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Cw anti native racism
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You know what hurts the earth more than native people who eat meat?
Pretty much everything.
To name a few:
- palm oil, quinoa, and soy farming
- commercial farming that depends on racist labor practices
- pet cats
- colonial occupation of native land https://twitter.com/vegantherobot/status/1290177142010064897
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You know what hurts the earth more than native people who eat meat?
Pretty much everything.
To name a few:
- palm oil, quinoa, and soy farming
- commercial farming that depends on racist labor practices
- pet cats
- colonial occupation of native land https://twitter.com/vegantherobot/status/1290177142010064897
From @krystalline_k 's article:
[Elder Atla] shakes her head, "We live in a circle. The reindeer die and we consume their flesh and when we die, they consume our bones." https://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/vegan-challenge/2014/04/indigenous-fight-against-colonial-veganism
[Elder Atla] shakes her head, "We live in a circle. The reindeer die and we consume their flesh and when we die, they consume our bones." https://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/vegan-challenge/2014/04/indigenous-fight-against-colonial-veganism
Pushing past the narrative that some cultures have to eat meat because that's what's available, every colonized person deserves food security and food sovereignty.
"Security" includes preference & dietary needs.
"Sovereignty" includes culturally appropriate sourcing.
"Security" includes preference & dietary needs.
"Sovereignty" includes culturally appropriate sourcing.
"Between the years 2000 and 2005, the net forest loss was 7.3 million hectares per year or 20,000 hectares per day."
"The areas that are converted into monocropping industrial plantations are forests"
https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/6session_crp6.doc
"The areas that are converted into monocropping industrial plantations are forests"
https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/6session_crp6.doc
"When an ecosystem has been dramatically changed by human activities—such as agriculture—it may no longer be able to provide the food, water, cover, and places to raise young that wildlife need to survive." https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Threats-to-Wildlife/Habitat-Loss
"Cats have contributed to the extinction of 63 species of birds, mammals, and reptiles in the wild and continue to adversely impact a wide variety of other species, including those at risk of extinction such as Piping Plover." https://abcbirds.org/program/cats-indoors/cats-and-birds/
