What I'd really like is to go back to not having to talk about this but I made a promise to my kid in 2014. She was told in a college class that racism against Natives didn't matter because of the Washington, Cleveland, Atlanta, and KC names and mascots.
https://twitter.com/sadboygringo/status/1454684188905377802
I promised her that I'd do everything in my power to make sure she never had to hear anything like that again.
I failed.
I failed.
Two months later a woman who was upset that she had to wait for something in a retail setting due to a technical issue called my kid a wetback beaner. My kid bowed up and informed her she was Native. The lady then called her a retarded redskin.
No kid should ever have to endure that. No parent should ever have to tell their child that they have to be ready for things like that to happen because people refuse to treat us as human beings.
That she's still amazing and wonderful and she has to hold on to that even when everything in "american" society tells her that's not true.
You honestly think I like being verbally abused and threatened with violence? That being "woke famous" (whatever that is) is worth that?
You honestly think I like being verbally abused and threatened with violence? That being "woke famous" (whatever that is) is worth that?
No. It's not about me. It's about the message and mitigating the harm being done to Native youth. I want the world to be better for my kid and the coming generations. If that means I have to disrupt your entertainment then that's what I'm going to do.
But please, do go on about how moving your arm up and down while yelling is more important than Native children.
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