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reasons why the gop base doesn t like obama there are plenty of reasons not to like obama ones i even agree with but this nonsense it s racism pure and simple american society is so deeply racist not even getting elected president is enough to make you immune posted by vanessa at 4 27 2011 10 29 00 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest hey there poor old neglected blogger a relic of my life in the aughts i ve been posting over at tumblr now if you re interested i like the social networking aspects of tumblr but i must say i think blogger is better at long form ranty style posts and i definitely feel a big one coming on stay tuned posted by vanessa at 4 27 2011 10 21 00 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday november 14 2010 i have a question for fans of the hipster indian look this is a more thought out and in depth version of a post i first put up on tumblr this morning if the reason that you feel the need to dress this way is just that you appreciate the culture and think its beautiful why don t i ever see fashion spreads of native americans dressed in the attire as it was meant to be worn why is it always shirtless white ladies in the desert with a cigarette in one hand and a bottle of whiskey in the other picture of a young white woman with straight brown hair wearing a war bonnet is seemingly shirtless with warpaint that looks like lipstick and smoking a cigarette standing around in a forest seriously you don t need an advanced degree in semiotics to figure out what s wrong with this image my theory these people don t give a shit about any particular native american culture they feel fine and dandy appreciating these images because the culture being appreciated is not any particular native american culture it is the culture of middle class america from 30 years ago back when if you dressed your kid up as an indian princess for halloween no one would think twice about it i m looking at you mom back when you sent your kids to summer camp and they made wallets with fringe and plastic beads on them to appreciate native culture or when you could take your family on road trips to reservations and buy a bunch of plastic tomahawks and fake arrowheads made in china my husband is looking at you mother in law picture of three young white women wearing costumey feather headdresses blackened eyebrows and those cheesy 70s ish clothes so popular with kids these days you can tell because all these pictures also often exhibit artifacts of the 70s like feathered hair and tube socks pulled up to your knees or have orangey red faded color palettes or excessive lens flare like a flashback in a wes anderson movie or something the more innocent time these images are hearkening back to is not to some imagined time of pre colombian noble savagery but the time from my childhood when middle america felt free to stomp all over native american culture without guilt that time has come again apparently and let s go a little bit deeper bfp on tumblr notes when you literally don t care or it never crossed your mind what is happening to native peoples today what their struggles are what is happening to their children while you are admiring how pretty their headdress looks if you dye it orange and green first with blue eye shadow and blue jeans when you write passionate defenses of your right to wear native dress instead of passionate pleas to people to donate money so that elders and children don t get their fucking heat shut off in the middle of winter because yeah that whole thing about having to pay somebody exorbitant rates for the use of minerals found on your own land sorta sucks ass then you can judge yourself as not having the right to wear native clothes of any sort i m from new mexico the phenomenon of the rich white or hispanic lady from santa fe who is fond of navajo jewelry and navajo art but not so much you know actual navajo people is well known to me which is not to say that you can t have a beautiful turquoise bracelet or something just don t wear sacred items and always buy it from local native artists so that the economic power stays with the people whose culture is being commodified that i think is at the heart of what makes this sort of thing so offensive to me at least white people make money selling this crap to other white people while the people whose culture this comes from deal with some of the worst poverty in the us if i may nerd out for a moment it s something i spent some time studying in school there was a similar pattern with african art in the 1920s and 1930s and australian aboriginal art in the 1980s cultural anthropologists which while it is my chosen field of study has a lot to answer for would gather artifacts from communities and then sell them to art galleries for a jillion dollars recommended reading hipster appropriations and my culture is not a trend on tumblr i got the pictures in this post from these blogs and for those with an anthro bent read anything by sally price especially this book and this one posted by vanessa at 11 14 2010 08 57 00 am 10 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday november 09 2010 happy halloween bitches welcome to valhalla motherfuckers posted by vanessa at 11 09 2010 03 48 00 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday october 20 2010 i stayed up all night reading octavia butler s kindred and i m not even tired holy shit that s a good book it was very good at making me think about well not so much the reality of slavery because i m sure no mere book would be enough to convey the experience of what chattel slavery is like but the reality that my ancestors were slaves i got a similar feeling when i went to dc for the obama inauguration that the buildings all around me had been built by black slaves and now a black man was being elected president i was seriously on the verge of tears almost the whole time not so much out of happiness at the election although back then i was much more on team hopey changey stuff than i am now but out of horror of the past i grew up in albuquerque new mexico in a neighborhood where the oldest buildings dated to maybe the 1950s black chattel slavery is distant here to have my stepmom who is from there and who is biracial just like me point out buildings and say that s an old slave auction house or that tunnel is where they brought slaves in from the docks and whatnot was completely upsetting to me you re very sensitive she said to me not unkindly my family is from cuba so the likelihood that any ancestor of mine walked through those tunnels or stood on those particular auction blocks is probably low but they walked through tunnels they stood on auction blocks and there were similar ones right in front of me meanwhile a black man was getting ready to be president it was the same feeling i got when a white friend of mine explained to me that her grandmother who i had spent the previous afternoon chatting pleasantly with was actually a horrible racist and said mean things about my daughter betrayal shame embarrassment anger fury pride that i wasn t what her grandmother thought i was that feeling that s what it s like to be black in america thinking back about my week in dc two years ago i remember a conversation i had about the whole thing with a man who was a friend of my stepmom s family i don t think white