lloveislouder: “ Carnavallllll!!! #fancydress #carnaval #nativeamericans #girls #party ” The costumes you are wearing are racist stereotypes. The fake warbonnets you are wearing are cultural appropriation, which is an act of racism. The warbonnet is...

lloveislouder:

Carnavallllll!!! #fancydress #carnaval #nativeamericans #girls #party

The costumes you are wearing are racist stereotypes. The fake warbonnets you are wearing are cultural appropriation, which is an act of racism. The warbonnet is a sacred item that must be earned and its use is still practiced today by some Plains tribes. You are disrespect those cultures by desecrating the likeness of a sacred object. You are promote racism against Native Americans. And you are objectifying and fetishizing Native women, who are 2.5 times more likely to be sexually assaulted. Please remove this image and do not do this again.

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7 years ago
lastrealindians: “ On This Day (3/13/1982): In 1982 the Río Negro massacre took place, where over 177 Maya – including 70 women and 107 children – were killed. At six o’clock in the morning the army entered the community of Río Negro. They went to...

lastrealindians:

On This Day (3/13/1982): In 1982 the Río Negro massacre took place, where over 177 Maya – including 70 women and 107 children – were killed. At six o’clock in the morning the army entered the community of Río Negro. They went to every house asking for the men, but they were not in their homes because they used to spend the nights in the mountain for security reasons. The army then gathered up the women and children, forcing them to dance, in the words of the soldiers, as they danced with the guerrillas. A number of young women were taken and raped. After, the army forced the people to walk about three miles up the mountain. “Throughout the walk, they beat the women a lot, they called them cows. They beat the children a lot calling them sons of guerrillas”. When they got to the top of Pacoxom Hill the army killed all of the women and children, dumping them in a pit which they covered with stones and branches. The massacre was part of the larger Rio Negro Massacres (1980-1982), which were the result of Maya Achi being forcibly relocated due to the construction of the Chixoy Dam. When hundreds of residents refused to relocate, or returned after finding the conditions of resettlement villages were not what the government had promised, these men, women, and children were kidnapped, raped, and massacred by paramilitary and military officials.

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7 years ago

just got home from a counsel meeting at NDN ED. And guess what? Little Bear and I (and a couple other girls) were sponsored to go to the Native Women’s Drum Summit.

so excited! I have always had a great time when I have gone; and I am so excited to have Little Bear carry on the traditions.

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7 years ago

you need to research rape culture. you have defended an abusive person who threatened to rape someone, rather than defending the victim. you need to reevaluate.

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tangledapplevines:

There is no proof he’s an “abusive person”. The OP is hardly a “victim”. Victim to what? A stupid teenager? The OP seems to me like she was just using this dumb message to create a hysteria among the SJW/Feminist community. If she was not popular and did not have all the thousands of followers she had, she’d probably just answer the message or delete it. She wouldn’t have done all of this “signal boosting” or taken measures to doxx him. It’s an excuse to further push her silly “Feminist” “rape culture” agenda. It’s a tool. The boy is now a tool. The kid is not entirely “innocent” though, he should have not sent such a message in the first place, it’s awful and gross, but it’s not worth costing him his reputation and perhaps ruining his life forever. That’s being much more harsh than the message itself. I am strictly against invading someone’s personal privacy online and exposing people to the public to be ridiculed. That is just as disgusting, especially to a minor. That message doesn’t deserve these dire consequences. He should still know that his words are hurtful and threatening, but I don’t think taking matters this far is the right way to go. He deserves some kind of “punishment”, but I feel doxxing him is simply excessive. I wouldn’t have an issue with this if there was no extreme doxxing involved.

there is proof he is an abusive person. he sent a rape threatening message to someone.

The OP is a victim of sexual harassment and of being threatened.

Bayard being a teenager is no excuse. Teenagers are capable of rape. Dismissing his actions based off his age is not valid.

If Bayard’s life is ruined it is because of his actions that people fined dangerous and harmful; not because of the person he threatened or those who reblogged it. His actions may cause the ruining of his life.

Do you realize he could be arrested for what he wrote? This is serious. It is not a joke. Rape is never a joke and it is not okay to dismiss or downplay it. You are still defending the abuser rather than the victim.

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7 years ago