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Jocelyn Wabano-Iahtail shuts down disrespectful white journalists over a question asking if Justin Trudeau is responsible for Missing Indigenous Teens in Northern Ontario.

More information here:

Indigenous women call reporter ‘white lady,’ demand she leave press conference

Video source: @asolezz

What a brave and amazing woman.

And that headline on the linked article is a shameful example of exactly what Ms. Wabano-Ishtail was talking about! White fragility at its finest. Out of all the important things she said, reporters think her use of the term “white lady” is the most news worthy.

She is putting herself on the line to educate white people about issues our ignorance and privilege stops us from understanding. We should fucking thank her, not compound the disrespect and harm like that.

So here is a better headline: “Jocelyn Wabano-Iahtail educates disrespectful white journalists.”

[ Captions ]

Person in background: Stop right now.

Jocelyn Wabano-Iahtail: Don’t speak to us that way. You’re a guest here, and you don’t even know how to speak to us. You don’t even recognize the tone in your voice in your delivery. No you’re done. You’re done. Next question.

Reporter: I’ll-I’ll re-ask what [ inaudible ] question, how do you think

Person off screen: You want to re-ask?

Reporter: Yes.

Jocelyn Wabano-Iahtail: You better be respectful.

 [ inaudible chattering in background ] 

Reporter: I’m being totally respectful. I’m asking how Justin Trudeau record, compared to Stephen Harper’s record, do you think he’s improved the situation. I think that is what Julie was asking. 

[ inaudible chattering off camera ]

Jocelyn Wabano-Iahtail: We have a holistic genocide happening here. 

Female Reporter: I can speak for myself

Jocelyn Wabano-Iahtail: And I can speak for myself. You know what white people? You’ve had your voice here for 524 years. 524 years you’ve been visible, white lady. You’ve been visible for 524 years. Look how fast your white man stands up for you. Where is everybody else who will come and stand up for us? I have a right to my voice, I’m still fighting for my voice, and my visibility. 

Reporter: We asked a question about what you–

Jocelyn Wabano-Iahtail: And I’m telling you! And I’m telling you right now. There has been 524 years of holistic genocide on Turtle Island. We’re the ones that are dying, it is not you that is dying. As far as Justin Trudeau is doing? One of the things that we need to keep in mind is that we’re asking the United Nations to help us of charges of genocide, a war against humanity, war crimes, and a crime of aggression be laid. Because your liberal party, was also responsible; every party, every governments that has been in power. None of your governments have clean hands. All of your governments…all of your governments have blood on their hands. None of you are different, you haven’t changed. The moment we have our voice, and back bone you want to shut us down. And you think you have your privilege to disrespect us the moment we tell you, because of your colonial mindset, and your colonial way of being. Your white privilege, your white fragility, you can’t take our truth. Look how many people came to bat for you, white lady. And you’re a guest here. Without us, you’d be homeless. This is over.

The poem is by Nikita Gill, it's called "Stardust" if I'm not mistaken

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Look at these cute lil stinkers.

I used to hear that wild skunks show little to no fear because they’re so confident in their defenses but I had no idea

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headphone: *works*

me: ah perfect

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I like how she didn’t even directly mention men and he still said that

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belated new year resolution: be on this level 100% of the time

I was like, “This can’t be real,” but it is.

Bruh 2017 on some shit

I’m really glad that KC Green’s work is being more widely recognized after the whole “This is not fine” comic came out.

He’s been in the comic making game for a really long time and he has…a bit of a knack for creating things that are used as reaction images and never credited back to him.

He’s a really cool guy and a great artist and I HIGHLY recommend following his work.

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Some lesser known KC Green Career Highlights:

honestly I swear he’s like. the best at unintentionally making reaction images

He also did the “I guess!” comic, didn’t he?

We’ve all been fans of KC Green this whole time and never even knew