people understand he said i agreed also i m pissed at myself that i haven t been reading octavia butler this entire time next up fledgling posted by vanessa at 10 20 2010 11 15 00 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday august 24 2010 yes i am a muslim american eds note my father who has been increasingly horrified by the growing tide of bigotry apparent on the nightly news lately emailed me this last night and asked if i would post it on my blog of course i would i said am i an american why am i asking myself this question again yes i am an american a muslim african american why am i asking that question again it is because the monster is trying to once again rear its ugly head a monster who once tried to trick me into believing that i was not an american because of the color of my skin and because of the origin of my parents and the first language that i spoke spanish as a child the ugly beast who snapped at the heels of my parents with its white only bathrooms and diners and the black only seats at the rear of the bus or train and the inequality and lack of justice that permeated its presence breathing the fire of hate for those who dared to be different than it the horrible looks and words of hate that frightened a child and young adolescent emanating from the mouths of pale skinned creatures that looked as human as i and breathed the same air that filled my lungs and walked the same earth that i walked upon i a child not really understanding the disease that filled the hearts and minds of these men and women some who called themselves the follower of jesus peace be upon him as i was the prophet of peace and love why i said as a child why why do you hate me so the answer always being you are the other not like me apart from me yet in my heart i always knew this to be a lie knew that the other was as human and fragile as i was he or she was just sick in the head from some blow of a hammer that must have once fallen upon their heads then as i grew into adolescence came the words and actions of martin words of freedom equality respect the transformational words of malcolm demanding respect as a man and as a human being and servant of god the demand for the implementation of the eternal principles that i knew permeated the hearts of all men and women who know the truth and that submit to the one and only lord and creator of the universe these waves of change passed through our country transforming hearts and minds as they always have when the creature appears men like mandela gandhi muhammed jesus and moses and so many others who chase the monster away if not for a little time making him hide in slumber for another day here is that day today when i ask myself again am i an american the monster stares in my face i now a grown man a muslim african american the beast once again looms in our presence again staring at me with eyes aglow it basks in its own self indulgence of ignorance hate and accusations of being the other the same old story just another time and another place know this oh beast i will stand firmly on this sacred ground that i call my country my home my place of birth a place called america i stand here with no fear of you in my heart knowing with surety who i am and why i am i am a muslim american a servant of allah born in the home of the brave the land of the free i am a red blooded american you can screech your words of being the other of there is no room for muslims or mosques or adhans in this land i tell you we are here to stay over nine million of us strong and growing most born american muslims and true believers in our hearts i stand here wrapped in the cloth of freedom made by the blood of my ancestors and yours the promise of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness not a dream but a reality made true by the following words we the people of the united states in order to form a more perfect union establish justice insure domestic tranquility provide for the common defense promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity do ordain and establish this constitution for the united states of america this is my birth right a covenant made to every citizen of this country born or naturalized your disease of the heart has made you blind and ignorant to the beauty and guarantees encased within those words so beware oh beast the sword of justice looms over your head and no matter how loudly you screech justice and freedom always prevail as god our lord and creator has promised watch your neck because the sword of damocles hangs over your ugly head you will consume yourself in your own self hatred and ignorance we stand as brothers and sisters together muslim christian jews hindus buddhists sikhs and all the other paths of life that exist in this world for we stand with the creator who has given us love and compassion the most powerful forces in all of creation beware and be aware because we have the niyat intention to us this force of love and compassion to its maximum effect we wish to change your heart to cure you of the ancient disease of hate and ignorance your brothers and sister call to you to join us in peace salaams to join us and to become part of the human family once again we await your decision salaams always imam abdur rauf campos marquetti taha mosque islamic center of santa fe posted by vanessa at 8 24 2010 08 12 00 am 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday august 22 2010 how little things have changed it s really depressing but not entirely shocking to see how little things have changed since this speech was given posted by vanessa at 8 22 2010 06 43 00 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday august 16 2010 it s not us and them it s just us the hysteria surrounding the not a mosque not at ground zero interfaith community center that an islamic group wants to build in manhattan has gone on longer that even i thought it ever would the objections to it are so ridiculous so reactionary so based in hatred and fear that i don t even know where to begin taking them apart anymore the fact that you have representatives of the muslim community on the news having to make statements like american muslims were not behind the terrorist plot is totally fucking twilight zone scary david vitter the republican senator from louisiana says that the not at ground zero not a mosque is a slap in the face to the american people if that s the case then i backhand slap the american people right in that stupid afraid bigoted unthinking face twice 9 11 was not an attack by muslims against america 9 11 was an attack by those who embraced a theocratic view against the forces of democracy and capitalism there s a reason they targeted the world trade center it was a financial center those muslims who committed almost 3 000 murders that day were also attacking other muslims many of the office workers restaurant employees firemen police officers and paramedics who were killed for the sin of living in new york or d c let s not forget the pentagon was also attacked were muslims it doesn t work to say that muslims attacked us when muslims and us are two groups that overlap this despite the best efforts of many is a cosmopolitan nation muslims are not others they are us as are catholics jews baptists gays blacks asians hispanics dallas cowboy fans sarah palin fans and 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