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tigerrsmn · 2 months

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"Say their name!"

Call and response at the Twin Cities vigil for Nex Benedict, organized by Thomas Edison High Gender and Sexuality Alliance.

[It is important to say their name. What’s their name?

(Crowd) Nex Benedict!

Say their name.

(Crowd) Nex Benedict!

Say their name.

(Crowd) Nex Benedict!]

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assiraphales · 6 months

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fuck it. fantasy old western au where zoro is a bounty hunter chasing down outlaws & pisses off the wrong sheriff at a saloon (axe hand morgan). he’s sent to the stocks, hours from dying from heat exhaustion under the hot desert sun, when young upstart monkey d luffy (in search of a stockpile of hidden gold that infamous outlaw gol d roger hid in the mountains) enters the scene guns literally a blazing

#zolu #one piece #I’m in arizona rn on a trip and I’m feeling inspired lmaoooooo #the outlaws are still themed like buggy still wears clown make up just vintage styled #nami is a bartender who swindles unsuspecting drunks. dreams of mapping the country and going to the west coast #sanji cooks in an abandoned train that zeff converted into a restaurant but he dreams of accessing spices and veg he can’t get in the deser #usopp lives in a mining town and kayas parents own the mine #there’s a bit of magic nothing as crazy as the devil fruit powers but there’s ghosts who roam #Native American mythos heavily influences the lore #monsters are real (the sheriffs are supposed to protect the town)#I could go on but I won’t lol

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warcrimecryptid · 1 year

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The Protect ICWA Campaign was established by the National Indian Child Welfare Association, the National Congress of American Indians, The Association on American Indian Affairs, and the Native American Rights Fund. The forced assimilation of Native people in the U.S. is nothing new and it has always targeted children. That's why over 40 years ago, the Indian Child Welfare Act was put into place. The number one goal of the ICWA was to curb the generational harm caused by Native children being separated from their families and tribal communities.

What many people may not understand is that Native children being separated from their families is a modern issue, impacting far too many Native children to this day. And come November 9, the law working to protect these children from being forcibly removed from their homes and families will be challenged in front of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Click on the link to this petition. Help stop forced assimilation and the theft of Native Children.

Your silence makes you complicit in Native genocide.

#save icwa #protect icwa #not a meme #not funny #native american #native lives matter #fuck america

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sordidamok · 1 month

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Crazy woke leftists want to hold people accountable.

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walterdoodles · 1 year

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Today is Red dress day. Remember and Honour all of the Native Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two spirits that have gone missing and have been murdered. Most of these cases are never heard in the public and they are sadly forgotten. Today I want to spread awareness for all Indigenous people, I want to share my culture and help others understand the importance of sharing stories from these victims.

I will be donating as well on this day to several sites that support native women and girls. And also a few sites that want to protect ICWA. I suggest you do the same but if you are not financially able to then spread awareness respectfully.🧡🧡

(I’m doing Donation commission 50% of the profits go to NICWA! this post-> https://www.tumblr.com/walterdoodles/719214714265255936/im-opening-up-some-donation-commissions-if-you )

No more stolen sisters

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omgcatboi · 2 months

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Here's one last political post because I have over 3k followers and I really think this is an extremely important message to spread around so PLEASE REBLOG but

Y'all... Do realize we can start petitions to fire the people in the supreme courts and all these legislators that are banning abortion and trans rights as well as erasing black and native history.... Right?

I see y'all talking about it .... But y'all don't actually do anything about it. Why not go directly for their jobs? Take they jobs!

I've been emailing legislators regularly telling them they're shit heads for passing these bills but they don't want to listen to one single fat trans man so why don't we start a petition to remove them?

A petition to reverse abortion bans in Florida recently got ONE MILLION SIGNATURES. THATS... UNHEARD OF.

and guess what? The bill is being challenged by legislatiors in FL.

I promise I won't make anymore political posts, I just... Think it's important we all know that we can take these mfs jobs.

It's good to talk about it but just talking about it doesn't do anything to stop these fascist bills. Tumblr queers work your magic with me, maybe we can get the Trever project on board?

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nerdby · 2 months

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There is no cancel culture. Some of us just want bigots to shut the fuck up and say so. Rightwing pearlclutchers love to dish out insults for everything under the sun, but once someone calls them out they start whining about cancel culture.

Cancel culture is a copout.

#hot take #truth #lgbt #pearlclutchers #cancel culture #victim complex #black lives matter #landback #black queer lives matter #stop asian hate #stop racism #protect native women #bullying #abuse #bullying is abuse #cyberbullying

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quimbyflether · 1 month

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tinydumpsterfire · 1 year

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Just finished watching Wakanda Forever.

