"1/64th Choctaw"? Disgusting. As I've written so many times, whites' obsession with blood quantum is dangerous.https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/712104609452572672 …
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White people always want to determine indigeneity by their concept of race. But this case isn't about race, it's about tribal sovereignty.
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@Eli_Fieldstadt understood tribal sovereignty, she wouldn't write a ridiculous and violent sentence like "Lexi is 1.56 percent Choctaw." -
This is an Indian Child Welfare Act case; ICWA was created because whites keep stealing native babies. Thank goodness this was was returned.
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ICWA is in place because native nations (they're nations, ok?!) have the right to determine their future — including keeping their babies.
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Imagine someone from Italy said, "I'm gonna take this U.S. baby." Then imagine they did it for 500 years. The U.S. would be right to say no.
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This is what the Choctaw Nation is saying: No. No, white people can't just take Choctaw babies because they feel like it.
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Lexi isn't a *part* Choctaw. She *is* Choctaw. That's how it works — the nation determines who its citizens are. Because tribal sovereignty.
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@aurabogado@Eli_Fieldstadt do you apply this same metric to the US Govt laws saying illegal immigrants are not and cannot be citizens?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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