Earlier today a vegan made a post with a white supremacist dog whistle by satirizing a person who's people "have been eating dog for thousands of years". Another Indigenous person and I did our best to call out the white supremacist nature of the discussion, so the poster later edited the title to specifically reference European people, which may have been well intentioned but only served to gaslight us by making it look like we were over-reacting and looking to be offended.
I came here for the leftism, and stayed for the Trans Rights. I'm a 2-spirit, native leftist. I have myriad reasons why I may or may not choose or even have the choice of veganism and any moralizing or condescension that comes from white vegans is an extension of over 500 years of an imposition of an alien value system which is profoundly disconnected from this land and the plants and animals which are our blood relations.
Nah I’d rather talk about my specific experiences in regards to my race than be some anonymous shadow figure. It’s a huge part of who I am, how I interact with the world, how I believe in leftism. Not like someone can identify every gypsy in the world out there to find which one I am.
edit: also mostly just asked cause if a nonRoma tried to tell me to not ‘generalize for all Roma’ or something i’d surely be upset. saying such a thing can be taken in kind of a shitty way if youre not of the same ethnicity/culture.
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Don’t worry I learned my lesson the other week and will never talk about my family crest on social media.