They dead tweeted this.https://twitter.com/npr/status/882316678968868864 …
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So. Lots white folks are telling me that this is from the Declaration of Independence. I know. I've written about the phrase in the past.
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I literally posted about Declaration of Independence's "merciliness Indian Savages" today on my FB page. It's offensive and unacceptable.
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Maybe instead of trying to whitesplain the phrase to me, consider sitting with the term your ancestors used to refer to my ancestors.
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To white folks demanding I submit a suggestion and somehow make phrase better: No. I don't know how to fix what your people did.
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It's also not my responsibility. It was your ancestors who took this continent by dehumanizing non-whites. That's on you. You go fix it.
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Here's what's on me: bringing attention to the fact that a publicly-funded news network with literally ONE native employee tweeted this.
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I feel some kind of way about the Fourh of July and whose independence was stolen in order to make the United States happen.
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And I feel some kind of way about the fact that the people whose humanity was suspended through racist language are still underrepresented.
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Likely some overlap with ‘Latino’
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