This beautiful story is filled with so much hurt and pain. A perfect encapsulation of the hurt and pain that the natives as felt, hispanic and latin people. Of the hurt and pain the Black people have felt, African Americans and those of mixed Afro ethnicity. Of the hurt and pain that Asian people have felt, Asian Americans and the natives of the Hawaiian islands. The hurt and pain that Jewish people have felt. The hurt and pain that we continue to feel today... In the "land of the free"

And in our pain we have clawed our way out. We have fought kicking and screaming to have our basic human rights. Rights that still to this day are ignored in favor of the system of white supremacy.

And in our pain, in our fight we have kicked down others who are equally oppressed. Allowing the colonizer to pit us against each other. When we should be our strongest allies.

And today, while there is still a struggle, we move more and more towards a future where we 100% have each-others backs. We share each other's stories, sign each others petitions, walk together in protest.

But that doesn't mean that with every step of the way the system won't fight back. Abortion rights, the pipe lines and oil drills. Schools banning books on the Lgbtqia+ community, Black and native history. Police brutality. Anti-Semitism. Hate crimes against APPI. Police raiding peaceful protests and arresting water protestors, POC, trans individuals. All for using their human right to speak their voice against destruction of their land, against violence and abuse again their communities.

We have a long way to go but its not FUCKING OVER!!

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mysticalamity · 1 year

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Hey, y'all 👋🏾 check out this video! The topic is on ICWA which is currently under attack, please check out the above video.

#tiktok #tik tok video #no justice no peace #black lives matter #native lives matter #reblog #share #signal boost #protect our children #dc comics #marvel #marvel comics #save icwa #protect icwa #informative

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anarchywoofwoof · 3 months

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the funny thing is that i don't think younger people - and i mean those under the age of 40 - really have a grasp on how many of today's issues can be tied back to a disastrous reagan policy:

war on drugs: reagan's aggressive escalation of the war on drugs was a catastrophic policy, primarily targeting minority communities and fueling mass incarceration. the crusade against drugs was more about controlling the Black, Latino and Native communities than addressing the actual problems of drug abuse, leading to a legacy of broken families and systemic racism within the criminal justice system.

deregulation and economic policies: reaganomics was an absolute disaster for the working class. reagan's policies of aggressive tax cuts for the rich, deregulation, and slashing social programs were nothing less than class warfare, deepening income inequality and entrenching corporate greed. these types of policies were a clear message that reagan's america was only for the wealthy elite and a loud "fuck you" to working americans.

environmental policies: despite his reputation being whitewashed thanks to the recovery of the ozone layer, reagan's environmental record was an unmitigated disaster. his administration gutted critical environmental protections and institutions like the EPA, turning a blind eye to pollution and corporate exploitation of natural resources. this blatant disregard for the planet was a clear sign of prioritizing short-term corporate profits over the future of the environment.

AIDS crisis: reagan's gross neglect of the aids crisis was nothing short of criminal and this doesn't even begin to touch on his wife's involvement. his administration's indifference to the plight of the lgbtq+ community during this devastating epidemic revealed a deep-seated bigotry and a complete failure of moral leadership.

mental health: reagan's dismantling of mental health institutions under the guise of 'reform' led directly to a surge in homelessness and a lack of support for those with mental health issues. his policies were cruel and inhumane and showed a personality-defining callous disregard for the most vulnerable in society.

labor and unions: reagan's attack on labor unions, exemplified by his handling of the patco strike, was a blatant assault on workers' rights. his actions emboldened corporations to suppress union activities, leading to a significant erosion of workers' power and rights in the workplace. he was colloquially known as "Ronnie the Union Buster Reagan"

foreign policy and military interventions: reagan's foreign policy, particularly in latin america, was imperialist and ruthless. his administration's support for dictatorships and right-wing death squads under the guise of fighting "communism" showed a complete disregard for human rights and self-determination of other nations.

public health: yes, reagan's agricultural policies actually facilitated the rise of high fructose corn syrup, once again prioritizing corporate profits over public health. this shift in the food industry has had lasting negative impacts on health, contributing to the obesity epidemic and other health issues.

privatization: reagan's push for privatization was a systematic dismantling of public services, transferring wealth and power to private corporations and further eroding the public's access to essential services.

education policies: his approach to education was more of an attack on public education than anything else, gutting funding and promoting policies that undermined equal access to quality education. this was, again, part of a broader agenda to maintain a status quo where the privileged remain in power.

this is just what i could come up with in a relatively short time and i did not even live under this man's presidency. the level at which ronald reagan has broken the united states truly can't be overstated.

#twitter #fuck ronald reagan #fuck conservatives

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tigerrsmn · 2 months

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"I don't want to hear in another 25, that we have another Matthew Shepard, that we have another Nex Benedict. We need to protect our kids now."

