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The early English settlers of Roanoke Island in the New World established homes and lives alongside indigenous populations, but then they vanished completely, only leaving behind a coded message for other colonists.

my sister and i made a book bingo for 2024 and one of the categories she chose was romantasy and i rarely, rarely do this, but i MUST tell you that my pick for romantasy (a far wilder magic by allison saft) has me looking up one-star reviews on goodreads to validate my feelings.

Still thinking of that one person who wrote that one critique of MLP:FIM about its handling of race where the author assumes that the grey ponies being guards for Celestia was sending a message that dark skinned people's natural place was to serve white people. It's like, I can picture the shape of a better phrased criticism the writer was gesturing towards (whiteness being associated with purity and power has potentially racist implications). But it was still a little bit of a reach which does kind of ignore much of the in-universe rules the world had set up about race and racialisation. Especially considering this is a show whose first season also included more episodes where there was area for more substantial critique to be done. And within the in-universe frameworks provided in the show at that. (*ahem* Zecora, *ahem* The Buffalo.)

No way did someone just send me a message on my ANIMORPHS blog asking if they were blocked and they got "proud z1on1st" in their bio.. what do you think

tumblr fix your shit before i find y’all’s hq and stab your ceo. idc. because y’all are playing games with these ads now

idk how to explain that i would rather jump off of a cliff than buy a pin that says “i support settler-colonialism and here’s a pin to prove it.”

THE FUCK DO I LOOK LIKE ????

THE “CONFLICT” BETWEEN THESE TWO PARTIES IS NOT EQUALLY MATCHED!!! PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY GETTING KILLED IN THE STREETS FOR WANTING TO STAY IN THEIR OWN HOMES!!! THEY WILL LITERALLY BE PEACEFULLY WORSHIPPING AND LOVING AND CARING FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL HUMAN THINGS AND LIVING THEIR LIVES… WHILE RISKING BEING MURDERED JUST FOR EXISTING IN A PLACE THEY ARE INDIGENOUS TO.

“ISRAEL”, AS IT EXISTS NOW, IS NOT THAT OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO. THE PEOPLE WHO CURRENTLY RESIDE THERE AFTER TAKING OVER IN 1947 ARE DOING TO OTHERS WHAT THEY SUPPOSEDLY DIDN’T WANT FOR THEMSELVES: TO BE MISTREATED JUST FOR EXISTING AND WANTING A PLACE WHERE THEY WOULD BE SAFE.

so, no. i won’t really “stand” for israel. i don’t want that fucking pin and if i see this ad again i’m buying a ticket to california or wherever the fuck and stabbing the ceo (or whoever!! i don’t give a fuck!!) of tumblr 1,947 times.

good morning, everyone.

This country is insane. What does so-called "Pro-Palestinian bias" have to do with the USA? Imagine making such a move on behalf on other countries, like Japan or the UK. The US would never! So what is so exceptional about "Israel"?

Epistemicide can be broadly defined as the destruction of knowledge systems and the knowledge that they generate. The Latin American sociologist Ramón Grosfoguel explains how epistemicide played a crucial role in Europe's colonization of the rest of the world, including the settler colonization of the Americas. It granted European philosophy an “epistemic privilege,” allowing it to become the “new foundation of knowledge in the modern/colonial world.”

In other words, it created a world in which only knowledge produced by European colonists and settlers was deemed legitimate, while colonized societies were compelled to construct new systems from scratch — often mirroring those of their colonizers — because their own systems had been destroyed. As a result, the structural conditions of knowledge production that facilitated the mechanisms of their colonialization also imposed constraints on their liberation.

