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We are Native American and Not Hispanic, Latino, Mestizos

We are Native American and Not Hispanic, Latino, Mestizos

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Started by Brown Continent 7 years, 5 months ago

I am opposed to White people, politicians, news reporters, academics, sociologists, teachers and others referring to and defining Native Americans as Hispanic, Latino, undocumented, Mestizos, immigrants, illegal or any other label that hides or obscures the identity of Native people of America. You say Hispanic and Latino are not racial classifications but then you use them as such..

You are actively degrading us below our natural position in our homeland when you falsely label us with the above terms. You are an active participant in the 527 year old genocide of Native people which has taken many forms including mass murder, terrorism, cultural genocide, paper genocide and now what you are doing, Identity genocide, all with the intent of reducing the Native population in order for White people to continue controlling Native resources and Native homelands.

Natives are the majority in America and your false labels, such as the above create, the illusion and functional reality that Natives are the smallest population in America of all races.

You are intelligent enough to know that speaking the foreign Spanish language does not make us any less Native than Natives speaking the foreign English or French or other alien European languages in the Western Hemisphere.

Your continued use of the false labels of Hispanic, Latino, undocumented, Mestizos, immigrants, illegal when referring to Natives on Native land is racist and genocidal and must stop immediately!

Updates

April 6, 2019

This wave of support proves we are reclaiming our narrative and forcing people to recognize our true identity. Post this link on your Facebook feed right now and email your local representatives to demand they stop using these false labels.

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Chicahuac Yaotl
7 years ago Featured

Our peoples have been suffering since the arrival of European settlers set foot on our continent. No we were never savages!!! No we we were never killing each other. All we ask is that you let us be!!!! We want to co tongue out quest. We are very knowledgeable and can do more than what you think. We Are Still Here!!!

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Mary Juarez
7 years ago Featured

We are Native Americans - not hispanic, not latino, not aliens, not arabs, not europeans, not asians, not africans.

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Iris Cruz
7 years ago Featured

We are the original people of this continent. Hispanic, Latino and Mestizo are labels from the caste system created by the white European invaders. We are Native American!

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maria eastburn
7 years ago Featured

Since little girl, I refuse to be Latino, because when I looked at the mirror I saw Indian in me.

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Pedro
7 years ago Featured

Our people will unite and rise above by 2020. We are Native to this beautiful continent. The Western Hemipshere. A sacred land.

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Eleazar de la fuente
7 years ago Featured

We are NATIVE American not Latino not mestizo not Hispanic time to tell the truth

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David James
7 years ago

Euromigrants got to back off

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Gloria Jara
7 years ago

Demandamos que las Iglecias Catolicas y el Concejo de Iglecias lleven ICE a Pagar Reparaciones en Cortes de los Pueblos Indigenas Internacioanlmente