@wasicutears
@jpadamson
That was so very beautiful.
I don't ever want to seem like I'm telling anyone how to protest, but when I see things like this, it gives me chills. It takes back power stolen through oppression and marginalization in a way oppressors can't fight.
@Phil_Lewis_
Not a hate crime. Calling it a hate crime ignores both the history of land theft in Hawai'i and completely dismisses the history of land theft and land patents in the occupied Kingdom of Hawai'i.
This is blatant weaponizing of laws against those most harmed.
@laurawritesit
@versacebrain
The child who ruined the wedding was the bride. Self-fulfilling prophecy. Tragedy of their own making. Instant Karmic backlash.
All the joy and love and good boundaries to the kid and the parent that showed true love.
@KathyG14654531
@candacefor24
You mean the one killing centuries old saguaro, destroying wildlife sanctuaries, and wreaking environmental harm even before considering that it was never needed in the first place?
Toby Keith was a vile asshole.
I don't know which stories of Kris Kristofferson are real, the one that matters is that he stood up for Sinead O'Connor and others who were mistreated for giving a damn about what really matters.
Not the flag waving fart residues like Toby Keith.
@lanewriteswords
@keikiakapueo
The whole movie stresses me out for how much people and systems fail Lilo and Nani.
But they survive then thrive for being themselves. And build a new family.
And Mertle deserved watch she got.
(I love this movie, I cannot lie).
@tatianam75
For perspective, in the 80s, many of us were advocating for both, and low to no cost birth control.
And advocating for them to available in high schools, along with safe sex health ed. And seeing schools attacked for doing so.
@ymmayer
Yes but.
Know that Irish in America have also been oppressors, as slave plantation overseers, as cops. Irish Americans too often weaponize the oppression in Ireland and not own complicity in North America.
I say this as someone who grew up knowing they were Irish.
@ProjectMosaicCO
You're not the mean one. You are right, you know you are right, and no one with an invented history is ever going to change that, no matter how hard they try to gaslight you.
You are right. And you are heard. If not by other settlers, then by me.
@scottlucas
How incredibly narrow minded and bigotted you are. You see sand. And direct commerce potential apparently.
I see the histories of many lands. Of seafaring people. Of conquest and colonization. Spiritual practices. And many species that are interdependent.
I pity you.
@SwagBagOfRags
@SaltyLilOjibwe
@bmacxh
Police = power. Indigenous woman = likely to be assaulted, and if missing/murdered, it won't be pursued. More than other women. Trivializing people and fetishing them is core to the issue.
Unfortunately people like you do it all the time. Especially w/an audience.
@APWestRegion
They had and still have access. They chose to shut down. The Mauna Kea Protectors have repeatedly and publicly stated they could go up. The Protectors are only blocking TMT/construction.
Remind for Non-Indigenous folk:
Take care of your Indigenous friends today, and every day.
The stories were known. There will be more. And each child isn't just one story, it's every story for their families, their communities, and everyone who is Indigenous. Every. Time.
@peytonology
"Concept of transness" is problematic. Perhaps add a qualifier like "in the white christian world of the time period." Because many cultures had for a long time acknowledged and accepted gender concepts beyond the cis binary.
July 4, 1898 - Congress passes the Newlands Resolution, illegally annexing my mother’s land, the Hawaiian Kingdom
July 4, 1946 - the US “grants” my father’s land independence only after imparting “Anglo-Saxon” values
Long live my people, children of the ocean - may freedom come
The disruption of Biden's speech comes a few hours after NYC activists shut down the Holland Tunnel & 3 major Manhattan bridges.
Young people are furious. We will not allow Biden and the U.S. to continue to support the starvation & slaughter of Gaza.
@MacLeodLisa
As others said, Lisa, Using a synagogue to sell stolen land is what’s antisemitic.
You can't hide genocide behind the misuse of a religious building.
@lamuliz
Respectfully, people have their own voices.
Uplift their voices.
Amplify them with yours.
Help people hear their voices.
But people always have their own voice.
@MarcScottEmery
@Terrilltf
Yep. Proving to be a fetishist.
You have no idea how much your life was made easier by Indigenous science, knowledge, medicine, food. Hygiene.
@theashleyray
I really wish society valued people in all roles and let jobs just be jobs. It's okay to be good at a thing and leave that thing at work. And be able to have a life after work.
@sparrabitch
Reasons why you're perpetuating ignorance:
- "Sauvage" is a slur in Quebec.
- "Sauvage" by your own definition implies Terra Nullius -- and is totally colonizer terminology.
- Johnny Depp is not Indigenous in ANY way. Even his adoption into a family doesn't indigenize him 1/
@lanewriteswords
@keikiakapueo
Err what she got. Gawd, I cannot stand the Mertles of the the world.
