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Tell Etsy that #ThisIsNotNative
This is why I stopped selling on Etsy. I got really sick and tired of all that nonsense.
To purchase authentic native american artistry, heres a list of indigenous owned businesses you can support:
Please support Native people!!!! In any way!!! Even if its spreading this good message around!!!!
there’s also salwaycc.com!!!
harvest mouse 🌾
smh it sure took them a minute
Bitch wtf?
So to our friends in (click the link to see a map and find what district you are in!):
VOTE THOSE BASTARDS OUT, and fill their seats with the most progressive candidate available!
That’s dope
Brad Trent, “Ellis ‘Mountain Man’ Harris from ‘The Federation of Black Cowboys’” series for The Village Voice, 2016
A quick internet search of “American cowboy” yields a predictable crop of images. Husky men with weathered expressions can be seen galloping on horseback. They’re often dressed in denim or plaid, with a bandana tied ‘round their neck and a cowboy hat perched atop their head. Lassos are likely being swung overhead. And yes, they’re all white.
Contrary to what the homogenous imagery depicted by Hollywood and history books would lead you to believe, cowboys of color have had a substantial presence on the Western frontier since the 1500s. In fact, the word “cowboy” is believed by some to have emerged as a derogatory term used to describe Black cowhands.
An ongoing photography exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem celebrates the legacy of the “Black Cowboy” while chronicling the unlikely places around the country where cowboy culture thrives today. Through their photographs, artists like Brad Trent, Deanna Lawson and Ron Tarver work to retire the persistent myth that equates cowboys with whiteness.
Deana Lawson, “Cowboys,” 2014, inkjet print mounted on Sintra, courtesy the artist and Rhona Hoffman Gallery
In the 1870s and ’80s, the Village Voice reports, approximately 25 percent of the 35,000 cowboys on the Western Frontier were black. And yet the majority of their legacy has been whitewashed and written over.
One notable example of this erasure manifests in the story of Bass Reeves, a slave in Arkansas in the 19th century who later became a deputy U.S. marshal, known for his ace detective skills and bombastic style. (He often disguised himself in costume to fool felons and passed out silver dollars as a calling card.) Some have speculated that Reeves was the inspiration for the fictional Lone Ranger character.
Most people remain unaware of the black cowboy’s storied, and fundamentally patriotic, past. “When I moved to the East Coast, I was amazed that people had never heard of or didn’t know there were black cowboys,” photographer Ron Tarver said in an interview with The Duncan Banner. “It was a story I wanted to tell for a long time.”
Ron Tarver. “Legends,” 1993
In 2013 Tarver set out to document black cowboy culture, in part as a tribute to his grandfather, a cowboy in Oklahoma in the 1940s. “He worked on a ranch and drove cattle from near Braggs to Catoosa.” Another artist, Brad Trent, shot striking black-and-white portraits of members of the Federation of Black Cowboys in Queens, New York, an organization devoted to telling the true story of black cowboys’ heritage while providing educational opportunities for local youth to learn from the values and traditions of cowboy life.
Kesha Morse, the FBC president, described their mission as using “the uniqueness of horses as a way to reach inner-city children and expose them to more than what they are exposed to in their communities.”
Trent’s images capture how much has changed for black cowboys, who now dwell not only on the Western Front but on the city streets of New York and in rodeos held in state prisons. Yet certain values of cowboy culture remain intact. For Morse, it’s the importance of patience, kindness and tolerance.
Ron Tarver, “The Basketball Game,” 1993
Brad Trent, “Arthur ‘J.R.’ Fulmore, from ‘The Federation of Black Cowboys’” series for The Village Voice, 2016
Ron Tarver, “A Ride by North Philly Rows,” 1993
Brad Trent, “‘Mama’ Kesha Morse from ‘The Federation of Black Cowboys’” series for The Village Voice, 2016
Ron Tarver, “Concrete Canyon,” Harlem, 1993
So much more needs to be said on this topic.
This is gayest thing I’ve ever seen omg
They literally got married
your honor, theyre in love
big mom hug.
He was an activist who inspired millions to fight for their rights. He knew what was wrong with our country and risked his life to help his people achieve equality. In the society where black were treated like animal he did everything possible to change this. His brave soul, his will and courage changed the history of America , changed the people. He made us believe we can win this war. He payed for it with his life. He will always be remembered.
Respecting his memory also means acknowledging that his fight is far from over, black people are facing the same issues that ha birth to the Black Panthers, and that the FBI is basically trying to launch COINTELPRO 2.0 against BLM and other black activists. Hampton should be more than a history lesson, he should be a rallying point.
griffin is about man vs nature but travis is about man vs authority and I haven’t listened to taz graduation EVEN A LITTLE but I can tell you RIGHT NOW it’s one of the staff.
idk what the fuck Justin is about the dude is just sort of there
Man vs. Self.
Griffin: John against Eternity. Civilizations against, not each other, but the Hobbesian Trap pitting them against each other. Fitzroy against magic.
Travis: Magnus against the corrupt Governor Kalen. Furs and Fangs against the corrupt sherrif.
Justin: Taako against Taako's self-isolation. Irene vs. Kardala. The Fierbolg against his own shame and expectations. (Spectral cashews guy didn't really pan out, but you see the beginnings of this in the intent.)
Justin is absolutely all about Man Vs. Self.
How did I forget "Duck against Duck's identity as Chosen One, and also, his own name"?
fucking idiot gets PRANKED
i’d like you all to meet my babies
I finished the Taako drawing, so now the set of these are complete! I wanted to illustrate some of my favorite quotes from the podcast, since they’ve continued to stick with me since I finished it :’)
THIS.MAKES.ME.SO.HAPPY.
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