Amelia Marquez (she/they), Thomas Edison High teacher, speaking at the Twin Cities vigil for Nex Benedict, organized by Thomas Edison High Gender and Sexuality Alliance. (transcript below)

[My name is Miss Amelia Marquez, as I am commonly getting told I am now. Um, my pronouns are she and they and I apologize, I lost my voice last night, uh, screaming at somebody that said that educators are only worth a 3% wage increase.

(Crowd) You sound great.

(Crowd 2) Yeah, you sound great.

I see you. Um, as a teacher--as a trans and two spirit teacher--I want to offer all of my sympathies to my little cousin, Nex. Things like this should not be happening. But I can tell you, as somebody that grew up and is a trans refuge here in your lovely state from the state of Montana, that it continues to happen. I have students that I had to leave back in Montana that continued to beg, that I can help them, that their home was not safe for them, that they needed protection. But I needed to take care of myself. I needed to put my air mask on before I protected other people, and I promised them I would not stop fighting for them a single day of my life. My students are precious to me. Absolutely precious. They also get me to do wild things like this. I plea with each and every one of you, especially my cisgender friends and relatives, and in our lovely crowd tonight.

Please don't stop talking. Get out there. These kids should not be afraid to go to the bathroom in our public schools here in Minneapolis, in Saint Paul. It is necessary that our school districts start to look at the funding that was passed this legislative session, thanks to that fucking phenomenal queer caucus--sorry kids--and that we start to actually make change happen. Real change doesn't happen from the top down. Real change happens from the bottom up. And we need, we need for our school districts here in the city as a trans refuge area, to start to act, to start to make these schools safer, to make it so that those little babies back in Montana have a place when they get over here. Because I can tell you, many of them in conservative America are planning to come out here. Please make it a safe place for them. Make it so we do not have future situations. I don't want to hear in another 25, that we have another Matthew Shepard, that we have another Nex Benedict. We need to protect our kids now. Thank you.]

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spiritofjustice · 5 months

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still think about that one dumbass review i saw for Custer's Trials on B&N one time that was this dude fuckin fuming over the fact that TJ Stiles pointed out that Custer was super racist. like sorry the author stated an objective fact just because you think you can't criticize historical figures for bigotry. as if they didn't all fight a fucking war over race and slavery in the fucking US at that time. which Custer FOUGHT IN on the side of the Union and actively lied to his patrons about being anti-slavery because he wanted to get ahead politically on the Union side.

like do people who get mad when you say "[x historical figure] was racist/evil/etc" think that humanity was a monolith until like, 1964 or whatever. like you realize a huge amount of people were anti-racist in the 1800s as well, right. like that was partly why the Civil War happened...?

i'm not saying abolitionists and Republicans weren't often racist anyways bcs they were. but like. anti-racism still fuckin existed. people have known racism and slavery are wrong since the very beginning of both. it doesn't matter if a lot of American society was structured around heavy amounts of institutionalized racism and racial violence, it doesn't matter if that was normal, it doesn't change that they were fucking racist

"Custer is racist" should not be a controversial statement, good god

#psy's no punctuation posts #history tag #i know i'm mainly talking slavery but i just figured pointing out the Whole War About Slavery Thing was important #he was obviously virulently racist towards Native peoples as well. and there were many whites who KNEW it was wrong #and fought to protect their Native friends and societies they lived nearby or with #what a shocker. humans don't all think the same thing?? some people always knew racism and colonization was wrong???#i try not to be mean abt people who have differing opinions but this is different. if you think you can't apply ~modern standards~#to history because ~it used to be normal~ you are a fucking idiot. like an actual fucking idiot. full stop

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sordidamok · 1 month

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#nex benedict #two spirit #native american #oklahoma #lgbtq rights #protect queer youth #protect trans lives #vote democrat #vote blue #democrats #vote biden #democracy #social democracy #vote blue to save democracy #democratic socialism #democrats now socialism later #vote blue 2024 #protect trans kids

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lime-peaches666 · 6 months

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I really want to learn more about family history stuff

#i may be born and raised in canada but i want!#to exepierence my families culture!#and protect it!#i dont like that celtic famlies still living in native lands get treated like shot by england still #its one of the things i wish i could do something about #import

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nerdby · 14 hours

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I don't know who needs to hear this, but there's more to being an antifascist than wearing a fucking T-shirt or whatever. And don't bother wearing the shit at all if you aren't prepared to stand up to a racist or whatever in public cause sometimes a T-shirt is all it takes to piss a fucker off and put everyone's lives in danger. That's not a lesson you wanna learn the fucking hard way, trust me.

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