Chipewyan, a name given to us by the Cree which means ‘pointed skin’, (in reference to the clothes the Chipewyan wore) is an Aboriginal group that spans across the northern parts of Canada. However, most Chipewyan prefer to be called Dene (‘the people’) in place of Chipewyan.
I am not Indian. I have no ancestors from India.
I am a mixed race First Nations person whose history is rooted in the Dene people from Canada and the Aztec people in El Salvador.
Indigenous people are not a costume. Indigenous people are not a trend. Indigenous people are important and need to start getting the respect they deserve. - Mod M
While you’re at it don’t dress up as pirates either because pirates are not a costume. Pirates are not a trend. Pirates are important and need to start getting the respect they deserve.
I say we just ban costumes over all so we don’t offend any group of people, because we all know; If you are offended, you’re always in the right.
This is concerning. Very much so.
This person has been so trained through media and hollywood to think dehumanizing Native Americans is okay, that they even deny the basic cultural rights to a person, to their face.
They can look this woman in the eye and practically say “You don’t deserve basic rights”
Columbus was a pirate. He’s been respected for centuries.
And you wouldn’t be offended by pirate dress-up because you’re the ones enjoying his spoils.
-D
No one’s born a fucking pirate put that argument back in the trash pile.
Columbus wasn’t a pirate, by the way. He was a legitimate ‘explorer’, because that was a thing back then, funded by the Spanish Kingdom to go off and find new places for the Spanish to settle and establish trade routes.
And that argument that pirates need to be respected is just fucking stupid.
Columbus deserves no respect. He raped hundreds of Native women and children. He ordered the murders of hundreds of Native Americans; all while invading our homelands.
Pirate is not a race; there is a difference between stereotyping pirates and stereotyping an entire race. When people make exaggerations, like the one above, they are derailing the actual argument and speaking over actual Native Americans.