Having experienced those kind of little mean girls growing up, I totally felt for Lilo.
The 2021-2022 wet season started off with record rainfall but was followed by below average rainfall for the first 3 months of the new year. The wet weather that was expected during this La Niña pattern never materialized, leaving the majority of the state in a state of drought.
@DragonEmpressEn
@superfattydabs
@Arrockk
@AyeeeThony
@GMossiah
Several hundred nations already existed. Trade routes had been established for over 30,000 years.
No need for welfare.
And the Peoples here taught the dirty Europeans how to bathe. And had to help feed them because they were too clueless to feed themselves.
@EaberingEdgar
@Maladroithe
THIS! Women in the 50s had very likely been working during WWII in the US, then lost jobs when "The Boys Came Home."
And I guarantee you that many knew who to contact if they didn't want to stay pregnant.
And I promise you, women were working, but they were in 'invisible' jobs.
@sparrabitch
Additionally,
@sparrabitch
:
- Fetishing is offensive.
- Homages of Indigenous cultures are often appropriative erasure.
And lastly, Indigenous People get to decide what's offensive, not you. 2/2
@mohsin__s1
@fatimazsaid
I'm so sorry. You should be safe and not be intimidated in any way.
I am not Palestinian, but I know have a flag in a window and one outside so any passersby can see them to raise awareness and encourage support.
I'm also getting more flags in case the outside one disappears.
@lilbabygandhi
Just stop. Veganism isn't as superior as you claim and it's racist as hell to keep trying to police Indigenous cultural practices.
Eating meat is not unethical. Go after industrialized agricultural practices, which include not just animals, but plants as well. hypocrite.
@OC_Defense
@Imani_Barbarin
Suggestion, for anyone reading this who might donate to ActBlue or other dem fundraisers is to cancel all funding you participate in, giving the reason Cease Fire Now and Stop the genocide and apartheid.
If you don't donate, you can go to the DCCC website and contact them.
@MixtrixFix
@LammaticHama
Not gonna judge self-medicating when most every system criminalizes you and refuses to care for you in the first place.
Do what you gotta do to get through the day.
@TheVillianRose2
@0000000007Y
I guarantee you that you have met Indigenous People from this continent, no matter where you've lived on this continent.
They are still here.
The many different Peoples, from hundreds of distinct cultures & identities are not the stereotypes from racist books, movies, etc.
@NancyMcquaide
@SavvyOlogy
@leeladaou
Then grow up and learn that you benefit as a white person. When you get dismissive like this, you're just outing yourself and making yourself look the fool.
CW: another unmarked grave located on Residential School grounds
Reminder that it was known by survivors and communities these existed, and that the one in Kamloops was just the first of 130 schools.
Us non-Indigenous folks need to reflect on that.
Yes, I will block your ass for trying to defend Ezra Miller.
No, you cannot excuse making a film with someone known to cause harm.
No, you cannot make amends in days over the chaos and harm you've caused.
No, it is not phobic to call out an individual who caused harm.
@ask_aubry
Ahh, yes, friendship must always have a balance sheet. One that doesn't include things like:
Men inarguably earning more than women
Men more likely to eat/drink more in public
Expense of maintaining appearances as a women, from clothes, shoes, makeup, hair, and the "pink tax"
Also:
Know whose Land you stand upon
Consider giving to support requests for Indigenous folk (including those of Diasporas)
If you're on what's known as "North America," consider signing this petition as Representation Matters
Everyone who claims to be woke or an ally:
Take a moment before travelling (work or leisure or family), and learn about the original peoples of the the land to which you are traveling. Learn it's colonial history and conquest. Learn the current struggles of those Peoples.
@LaurelFynes
@MelaninMvskoke
Right?!
Everything about dominant white society is a distraction, a competition, a zero sum game, and too many folks are afraid to let go of that.
@HenryLouisGates
@EdwardNorton
@PBS
I sincerely hope you all are reading the comments from Indigenous People, including those related to Matoaka and know her true story, because this is some deeply disturbing colonizer propaganda.
While it's great that y'all are elevating
@AOC
and
@BetoORourke
, please elevate the locate representatives and council members who are working hard to help their peoples. All the peoples.
Like
@NatashaD1atx
and
@GregCasar
and
@AtxJustice
and many more.
@statsdman
@LauraGee77
No, there does not have to be missing details. Trust for just once that a person of color is just existing when white people lose control and start assaulting them. It happens. Believe it.
Too many of us white people get away with everything b/c only we get the benefit of doubt.
@TravelVida
While lauding the beauty of Hawai`i, remember that it's an occupied kingdom, and that it's overdeveloped by those who ignore the laws meant to protect the land.
You go, you need to know.
