Whenever someone makes a joke about Renee Zellweger having “squinty eyes” or “puckerface” I want to hit them. She’s Saami, we may be white but we have Asiatic features too. I hate that making fun of someone’s appearance, even if they are indigenous, is considered OK if they have pale skin.

I am black and native. My grandfather moved off of the reservation young & never went back. He didn’t speak the language to my mother or never talked about his culture. My grandmother did not enroll or enroll any of her children. I am the only one interested in restoring our native culture. I love being black, don’t get me wrong. However, I am native too. I just want to embrace me without someone giving me shit for doing so. It’s like being black and native is frowned upon. I’m torn in between saying forget it & blend with the blacks and saying to hell what people say/think & embrace MY culture. 

I strongly dislike Sherman Alexie.  And I don’t feel any less native for it. I never understood this trend on tumblr to choose him as my favorite author, because he’s native, to feel included.

I hate that I’m white passing and somehow get stereotyped more than my boyfriend who is obviously Inuit.