And people keep trying to justify Israel's existence on the basis that it is somehow a safe place for the preservation of Jewish people and their culture and not only is that an awful argument for establishing a Settler Colonist Apartheid State but it's not even true. Like the state is politically and economically dominated by Ashkenazi Jews from Northern Europe and their descendants. While not as severely mistreated as Palestinians, there is still a significant disparity between the European and Non-European Jews in terms of income and education. Non-European Jews are still regularly subject to interpersonal bigotry (hell earlier this year there was a news story about a viral video where Ashkenazi girls in a Purim made a skit mocking the Mizrahi) and Israel government policies towards non-Ashkenazi migrants have done severe damage to their social structure and cultural traditions. Not to mention the fact that the whole reason why many Mizrahi migrated in the first place was to escape the violence caused by European Jews committing atrocities in their name, tearing communities apart as neighbours that had peacefully co-existed for centuries found themselves on opposite sides of this new ethno-religious conflict

There have even been attempts in Israeli history at the forceful assimilation or even biological reduction of non-European Jews; the kidnapping and adoption of Yemeni Jewish children in the 1950s is significant example of the former while the forced contraception of Beta Israeli (Ethiopean Jewish migrants) with the explicit intention of reducing their population's birth rate is an example of the latter. There's also very clear favouritism when it comes to recent converts; white Afrikaner converts are given the right of Aliyah while Nigerian Igbos are not. Like the fact of the matter is that Israel's fundamental nature is as a European Settler Colony, incredibly racist not only towards the indigenous Palestinians but the many Non-European Jews it claims to represent. It's an outpost of Western Imperialism, not a haven for the Jewish people. If it was ever meant to be the latter than it has failed miserably

I see people opposing palestine by saying that Jews in Isra*l have a right to exist. Yes. Of course they do have a right to exist. As if THATS the issue that this is about. The holy land is for everyone. Everyone has a right to exist there, regardless of faith, and that includes Palestinians.

Israel tho?? As a country that is destroying people’s houses while they are living in it, telling people they have an impossibly short amount of time to evacuate before they bomb the hell out of them so they can take all the land ???? That is not ‘right to exist’ that is manifest destiny my friends. fueled by a superiority complex.

Jews ALWAYS have a right to exist and they have always existed and lived in Palestine. You can’t want to rid a land of its inhabitants in cruel ways (like using white phosphorous, bulldozing homes) and then complain that people are mad that you’re there and be like ‘oh gee how could these people be so hateful toward Me??’ 💀💀 like do u have no shame

I'll admit I did not expect someone who claims to be First Nations to display the arrogance of a white gringx; but then again he has "transmisogyny exempt" and minors Do Not Interact on his bio.

Okay bitches, and @rimurutempest if you're still listening:

You know how South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East are different things but all part of the continent called Asia? Yeah, America is similar, it's one singular but it's divided in parts, the parts are not as different as Asia thanks to colonialism but the division still exists. Unless you want to tell me India isn't part of Asia you have to accept that it's possible for North and South America to be both different but also part of the same continent.

In that same vein it's entirely possible for Central America to be part of the same continent as North America, but not being part of North America itself; unless you think it's correct to say that China is part of the Middle East because they're in the same continent

Next, plaque tectonics are a bitch and you know continental division has nothing to do with that, it's post-hoc; borders have always been socially constructed.

Third, you are correct that "America" is a colonialist name (btw "settlers" is not the word I use for those people, but whatever); but you are also using it!

Fourth, "inventing unfounded notions" oh, fuck you you arrogant gringo. Just because you're ignorant of the world outside of the USA (or Canada, I suppose) doesn't mean it was made up or unfounded; the 5 Continent model is the one accepted by the Spanish speaking world and the Olympics (why do you think the logo has only 5 rings?). Also we outnumber you bitch, Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world, there are 100 million more of us than native English speakers, and we all agree there are only 5 continents

Also a note for everyone: Latin Americans carry a lot of resentment towards the USA and don't separate ethnicity from nationality the way gringxs do (well call a Latino "gringo" if they're born and raised in the USA, we don't give a fuck); so we do not care what race a gringx is, if they're gonna try to argue their country is called "America" and only their people are Americans, we will throw hands

Do not call USA "America" in front of Latin America unless you're ready for a fight; and I'm not joking right now, rivers of digital ink have been spilled on this topic. We even have a catchy song!

Any time I see people call Israel a settler colonialist state I think about the history of the Mizrahi Jews who remained in Judea.

