Indigenous TikToker attacking some of Brazil's most toxic and racist anti-native sentiments, such as the idea that he stops being indigenous just because he lives in the 21st century
https://twitter.com/cristianwariu/status/1282058255808815104
This is an extremely common way to deny indigenous Brazilians history (they can only exist in the form that the Europeans found them) and block full citizenship. For example, for white Brazilians to have Portuguese ancestry, do they have to still dress and act like Pedro Cabral?
If you are a Brazilian with Italian or German ancestors, are you allowed to inherit your family's land and property even if you wear different clothes than your parents? Can you use social media? Or do you have to dress and act exactly like everyone that ever came before you?
Even if you did want to dress "really Italian" or whatever, what year do you pick? 1920? 1850? 1200? 375? Indigenous history extends into the past just like all history, and indigenous cultures have always been in evolution. To deny this is denying humanity - and deeply racist
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