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Who were/are they? What languages did/do they speak? What connections did/do they have to specific sites? What are the circumstances of the dispossession which allowed you to live there? Where are they now? What struggles do they currently face?

Ta Moko (tattooing) has always been an important part of Maori culture. Receiving tattoos is an important step to maturity and there are many rites and rituals associated with the event. Every member of a Maori indigenous group had a specific role and a specific place within the social order. The Haka war dance, meant to intimidate the enemy, is one of the best-known cultural traditions of the Maori. These dances are accompanied by song and body percussion created by clapping hands, stomping feet and slapping thighs. The dance itself involves energetic postures representing warlike and aggressive poses. Maori chanting follows very strict rules. To break a chant in midstream is to invite disaster or even death for a community. These chants often tell of family lines or the exploits of ancestors. An individual’s place within society was often signified by their garments and tattoos. People of high social status were always tattooed, whereas indigenous men with no tattoos were considered worthless.

02.12.17 || Going to try to decorate my bullet journal more! :D (ig @byulstudies)

same!

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Angela Davis on the war on drugs in 13th (2016) Dir. Ava DuVernay

Shiba inu :)

Me: The model minority myth was invented by whites as a tool of antiblackness to create divisions between communities of color and prove that ‘anyone can succeed in America if they just TRY hard enough!!1!’ thereby implying that antiblackness is black ppl’s own fault for not TRYING enough. Additionally, it relies on false interpretations of data and hurts the opportunities of all Asians, particularly less privileged ones, and dehumanizes Asians by furthering stereotypes of us as some kind of innately robot-like monolithic-minded hive, devalues our individual accomplishments and uses us as a tool to further antiblackness

Those are just some of the most common comments, but there are many others. There is no way this stereotype is positive for these kids.

bricks are domesticated rocks

It’s totally fine for white people to call out their peers on their bullshit, but it needs…NEEDS…to make it clear that you are also white (e.g. “I’m white and I’ve noticed white folks complaining about lack of representation” or “there’s no white people in Get Out? Wow must be so hard for us after years of us forcing a white narrative on people of color for centuries.”) I have some white mutuals who tag race-based posts with “I’m white” and that’s exactly what all of y’all should be doing. If you aren’t sure if something is in your lane to be speaking on and it has to do with race…don’t speak on it. It really is that simple. Whatever it is, I can guarantee a person of color has already said it, and better, since they’re the ones actually experiencing it while you are just a commentator.