Mizrahi Jews in the seventh century, whose families had lived as native Israelites for 1,800 years, watching the Rashidun Caliphate move the first major wave of Arab Muslim migration into the imperial conquest they called "Military Palestine".

Mizrahi Jews who, over the course of the next 1,200 years, remained in the Levant. The ones who faced persecution, pogroms, and massacres under the Caliphates and Ottomans. The ones who stood strong and stayed put, as access to holy sites they had prayed at for three thousand years were taken from them. The ones who were faced with a choice between conversion and death, but chose neither.

Mizrahi Jews who watched as the modern State of Israel was established-- perhaps sighing in relief for just a moment. Maybe now, they would not be persecuted minorities in the land they had lived in for over three thousand years. Only to see other Mizrahim forced to flee their homes in Morocco, Yemen, Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, Iran... Muslim-ruled countries that, through official law or social persecution, intentionally forced other Middle Eastern Jews to leave their homes and settle in Israel.

And the Mizrahi Jews today, who are the majority of the population of Israel. Most Israelis today are either Mizrahim who had lived in what is now Israeli territory for millennia, or Mizrahim who lived nearby and were forced by Muslim-majority nations to immigrate to Israel. Now, they get called "settler colonists", they get called "Europeans", they get called "fascists" and "Zionists". The world accuses them of occupying and stealing Palestinian land.

What were they supposed to have done differently?

Edit 12/27/23: Not so friendly reminder that if your "rebuttal" is to blame the actions of the Israeli government on Israeli civilians, I'm not even gonna bother to read the whole thing. I'll start believing that's a valid argument when average Americans get brought to the Hague for what the US government did in Cambodia.

The murder of 700+ Jewish people isn't something to be celebrated. I'm against Israeli government and what they've done to the people of Palestine. But there is nothing to encourage or support, this was a terrorist act. We haven't had this many people die in a single day since the Holocaust, and the attack happened on a Jewish holiday. Have some respect.

this isn't an antisemitic attack?? this is people who have been subjected to more than half a century of ethnic cleansing and colonization at the hands of Israeli settlers fighting back against their oppressors

you're ignoring the death toll of Palestinians over the years to make them out to be "terrorists" when all they're doing is fighting back in self defense. when colonists kill brown people it's a "complicated conflict with good people on both sides", but when those brown people fight back they're "terrorists". it's so fucking transparent.

the occupation of Palestine is brutal and genocidal, and you're comparing the people perpetrating said genocide to holocaust victims?? bullshit.

you say you support Palestinians, but what would you have them do? keep asking for help from countries that only end up arming the Israeli state? keep being killed in their homes and schools and hospitals and places of worship because fighting back makes them the bad guys? fuck you

this isn't Palestinians being antisemitic and attacking jewish people (not to mention that there are plenty of jewish Palestinians), this is about a colonized people fighting back against those who are colonizing them. it's about fighting an oppressive colonial state, not persecuting jewish people.

your rhetoric is the same as France's rhetoric when Algerians fought back against the french occupation, and as Britain's when Indians fought back against colonization. colonists slaughter at will but the colonized fighting back get called terrorists. you're on the wrong side of history, and I'd like to cordially invite you to go fuck yourself

Israeli settlers may be "civilians" in that they're not active members of the Israeli military, but by the fact of being settlers on occupied lands, they are structurally complicit in the violence inflicted on Palestinians, just as all settler colonists have been complicit in the violence inflicted upon the colonized. Personal malice does not figure into this.

A settler who wishes not to be caught in retaliatory violence must either cease to be a settler or call for the total genocide of the Palestinian people. And I've seen an abhorrent number of people openly decide on the latter.

The absolute irony and hypocrisy of Columbia protesters telling Jews to 'go back to Europe' when 1) in living memory Europe was profoundly unsafe for the Jews because 6 million of them were murdered in the Holocaust and their communities were destroyed (not to mention all the antisemitism that came before and after; they were never welcomed there or considered European) and 2) a significant portion of the US population are descendants of European settler colonists. I mean... You first. If you truly believe it is a viable solution to fix all the problems of settler colonialism, you should 'go back to Europe'. But you never say that about yourselves. Interesting. Funny how that works.

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