native american
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Unseasoned Twitter Melts Down After the Cleveland Indians Decide to Get Rid of Its Racist-Ass Nickname
Since establishing itself as a major league franchise in 1901, the Cleveland Indians have won a pair of World Series championships, 10 Central Division titles, and six American League pennants. But along the way, the team has infuriated plenty of people with its decision to perpetuate Indigenous stereotypes with its trash-ass logo and team nickname.…
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Terry Crews Twitter Wants to Speak to the Manager After Kansas City Chiefs Ban Headdresses, Face Paint
While the majority of us have enough sense to know that cultures should not be treated as costumes, there are those of us who would much rather dress up as “pow wow princesses” during Halloween or attend Kansas City Chiefs games rocking bootleg war bonnets. The Chiefs have dissuaded their fans from engaging in this…
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While Blackface Remains a Source of Outrage, Redface Is Still Somehow Permissible
While elected officials such as Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and designer brand Gucci drew outrage after attempting to derail Black History Month with a pair of ill-conceived blackface scandals, nobody bats an eye when a sea of Atlanta Braves fans busts out the Tomahawk Chop—their signature celebration that was adopted in 1991 after the team…
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The Next Generation of MAGA Hat-Wearing Bigots Besiege Indigenous Peoples March [Updated]
Outside of being broke or not getting enough napkins in the drive thru, one of the worst feelings in the world is when someone blatantly harms or disrespects you and you aren’t in a position to retaliate. For people of color, it’s an all too familiar power dynamic that often defines our experience as American…
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Sen. Lindsey Graham Continues to Be a Trash Can
Sen. Lindsey Graham got jokes. On Tuesday during an appearance on Fox News, Trump’s personal YouTube channel, aka Fox News, the South Carolina Republican noted that after learning Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Mass.) DNA test revealed she had some Native American heritage that he was going to take a DNA test and see if he could…
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Forget Elizabeth Warren’s DNA Test. Never Forget That Melania and Donald Trump Are Birthers
Before we get too deeply involved in the silly story about Elizabeth Warren having to prove through DNA testing that she is, indeed, part Native American, let’s not forget something too much of the mainstream media has allowed to drift out of everyday conversation. The man who kept demeaning Warren by calling her “Pocahontas” is…
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren Releases Video and DNA Tests Proving She's Part Native American
Maybe now President Donald Trump will release his tax returns, considering he’s had an endless amount of jokes for Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who has long claimed she has Native American ancestry. Trump nicknamed her “Pocahontas,” called her “fake Pocahontas,” and even mocked her during a Navajo Veterans’ event. Maybe now all of the jokes…
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This Is What Happens When People of Color Appropriate Other Cultures
Everyone knows we do not hesitate to call out cultural appropriation at The Root. So what happens when someone reports a person of color to the fashion police for engaging in that misdemeanor? Will that person use their nonwhite privilege to excuse their behavior? Will they push back against the accusations? Will they shuffle the…
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#NoDAPL: Demonstrations Take Place Around the World on Planned Day of Action
Demonstrations against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline took place across the country Tuesday as part of the #NoDAPL planned day of action. “Indigenous leaders are calling on us to take to the streets and disrupt ‘business as usual’ one week after the election to demand that President Obama’s Army Corps of Engineers and…