Honestly landback isn't about us which is something I think a lot of non indigenous people have a hard time wrapping our heads around. Justice is meant to center the victim landback is basically that on a large scale we don't actually get a say because we aren't the victim
This isn't just yt leftists though. A lot of western folks that aren't yt but consider themselves leftists can't reckon w/ land back either, that's why some will happily go & treat Hawaii like a resort. Others will leave the US for Canada 'to be free.'
1) generally federal/public land, sometimes private land via negotiated purchase. the Sioux' legal claim over the Black Hills is one example
2) 'indigenous control' here means transferring land to the collective ownership or sovereignty of tribal governments
i think it would be easier to take european communists more seriously on their "critiques" of indigenous spirituality if they weren't so obviously motivated by christian religio-secular foundations themselves and hide it behind their ideal future of communism.
What causes rpf sex pests to have absolutely no self-awareness with their actions? They can excuse sexually exploiting real women but draw the line at someone being a porn addict? What??
Catholicism was imposed on the Philippines by force. Funny too, because Islam spread in the Philippines organically by contrast, and Islam was here first. The Tagalog people are an example of a Muslim people forced to convert to Catholicism.
Your landlord is taking half your salary, the government is spending your taxes on wars, your boss is pocketing the profits you and your colleagues are laboring for, but instead of fighting them y'all want to fight immigrants and trans people because you are bootlicking cowards.
Benfit cuts always kill disabled people first. Reformers claim theyll catch ppl taking advantage but theres almost no one TO catch. Meanwhile, we let health insurance and drug companies commit fraud every single day. Policing everyday people has never been the solution
being a young person w debilitating depression & anxiety that's progressing further into adulthood is cool bc you can just slowly feel ppls disposition towards you change from regarding you as sad tragic case that they hope improves to regarding you as a fuckup loser and failure
it's almost like indigenous Americans were systematically robbed of their land by European settlers, and that's why their reservations today are typically on "barren" land that the settlers viewed as worthless for agriculture
Doing what? He has cancer, other chronic health issues, and faces challenges walking and breathing. Free labor x 80 hours per month should not be a condition for a 64 year old man to receive cancer treatment, let alone is it readily available.
Saying indigenous people have a relationship and knowledge of the land isn't thinking indigenous people are magic it's literally just what happens when you live somewhere for a long ass time when you and your family live in a place for decades centuries a literal millenia
"I don't believe a child can seduce an adult" means I don't believe an adult will reciprocate the romantic and sexual advances of a child unless they're already a pedophile, not that kids cannot sexually harass an adult
There are no mechanisms in place to hold the people in power accountable in the U.S.
That’s why the ruling class keeps hoarding more and more wealth while practically everyone else struggles.
We have no leverage.
Voting only legitimizes the harmful power structures.
i don't even understand why non-filipinos are more loud about "Olivia isn't filipino" narrative when she's widely accepted as filipino here in the Philippines, we even call her "pambansang pinsan" which means national cousin