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   George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Friday, 10-Mar-2023 01:06:31 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

   In our history textbooks, we learned that European settlers pushed westward, displacing Indigenous tribes until sadly they were no more. But this is wholly inaccurate.

   The “Indians”—as Columbus infamously misnamed them—are still here in America. They number well over five million according to the 2020 census. And yet, as hard as it is to admit, a genocide of Indigenous people and cultures continues in this country even to this day, as Native children are removed from their families and tribes to live in primarily White, Christian homes.

   That continuing assault is today’s subject in The Big Picture. Head over to #TBP to read now: https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/indigenous-genocide-foster-care-icwa

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     Rhombus Ticks (rticks@universeodon.com)'s status on Friday, 10-Mar-2023 01:19:40 JST Rhombus Ticks

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     @georgetakei Imperialists, capitalists and fascists have no right to set the narrative and it is time we locked them from power forever

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     Uninventive (uninventive@universeodon.com)'s status on Friday, 10-Mar-2023 01:28:04 JST Uninventive

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     @georgetakei It has been true since the 1990's multiculturalism push I experienced as a kid. No matter the intent, most proponents of the movement was white authority figures who only engaged with other cultures on a surface level and encouraged either taking traditions from other cultures wholesale or mocking them for their "clearly superior American culture counterparts".

     The assimilation of indigenous cultures is particularly longstanding and egregious. And part of why I feel abolishing Roe vs. Wade is stirring up Christian Nationalism: among other strategies, if they put a stranglehold on civil liberties as soon as possible and adopt or abduct children from people of color, LGBTQ couples (those who can conceive, or reverted adoptions), and undesirable political and religious opponents, they can merely breed their opposition out.

     An excellent reason to join the fight with Indigenous people: expanding that playbook is always possible.

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     Americanist4U (americanist4u@universeodon.com)'s status on Friday, 10-Mar-2023 05:24:05 JST Americanist4U

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     @georgetakei
     In addition to the 5 million, there are many more million half, quarter and even 8th 'breeds' such as me and family who are told by the MAGAts to 'go back to Mexico'!

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     Cecilia (steepercecilia@universeodon.com)'s status on Friday, 10-Mar-2023 12:16:03 JST Cecilia

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     @georgetakei The exact thing happened in Canada. Only now are we recognizing our genocide

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     George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Saturday, 11-Mar-2023 01:17:14 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

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     • Howard Jones

     @Howie You're welcome!

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     Howard Jones (howie@mastodon.green)'s status on Saturday, 11-Mar-2023 01:17:15 JST Howard Jones

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     @georgetakei Thanks for sharing this George regards Howard

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     George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Saturday, 11-Mar-2023 01:18:21 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

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     • Evey

     @EveyJo It is an incredibly disturbing issue.

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     Evey (eveyjo@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Mar-2023 01:18:22 JST Evey

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     @georgetakei This is really disgusting to hear about. I can’t believe we still have this stuff happening today. What is wrong with people that they think they can decide the fate of others. I am really sickened by this.

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     George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Saturday, 11-Mar-2023 01:18:43 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

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     • Eka A.

     @Eka_FOOF_A ?

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     Eka A. (eka_foof_a@spacey.space)'s status on Saturday, 11-Mar-2023 01:18:44 JST Eka A.

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     @georgetakei None of us are free until all of us are free.