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To be fair to Native people, it may not be our job to help Native people but our liberation depends on it. Not to mention we contribute to their erasure.
A Black man is on the cover of this year's Madden in a Kansas City Chiefs' jersey.
#RedAndBlackUnite
A Black man is on the cover of this year's Madden in a Kansas City Chiefs' jersey.
#RedAndBlackUnite
There's no law that requires Native people to come to our aid but they do.
It wouldn't hurt us to do the same. No one helps either of our two people. No other group goes through what we both do. We can and have to help each other.
#RedAndBlackUnite
It wouldn't hurt us to do the same. No one helps either of our two people. No other group goes through what we both do. We can and have to help each other.
#RedAndBlackUnite
I've lost count at the number of times I've seen a Native person shout #BlackLivesMatter but it's rare for us to return the favor even though they get killed by the cops at a higher rate than we do... And let's forget this is their land after all.
#RedAndBlackUnite
#RedAndBlackUnite
I understand the angst from Black folks regarding Natalie Diaz's complaints about the 1619 Project.
Our individual story of our ongoing genoicde in this country is just that: Our story. Just like Native people with theirs. There isn't a problem for either of us to tell our story.
Our individual story of our ongoing genoicde in this country is just that: Our story. Just like Native people with theirs. There isn't a problem for either of us to tell our story.
But it becomes a problem when we continually erase the Native story.
We'll buy Christopher Columbus bacon. Make millions playing for the Washington Redslurs. Leave Native ppl out of the reparations' discussion nearly every time.
That's why Diaz is upset.
We'll buy Christopher Columbus bacon. Make millions playing for the Washington Redslurs. Leave Native ppl out of the reparations' discussion nearly every time.
That's why Diaz is upset.
This is a point that must be acknowledged. Millions of Native people were enslaved, too.
Christopher Columbus started the Atlantic Slave Trade by kidnapping Native people and taking them back to Europe.
#DOUBLEGenocide
#RedAndBlackUnite
Christopher Columbus started the Atlantic Slave Trade by kidnapping Native people and taking them back to Europe.
#DOUBLEGenocide
#RedAndBlackUnite
The slave trade as we know it started in 1444 when the Portuguese came down to Africa and took us from our home but we would be shortsided to forget the fact that Native people suffered the horrors of slavery as well.
We are in this thing together whether we like it or not.
We are in this thing together whether we like it or not.
We were both enslaved. We both suffered mass murder unlike anything ever seen before on Earth. We both have had land stolen from us. We've both had our cultures & ways of life stolen from us.
No one else goes through what Black & Native people do & we need to recognize that.
No one else goes through what Black & Native people do & we need to recognize that.
We have to come together. We have to help each other. Liberation is impossible without us becoming allies. System is too powerful for us to do this alone. And again, this is Native land. It doesn't make sense for us to skip a step & ignore Native ppl as we try to free ourselves.
