"'I went to villages where every kid under age 4 was crying because .... they'd never seen a white person before,' she says." Make it stop.
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I'm still really disturbed by
@npr's@MorningEdition "indigenous people don't have back pain" story. It was really messed up.1 reply 4 retweets 5 likes -
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The story posits that indigenous people live in other places. Not the United States, tho.
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The popular imagination about indigenous peoples is that we don't live in cities. Or have back problems. We're like suspended in time.
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The fact of the matter: there are a ton of indigenous peoples who do have back problems. This story should have at least mentioned that.
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And still, even tho story was about *some* indigenous peoples, it centered whiteness. "These Indians couldn't believe I had white skin!"
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For real.
@npr's@MorningEdition story was about indigenous peoples? Because it quoted a whopping zero indigenous peoples. None. Not one.1 reply 14 retweets 11 likes -
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And of course it included some doctor that was all, "I want to x-ray some Indians." The fuck? Stay away from us.
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The very thought of a doctor showing up to x-ray my people who live in our village is revolting to me. It. Is. So. Wrong.
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You want to expose indigenous peoples to radiation for your own benefit? Nah. You should get your licensed yanked for saying that.
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In 2015, indigenous peoples—the remote villagers in not-the-United States—exist as guinea pigs for the white imagination. It's disgusting.
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