I grew up in a family that immigrated here, and my dad worked door to door to sell insurance and my mom was pregnant with my brother and I going to work, taking 3 buses going to work so that they could give their children an opportunity to be special. My sister’s an ER doctor, my brother’s a teacher and I’m standing here today
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Native Americans weren’t allowed US citizenship until 1924.
Let that sink in. We lived here first…for thousands of years. And less than a hundred years ago we were finally given citizenship.
We also fought in WWI despite not being US citizens.
In Arizona, natives weren’t granted the right to vote until 1948. Think how that type of neglect ties into resource colonization as infrastructure was developed within years prior.
In addition: the indigenous peoples of Canada were not recognized as Human Beings until the year 1960. Now let that shit sink in.
In the US it wasn’t until 1968 that the Indian Civil Rights Act was passed and allowed for the right to freedom of speech / assembly / press, a jury trial, the right to an attorney etc. It’s so fucking frustrating.
and it wasn’t until 1978 that we were legally allowed to practice our own religions. in a nation founded on religious freedoms, it was illegal to practice our own religions. in our own country. how fucked up is that?
Aaaand Native Americans weren’t entitled to their own languages (had no legal rights to teach them in their schools, use them in business) until the Native American Language Act of 1990.
I teach this to my students, because NONE of it is in a single textbook. This is and act of indoctrination
Boosting because I didn’t know any of this.
These facts should be known by all.
White people a trip
Khalil Gibran (via wordsnquotes)
• It’s annoying. • It gives an imperfect metric for how many followers you have. (I would estimate about 25% of my “followers” are porn blogs run by bots). • It makes pulling up your activity page iffy even if you use Tumblr strictly for SFW content. • It’s problematic for individuals who have struggled with sex and/or pornography addictions, especially since many of the blog names are not obviously porn names, causing you to preview the blog. • It exposes minors to illegal and harmful content.
And to many of us: • It’s disgusting. • it’s degrading to human beings, especially women. • It makes Tumblr a less classy, less reputable place.
Please share this if you agree this is a serious problem.
He’s such a role model.[x]
This is very important
Shaki tú estás bien bonita, aunque también me gustabas cuando estabas más gordita… Con el pelito negrito y la cara redondita..Y así medio rockerita. También me gustas ahora, pero cuando pierdes los modales, cuando comes sin cubiertos como los animales. Cuando se te sale lo sucio, lo obsceno…
Who is Dayani Cristal(2013) A film about the recovery and identification process of migrants who have perished during their travels through the Arizona desert. This man’s loved one was one of those fortunate cases where the deceased had a possible identifier – a tattoo of his daughter’s name across his chest.
Proof MAtS is a ray of golden sunshine 🌞
on why I fear declarations of love from men //
they fall in love with women the way they fall in love with the ocean. they love the peaceful calm but no one remembers that the same ocean with the clear shallow blue is the same ocean that holds centuries of undiscovered secrets in its sweeping depths. when someone exclaims their love for the ocean they are never talking about the part of the ocean that the sun does not reach. it is the same way with women. when men express love they are almost never expressing love for the whole. they are expressing love for the pieces that they admire and when you make a mistake they will say you are a liar. when you resemble a human they will say you deceived them. but it’s not your fault they only chose to explore the place from which they could reap fruit. everything else, every part of you that is not the luminous side of the moon is nothing but an annoyance to them. they love roses from afar but they become frustrated when they finally get close enough to touch them only to discover that there are thorns. this is not love. I am not yours to idolize.
LMFAO
@jessehimself is not here for your hotep shit
@beyonslayed omg
GOD I LOVE HIM!!!!
❤️
Getting the ankhs together real quick
Why aren’t we talking about this??!!
this is important!
We know why.
