imaginable. and...
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starting to dis-like tumblr.......
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jal and i are drunk
ihavethisblog:
Happy birthfday to me. Brett” I took a s hot of jd in your honor. But someon else paid for it.
I need smokes.
K bye
por qué todos los chicoss son de madrid??
Did ya know....
ihavethisblog:
jalwhite:
… that today is Ali’s birthday?? Because it is!
I love you and can’t wait to see you and we are going to have so much fun tonight!!!
<3
Please do not be alarmed if I show up in sequins!
