Honoring our dead is one way that we can begin to reclaim our indigenous ancestry. It is one action we can take to honor what was stolen from us a people from multiple indigenous cultures that were colonized gruesomely and forcefully into giving up spiritual practices. Place a table, a mat on the floor or a place on your wall, pictures of benevolent ancestors who developed good character over their lifetime and who have passed to give food to, water to, light to, energy to, a place where you can stop and reflect and get connected so you can hear them properly, so you can know when they are surrounding you and lifting you up. #ancestralwisdom #disruptthenarrative #decolonizeyourmind #indigenoushealing #loveisrevolutionary #asé #orishaoya #oyaspeaks #medicinewheel #caribbeanspirituality https://www.instagram.com/p/B1tObhlF9lv/?igshid=d0w5opt2297g

Have we been taught about the maniacal slaughters that took place in “the new world” by the Spaniards? And in their delusions these mercenaries acted in the same manner they condemned the Moors for doing. They enacted behaviors justifying the annihilation of various Indigenous cultures throughout the Americas. And then these Europeans set their sights on every other nation around the world. #knowyourhistory #decolonizeyourmind #antiracisteducation #disruptthenarrative #internalizedracism #indigenoushealing #ancestralwisdom #loveisrevolutionary #dominicanslovehaitians https://www.instagram.com/p/B1ru7zGlWmC/?igshid=1xtxc5w6bcnl2

“What was supposed to be a feel-good story about delicious chicken sandwiches and Black people enjoying themselves has become yet another means to shame us for simply trying to have some damn fun. The fact is that the whole premise that Black people are shamed about is — like most things Black folks are shamed about — couched in falsehoods and dishonest stereotypes. The fact is, Black people are constantly lining up to vote because the way voter suppression is set up in the country, the only way for Black people to vote is to stand in lines that are longer than everyone else. Georgia alone was full of voter suppression efforts and long lines in a gubernatorial race that was tainted by unjust obstacles to black folks voting. Look at this article. Or this one, that explains that black folks are six times as likely to have hour-plus waits to vote. And another one. Shaming black folks about long lines and Popeyes ignores another important fact: it’s actually easier for a black person in America to buy a $3.99 chicken sandwich than it is to vote.” Excerpt from article (newsone opinion) #letblackpeoplelive #letblackpeopleenjoythings #antiracisteducation #antiblackness #disruptthenarrative #decolonizeyourmind #blackconsciousness https://www.instagram.com/p/B1qny3bFqDY/?igshid=ayyo2vw5hmv7

Honoring. #dominicanslovehaitians #dominicanhaitian #haitiandominican #disruptthenarrative #dismantlethepatriarchy #decolonizeyourmind #ancestralwisdom #indigenoushealing #singoursongs #reclaimingourroots https://www.instagram.com/p/B1luiG1F__w/?igshid=wv1cb93szuu4

We must remember. We must remember. We must remember. #dontcallmespanish #knowyourhistory #decolonizeyourmind #disruptthenarrative #dismantlethepatriarchy #antiracisteducation #freeyourmind #loveisrevolutionary #blackconsciousness #rememberyourancestors #oyaspeaks #dominicanslovehaitians #afroindigenous #afroindígena #afrotaino #afrocaribbean #afrocaribe #afrolibre #antepasados #haitimonamour #afrodominicanxthings #afrodominicanx https://www.instagram.com/p/B1gem37FWr7/?igshid=d3wta8oh7qum

The claiming of Spanish identity for those in the Caribbean, Central and South America is like a badge of pride worn and sung it’s praise when in fact it is an attempt to erase the horrors of the mass genocide of Taino Arawak people first and then subsequently other indigenous nations in what would be called the Caribbean and Americas. The genocide of indigenous people began the process of enslaving African people. They perfected a system of rape, murder, oppression and systematically destroyed, manipulated, annihilated vast cultures across the Caribbean and the Americas. They claimed we were primitive and savage as they mutilated us, built churches or other buildings on our sacred grounds, and killed anyone in horrible ways who opposed them. You calling yourself Spanish is an insult to all our Indigenous ancestors who were murdered, you calling yourself Spanish is an insult to all our African ancestors who were murdered. Someone calling yourself Spanish is a cowardly act as if a claim to Spain will allow you the privilege of whiteness. Spain never gave a fuck about us. They only wanted riches and our fore parents bodies, Indigenous and African, was the way towards that gain. Never forget. #dontcallmespanish #knowyourhistory #decolonizeyourmind #disruptthenarrative #dismantlethepatriarchy #antiracisteducation #freeyourmind #loveisrevolutionary #blackconsciousness #rememberyourancestors #oyaspeaks #dominicanslovehaitians https://www.instagram.com/p/B1gb_9xFkLB/?igshid=1s0t1yo51zwq8

“Look what they did to our reservation. We spent two years working hard on it. Now our village is in flames. They weren’t satisfied with destroying the river, with our sources of life, and now they set our village on fire. We are not going to stay quiet. We will shut down the highway & we want the media to come defend us.” . . . . The fires in the Amazon are no accident. The moment Bolsonaro's fascist regime took office in Brazil he praised the genocide of Indigenous people. These fires are being set to illegally deforest the Amazon for industrial use and are an act of genocide. Our Mother's lungs are on fire and the fire is fueled by capitalism and greed. Violence against the land begets violence against our women, our children- against our future. Earlier this month we saw over 2,000 Indigenous women rise to stand up against his fascist regime protesting the unjust treatment of their lands and their bodies- his attacks have gotten worse . . . . #amazonrainforest #amazon #Repost @indigenousrising with @get_repost #capitalismisterrorism #disruptthenarrative #thewrongamazonisburning https://www.instagram.com/p/B1eQyI9lqDx/?igshid=esyxt05ik2rv

Don’t ever say Dominicans are Spanish, Don’t ever say Puerto Ricans are Spanish, Don’t ever say Colombian’s are Spanish, Don’t ever say Mexicans are Spanish, Don’t ever say Cubans are Spanish, Don’t ever say Venezuelan’s are Spanish, Don’t ever say, don’t ever say, don’t ever say anyone who speaks Spanish to be Spanish unless they were born in Spain. Don’t ever say it. #knowyourhistory #waitingforspanishreparations #waitingforfrenchreparations #disruptthenarrative #decolonizeyourmind #decolonizeayitikiskeya #ancestralwisdom #indigenoushealing #loveisrevolutionaryact #dominicanslovehaitians https://www.instagram.com/p/B1dzdRZF7TY/?igshid=95nla7clkln5