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In #NativeBook I write about how I have to prepare for November every year, for my inboxes to be full of white people asking to be educated about all things Indigenous.
I'm seeing this happening right now with my Black (and some other IPOC) friends.
DO NOT DO THIS.
I'm seeing this happening right now with my Black (and some other IPOC) friends.
DO NOT DO THIS.
It is SELFISH and WHITE-CENTRIC to find a Black educator/author/leader and decide to enter their DMs to ask them to clarify or explain or give a list of resources to you.
DO NOT DO THIS.
DO NOT DO THIS.
It is NEVER the responsibility/job of BIPOC to educate you on things you can learn about yourself by getting the books and art and resources we've already provided.
Even more so when there is literal oppression happening in front of us, it is TRAUMATIZING.
DO NOT DO THIS.
Even more so when there is literal oppression happening in front of us, it is TRAUMATIZING.
DO NOT DO THIS.
If you have done this, you don't need to go back and say, "Gosh, I think this was the wrong thing to do, I'm sorry."
That's also centering yourself. We don't have time for that.
Just do the right thing and show us that you're doing the thing by changing and decolonizing.
That's also centering yourself. We don't have time for that.
Just do the right thing and show us that you're doing the thing by changing and decolonizing.
One last thing: if you buy the books by Black authors and other IPOC, READ THE BOOKS.
Dedicate yourself to the un-learning and the re-wiring that is required to decolonize and recognize America for what it is. No one else can do this for you.
Dedicate yourself to the un-learning and the re-wiring that is required to decolonize and recognize America for what it is. No one else can do this for you.
