World Music Professor:
“We are all one!”
“Slavery had a lot of benefits; such as, rock n roll, jazz, etc”
“Next week we will study the New World; ya know, American Indians.”
“I’m white but I feel like I am actually East Indian.”
Class reactions:
you.
not wanting me.
was
the beginning of me.
wanting myself.
thank you.
I was supposed to be a Mexican, then came Manifest Destiny and I became Mexican American, then came the Census Bureau and I became Hispanic, then came that white woman and I became a spic, then came that one Ethnic Studies class and I became Chicano, then came Cherríe Moraga and I became Xicano. In the end, it’s just me and my unsolicited opinion.
(via xulaxicana)
When someone you care about reblogs something from someone who hates you
Went to my brother’s house today and he is giving me one of his puppies (in a couple weeks) omg!! I am soo excited!
Awh cats are the cutest
(via youremystarshine)
When I worked as a rape crisis counselor, every Native client I saw said to me at one point, “I wish I wasn’t an Indian”.
Andrea Smith- Native American Feminism, Sovereignty & Social Change (via iwasbornunderawanderingstar)
*cries*