I see a couple people retweeting ShaunKing regarding the
#CovingtonCatholicSchool
MAGA harassment of an Omaha elder.
Please consider other sources, instead of someone who's been repeatedly called out for harassing women of color, co-opting work, questionable fundraising.
@jolenestarshine
@shaboom
@lasrina
When in doubt, add white vinegar to anything you're cleaning with where water may be involved.
Living in Texas and getting stinky just from a bus ride home reminded me of that. clothes never smelled clean after washing til I started added vinegar again.
James Gagliano, a retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent is so clearly entrenched racist, he has no clue how racist he is as
@CNN
keeps giving him a voice.
@LexiAlex
He knew exactly what he was doing. He was intentionally calculating what to say that would cause fear/distress and/or provoke a reaction. He just didn't expect to find out after fucking around.
@OmarJimenez
@clarissaward
Stop right there. Palestinian journalists on the ground have been reporting every day, even when their families are massacred, even when they have death threats.
CNN has not uplifted any of their voices. None. CNN *has* slandered them, and slandered Palestinians.
For the racists and the trolls:
Much of the "greatness" of the British Empire is stolen, extracted from colonized lands and minds.
If you had to give up all the things you have from Indigenous lands and minds, you'd still be living in wattle and daub stinking up the world.
@lesmothian
@Sexismisme
@NativeApprops
I just donated $10 to Dr. Keene in your name. She does a lot of free labor, and she should be compensated for your level of passive aggression.
And in case you didn't know, the whole "Queen is dead, long live the King" is a thing done in monarchist countries to declare acknowledgement and support of the successor without upheaval.
So.
The Queen is dead. LONG LIVE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
Cannot be racist to white people.
Cannot be racist to white people.
Cannot be racist to white people.
Cannot be racist to white people.
Cannot be racist to white people.
Cannot be racist to white people.
Cannot be racist to white people.
Cannot be racist to white people.
@sethduma
@LucasBrownEyes
You really came onto a Native Twitter account to say that? About Lily Gladstone?
Someone's likely going to get schooled today. And they aren't Native.
@BluBonic1
@solomonmissouri
No. She may be laughing, but she understands that this guy is unreasonable and a potential danger.
His escalation and expectation for her to interact at his whim is classic stalker. Sad reality is most women know this is could lead to bodily harm or worse.
@QueerEye
Didn't Jonathan have a podcast conversation about Indigenous perspectives last year.
And you throw this racism out here?
And you know what's happening with the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, right?
This is beyond tone deaf.
@DanDanTransient
Most of his family is in film. And he is so supportive of every one. I met him once. He was an absolute sweetheart with impeccable manners. But the moment mentioning his fam had films in the same fest, he *glowed* with filial joy. That says something about a person.
You know who's not on that list?
Lakotaman1.
It targets Native, LGBTQIA2S+, elected Dems, ACLU, Muslim, Jewish, tenants rights accounts. People who speak up.
But not that account.
It also caught it's own like libs of tiktok, b/c 'lib.'
But not that account.
@trellsuniverse
@LexLanez
1) Many folks saying don't go are Kanaka heeding the call to protect their land and water. Or are genuine allies who *listen* to Kanaka.
2) Tourism dollars go to corporate coffers, not to locals
3) Hawai'i has a severe water crisis right now.
Listen to Native people.
@kananibabe
It does for me. I don't understand how so many are so insistent on tourism and visitor driven economies. They are at the core colonizer fantasies. And it's so weaponized.
@CatholicNH
@CatholicUniv
The standard of living was just fine before Catholics and whites brought the genocides. This is no saint, but a mortal sinner.
@Gluonsrule
@michellewobama
@Phil_Lewis_
Or spend any $$$ to be with those people you can barely restrain from speaking your mind to. Or hear any more of their inanity. Or waste spoons, get a headache, and have your whole schedule ruined.
@Yamiche
Derek Chauvin wasn't going to stop. She showed the entire world what Black People and People of Color have been saying for generations. Her video made it possible to see all the videos showing the true horror so many deal with daily.
She did everything possible.
@Confess_thebest
@EMarie_____
Tourism is fetishized colonialism and you going without Native Hawaiians asking you to go is peak colonizer energy.
Native Peoples do not owe you a vacation or access to their lands or cultures in any way.
Margo as portrayed by
@SummerBishil1
is one of the all-time best characters ever portrayed on television and we didn't deserve her. Smart, brave, with the best profanity EVER.
Margo Rules.
#TheMagicians
@MattWalshBlog
I've witnessed many Alaska Natives and other Indigenous People whom this slur directly impacts point out precisely how it is a slur and shouldn't be used for years, and yet a troll like this thinks he is the arbiter of what a slur against another is.